Talk:Follistatin

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I must say that this article is very precise and correct.

The problem I see is twofold. There are an awful lot of desperate teens and bodybuilders. First teens: They are desperate to build up their bodies any way possible. So desperate that they would do just about anything to build their bodies, despite the consequences that they would have to endure, even a premature death.

Second Bodybuilders: It has been demonstrated many times that they will purchase and use steroids in a manner which is clearly abuse and has very real and dangerous short and long term health problems.([Lyal Alzedo for instance]http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Lyle_Alzado) Now it is evident that a great many professional sports players also have been using steroids.(I have no problem with what they do to themselves, but it is their example that hurts young people who have no idea what these substances do to them.)

In the light of all of this, there should be a short disclaimer in this article that not only in theory and practice doe's follistatin NOT work in the human body for the purpose of of blocking Myostatin (that is, there are no supplements that do this but the follistatin produced by the body, does the job it is meant for). The great ripoff is already in it's prime, and is exploding as a quick google on the subject of Myostatin and supposed Myostatin blockers, will bring up millions of pages on the subject. The researchers have found out that the mice with the genetic anomaly do produce highly muscled bodies, they also found that the tendons were extremely weak and brittle.

The reason I bring this up is a friend of mine came to me saying they have discovered a new muscle builder and he has already ordered hundreds of dollars of it. I have looked up information about Myostatin and Blockers only to find that they don't mention anything about the fact that only our bodies production is useful.

This is the first time I have posted anything here. I need to know how this works. Do I just add something to the page, or are there any "protocol" for doing this?

Last edited at 21:34, 18 February 2009 (UTC). Substituted at 15:20, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

unreliable medical source?

why is Nature Communications tagged as an ‘unreliable medical source? JuanTamad (talk) 06:55, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Physical properties of the Follistatin protein not covered

Like molecular weight, boiling point, water solubility, breakdown temperature, et al. 2409:4071:4EB5:E213:E4AF:4EFF:FEB0:E185 (talk) 03:29, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]