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submitted 1 week ago by Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world to c/mtf

Basically I want to know if this unrelenting hunger means I'm going to have to make a trip to Finland on free bucket day. According to a polish friend, bread consumption is directly proportional to boob size. While I don't think that's necessarily true, I'm curious because I don't seem to be gaining weight at all

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[-] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 2 points 4 days ago

Growth hormone, a signal that influences cell turnover in the body. It’s not an important focus for transfem HRT but common mistakes (crash dieting, insufficient sleep, malnutrition from high sugar, low protein, or fat free diets, etc) suppress it and keep the body in a catabolic state counteracting Es anabolic effects, one of which OP mentioned.

[-] phr@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago

thanks! and that also influences breast growth in a way that i can stimulate it by workouts?

[-] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 2 points 3 days ago

Technically yes. Practically it’s paragraphs in a book about the benefits of balanced diet and exercise during transition in many respects, including breast growth. But yes.

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