warty
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02-25-10 10:37 AM - Post#607973
http://www.ergo-log.com/onionjuice.html
Think of a dirt-cheap vegetable you can buy at every greengrocers and supermarket. Put it in a juicer, give the juice to rats for three weeks, and watch their testosterone level rise by 314 percent. According to research done at Tabriz University in Iran, fresh onion juice raises testosterone levels as much as substances like nolvadex or clomid.
Alright, who wants to volunteer to try this out? Get your levels measured, fire up a blender, and report in week after week.
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Sweatn
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Re: Article: "Onion juice triples testosterone levels"
02-25-10 11:12 AM - Post#607985
Buuuurrrrp! Man up!
If you don't like the free advice, you can have your money back.
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clyde thorpe
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02-25-10 11:31 AM - Post#607991
How much juicers selling for these days?????
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garyed
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02-25-10 11:37 AM - Post#607994
Have to start tossing some onion in my morning bomber blend shake...
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Johnny O
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02-25-10 11:52 AM - Post#607997
what little friends I have... gone!
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big rick
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02-25-10 12:12 PM - Post#608000
I hope these are the same Iranian scientists who are working on their Nuke program,....cause sounds way unbelievable.
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Displacedtexan
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02-25-10 12:29 PM - Post#608002
I had a great Uncle who often ate an onion sandwich before bedtime. He and my Aunt seemed very happily married. Now I know why.
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warty
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02-25-10 12:43 PM - Post#608006
To be fair, the article mentions an earlier study in Egypt that showed a similar response. Here's both studies.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19384830
http://www.springerlink.com/content/eu68855tu4871 041/
Now... How do we mask the flavor of onions without killing the benefits?
"Mens sana in corpore sano"
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You hear the metal, feel its coolness, leverage its gravity and fight the fight.
You finish with a smile somewhere on your face and joy someplace in your heart and an ache of fulfillment all over." |
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Wicked Willie
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02-25-10 12:48 PM - Post#608008
Apparently, the Jews missed the "onions, leeks and garlic" that was available to them while captive in Egypt. Numbers 11:15 Maybe there's something to this....
Wicked
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DLS
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02-25-10 02:34 PM - Post#608042
Get Jack LaLane's juicer. It has a lifetime guarantee on the motor. I go through 3 juicers a year if they are store bought one's under $100. If you get one make sure you get a good warantee.
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Neander
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Article: "Onion juice triples testosterone levels"
02-25-10 03:23 PM - Post#608059
Hemingway blender recipes!
I actually tried using onion in my juicer, mainly because of the price and some strange idea that onions were a natural miracle.
Turns out that's supposed to be its little brother, garlic.
Even just a quarter onion juiced in with half a dozen granny smiths and three stalks of celery makes for an absolutely horrid tasting concoction guaranteed to bring a flush to your skin and bad heartburn.
Garlic, that's a different story.
My experience is that it's better than C for defending against winter colds.
Edited by Neander on 02-25-10 03:26 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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Cliff
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Re: Article: "Onion juice triples testosterone levels"
02-25-10 05:00 PM - Post#608077
Does cooking kill the benifits?
I always throw several onions into the stew pot...
Also, does the study indicate the quantity required for the effect to take place?
I also wonder if onion "juicing" would cause baseball/football players to fail steroid tests?
Hmmmm. Food for thought?.... 
Cliff
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warty
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02-25-10 05:21 PM - Post#608081
The groups were given either 0.5 g/kg or 1 g/kg of fresh onion juice. That'd translate to 42-84 grams of onion juice for someone weighing 185 lbs.
Now.. How many onions would it take to extract that much juice?
"Mens sana in corpore sano"
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You hear the metal, feel its coolness, leverage its gravity and fight the fight.
You finish with a smile somewhere on your face and joy someplace in your heart and an ache of fulfillment all over." |
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CB2
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02-25-10 06:44 PM - Post#608106
I'll have a double order of onion rings please:)
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Griffo
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02-25-10 09:56 PM - Post#608135
I vote Matt as first guinea pig for this one!
Oh and I'll see if I can find a year's worth of chewing gum and air freshner to combat the after effects. 
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