Someone posted a link to a paper about nano-particle delivery of sodium nitrite (NaNO) to boost testosterone level. I read the paper and some others referenced to it, and they all assumed that NaNO was good; the only new thing was the “nanotech” delivery system.
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It turns out the molecular weight of sodium nitrite is well within the range of what DMSO can move through skin. That’s way simpler than nano-stuff, and I had DMSO on hand. So I ordered some sodium nitrite to experiment with.
It turned out that NaNO is only moderately miscible in DMSO. I added a bit of water to get more into solution, eventually getting about 20% NaNo by volume.
I decided the most reasonable place to apply it would be my scrotum. So I painted some on.
After a few days of once-a-day applications, the results were… nothing. At least, not outside the range of my day-to-day EQ.
Likely explanations are:
a) the whole NaNO thing is ‘fake science’
b) not enough was moving through the skin to do any good
c) the DMSO, which is a powerful solvent, corrupted the sodium nitrite into something less useful
d) the scrotum isn’t the optimal place for application
e) since I’m already on TRT and taking L-Arginine as a supplement, there wasn’t much for me to gain from it
I’m leaning toward e); I’m probably not a good test subject.
A local friend has a TRT implant that’s expired, and he can’t get a new one for a couple more months. I set him up with some supplements; boron, L-Arginine, and celery seed extract. He was pretty impressed with the results. I think I’ll give him the bottle of DMSO/NaNO and have him try it.