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Nitrogen Retention

Process Musculoskeletal

Whether the body is holding more protein than it loses. A practical readout of net anabolism rather than a mechanism in its own right.

Relationships

3 connections

Nitrogen Retention elevates

Androgen Receptor

The receptor every anabolic-androgenic steroid is designed to hit. Binding moves it into the nucleus where it switches on genes for muscle protein synthesis, and in other tissues for hair loss, prostate growth and oil production.

Nitrogen Retention stimulates

Lean Mass

Muscle actually gained. The reason any of this is being taken.

Nitrogen Retention suppresses

Protein Breakdown

Muscle being taken apart, driven largely by cortisol at the glucocorticoid receptor. Blocking it is the anti-catabolic half of how steroids work.

Beyond this page

Nitrogen Retention also connects to 1 entry in the applied modules, covering supplements, compounds, hormones and food sources. Those carry the mechanism and the evidence tier behind each link, and they are part of client coaching.

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