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Why Measuring Serum Levels of Estradiol (E2) is Pointless

This should be made a sticky as most people don’t understand this concept. Many know that it is unwise to take an AI or block estrogen but they don’t know why. When you get a blood test and measure your testosterone levels, you get a fairly accurate reading as testosterone is transported throughout your body via serum. This much you know. The part you don’t realize is WHERE it is converted into estradiol (that thing everyone is so afraid of for no reason). That conversion, is done by an enz…