We have heard of a lot of talk lately about the big “T” – testosterone, and more specifically, testosterone replacement therapy. (TRT, which is a nice way to say “injecting yourself with a highly volatile anabolic steroid, possibly for the rest of your life.”) If you decide to start TRT, after a while, you may not be able to stop, in part because the mechanism that creates testosterone naturally in your body is on a negative feedback loop – meaning the more your body senses that it has, the less it makes. And while hypogonadism (the condition that causes low testosterone) is a serious issue and is not to be discounted, it is much more rare than the numbers of men being diagnosed as having low testosterone. If you think you might have hypogonadism, you should get yourself tested. It is much more likely that many men (and women) have low testosterone for many different reasons, and we wanted to point out some alarming facts in the big T conundrum. We also then give you five real ways to naturally boost (in some cases quite high ) your free testosterone. Maybe you or someone you know has been diagnosed, or you suspect you might have low testosterone – or are just curious about it all – read on…
Testosterone is actually a fairly small and easy to make molecule so we are concerned that drug companies are pushing a high profit margin substance and selling an easy-to-make drug off of worry and panic about what is quite dear to you – a source of masculinity the identity that is tied to that. As we said, TRT is a lifelong commitment, and in some cases complex methods must be taken to kick-start testosterone production back up again in men that were taking it – including taking human chorionic gonadotrophin, a hormone produced in women during pregnancy.
Most doctors measure total testosterone to make a diagnosis of low testosterone, despite the American Association for Clinical Chemistry and many other world-wide organizations asking for standardized testing and a type of testing for what is known as “Free Testosterone”, which is the amount of testosterone in your body that is available (“free”) for use and not bound to a larger molecule that makes it essentially inert. Free testosterone is less than two percent of your total testosterone, and because it exists in such small amounts, the testing gets less accurate and therefore more expensive to do correctly. What makes this even worse is that total testosterone varies a great deal among men, and it does not accurately predict free testosterone, which varies much less. If your doctor only tests total testosterone, you can have low total, but high free testosterone and be put on a lifelong treatment plan incorrectly.
Your levels significantly vary day-to-day, and even hour-by-hour, and no single test should be used to say definitively that you do or not not have low testosterone.
A tremendous amount can be done before you take drugs!
We have listed five scientifically proven – and in some cases very simple – ways to dramatically increase your testosterone. Some might even be counter-intuitive to what you may imagine. Here’s our top five list of things to do to naturally boost testosterone (for both men and women.)
We really hope this helps in your quest for “T” knowledge. While we are not physicians, we really care about your health, and ultimately, your sex lives. Low testosterone can be a very serious issue, but it can also be a symptom – not necessarily the cause – of a lager emotional or psychological issue. Stress, rest, sex – they are all interconnected, and taking a drug to balance out what your body really needs (as opposed to when there is an actual illness) is never a good idea.
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