Yeah, meant left, dyslexic momentā¦
Are flaxseeds really ok for men?
andeem
#24
Interesting article here. Bottom line: Fluctuations in testosterone levels within the normal range doesnāt really mean very much for body composition.
Broscience
#25
Iām really not worried about flax seeds and T levels. Youāre much better off focusing your attention on eating well, sleeping enough, not drinking alcohol too often and working out as much as you practically can.
Flax is going to do you way more good than harm but youāve got to take responsibility for the rest of your lifestyle.
This! 
Couldnāt have said it better myself, Iām actually writing an article on how to potentially preserve testosterone levels, and what youāve mentioned is spot on!
neeklamy
#28
Thatās a terrible video, bold assertions, no sources cited, and the few references are to people entirely unqualified to comment.
A big chunk of it is Paul Watson talking about entirely unrelated subjects (refugees) or cherry picking idiots on Twitter (thereās dumb comments on social mediaā).
If you havenāt watched it, take 30 minutes and watch Harris Bomberguyās reply, Soy Boys: A Measured Response.
In brief: testosterone levels naturally vary over short periods of time, they go up and down. Thereās no connection between testosterone and sperm counts.
And the kicker? From the report that Paul clearly hangs most of his argument on:
āThe clinical significance of these findings remains to be determined. Owing to the scarcity of human data in this area, it is very important that this issue is examined furtherā
ā Soy food and isoflavone intake in relation to semen quality parameters among men from an infertility clinic, Chavarro et al
ā¦ You can see from Paulās response, The Truth About Soy Face, heās more than a little put out. Not that he directly addresses Harrisās reply. He just digs himself in even deeper.
Harris replied again ā and oh the irony ā it turns out that the Brain Force Pro supplement that Paul talks about and promotes at InfoWars has soy as its chief ingredient, Nice Try, Paul.
Totally agree, couldnāt have said it better myself! 
Although there is a connection between testosterone and sperm counts, I assure you, however much of that is down to the pathology behind the why the testosterone is low on that person, varicoceles for example will negativeity effect both testosterone and sperm count, as will things like pituitary issues such as a prolactinoma.
lucasht
#30
Hi guys. Decided to post after a few months on and off on Huel. Hereās my experience:
When on Huel:
- Getting fat faster
- Decreased sex drive
- Decreased testicule size
- Slower muscle gains
When getting off Huel:
- Faster muscle gains
- Leaner gains
- Sex drive and testicule size increases in about 2 weeks
Since I donāt believe fat makes you fat, I think that Iām getting a beer belly when on Huel because of the decreased DHT. DHT is a blocker of estrogen so my estrogens might increase and give me more belly fat as a result.
I gotta add that when I started Huel again, my sex drive decreased very quickly, in about 4-5 days with 1200 calories of Huel a day.
Also, I want to share these links with you guys, on which you can see one guy relating his experience with flax seeds, and another quoting a study about flax seeds and DHT.
https://www.quora.com/I-am-body-building-I-eat-roasted-flax-seeds-Can-they-be-harmful-in-anyway
https://www.quora.com/Is-there-any-scientific-proof-that-men-should-avoid-flaxseed-for-testosterone-muscle-building-purposes
Iām starting to think very seriously that the amount of flax seeds is having bad effects on us men. My own experience shows that and Iām not alone. Decreased DHT is cool if youāre getting bald but if youāre not, and at only 26 myself and trying to build muscle, I donāt itās a good thing.
Iām probably gonna switch to Amplemeal.com, itās more expansive but they donāt have any overly estrogenic food in it. @JamesCollier I think you should consider very seriously to come up with a formula that does not contain that many phytoestrogens. Itās really a shame that I have to give up on such an amazing product.
JamesCollier
#31
Hi @lucasht
if youāre getting fat faster, youāre eating too many calories; itās as simple as that.
Iām cautious of anecdotal evidence as it doesnāt look at the whole picture. I could tell you that Iām making more lean gains and losing body fat at the moment whilst including a good amount of Huel in my diet - which is factually correct - but Iād expect you to challenge me on this statement as I have bias.
There is no issue with phytoestorgens in Huel - period. We have an article comign very soon (which Iām ware I promised weeks ago and itās still not materialised - posts like this demonstrate I need to pull my finger out. The article will demonstrate why.
hunzas
#32
I think thereās some truth in this. Buster Gonad from Viz never drinks Huel and he has to carry his bollocks around in a wheelbarrow.
Coup
#33
Whilst everybody is different to some extent I think you are the first person I have ever read on this forum who has said Huel makes them get fat quicker. Also the product you have said you are going to switch to is not nutritionally complete and contains only 4-6 of the 26 vitamins and minerals, so you are not comparing like for like products. Ample also contains a huge amount of saturated fat per portion.
lucasht
#34
Saturated fat is very healthy as recent studies shows. I hear that it might just be a increase in calories. But what about the other things that I pointed out? I know itās anecdotal, but Iāve been on and off enough times to notice a pattern.
GTIPuG
#36
This is bizarre.
For fat gain, I havenāt noticed that once in three years. I can pretty reliably cut to 12% bodyfat on Huel and then during bulk season slide up to 18%, rinse and repeat. Iāve never felt like Huel inhibits my cuts, it just aids them.
Sex drive, again, not noticed anything bad here. It seems to depend more on my calorie intake than anything. During bulks Iām rabid, during cuts Iām a little less enthusiastic.
Canāt say Iāve noticed any size change in my testicles, but this isnāt necessarily something I habitually check when I try new food products.
Muscle gains, again, are consistent and reliable with Huel as long as I inflict sufficient progressive overload on them. Iāve never measured how āleanā the gains are, just how much stronger I feel in my sets and adjusting calories appropriately.
Coup
#38
And for years experts have warned against too much saturated fat. The official UK guideline for men is 30g a day and Ample would blast that if I consumed it like I do Huel. Ample is also not nutritionally complete. It contains between 4 or 6 essential vits and mins (depending on which you buy) so it is not a āmeal replacementā.
Regarding the other things, all I can say is I have been using Huel for around 3 years now and I have not experienced any of these. I have also lost over 7kg in the last 2 months or so and 14kg in the last year or so and Huel has only helped achieve this. I canāt comment on testicle size though as I donāt think Iāve ever measured them.
hunzas
#39
I just checked my testicles; Iāve been regularly drinking Huel since March 2016, and Iām amazedā¦I now have 3 of them. Thatās āampleā.