Low Testosterone in Men Linked with Higher Risk of Death

[IroNat]

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/low-testosterone-linked-with-higher-risk-of-death



Eilber explained that learning whether you have low testosterone requires only a simple blood test.

However, she noted that if you have a low total testosterone, the test might not be as accurate.

"The testosterone level should be drawn mid-morning,” advised Eilber. This is when testosterone is at its peak for the day.

It’s also important to recognize that there are two types of testosterone numbers that will be on your report: total and free.

“Free’ testosterone is the form that is bio-available,” Eilber explained. Being bio-available means that it can be easily put to use in your body.

Total testosterone measures both free testosterone and that which is bound to certain proteins in your blood and not immediately available for use.

Your doctor can help you with interpreting whether your lab test results are too low.

If you have low testosterone, Ramin said there are several things you can do to increase it, including:

    Losing weight
    Getting good sleep
    Avoiding processed foods
    Not smoking pot, which can increase female hormone levels
    Doing cardiovascular exercise for 30-45 minutes at least three times a week
    Avoiding alcohol
    Drinking at least 2 liters of water per day
    Eating 2-4 eggs with the yolk per week
    Avoiding soy products

Ramin added that certain supplements might be able to boost your levels as well, such as DHEA, vitamin D3, Tribulus, and maca.

However, you should not take DHEA without your doctor’s supervision since there could be some safety concerns if you have prostate cancer. You should avoid supplements with estrogenic compounds like bioflavonoids as well."

[Royalty]

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[Gym Rat]

Low Test

Until the handfull's of Primo Tabs..

[IroNat]

Low Test

Until the handfull's of Primo Tabs..

Arnold Lowtestornegger.

[IroNat]

Beer raises estrogen levels and causes beer belly.

[loco]

"Comprehensively, KD improved testosterone levels depending on both patients’ age and KD-induced weight loss."
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36149528/



"For the hormonal system to function optimally, fat becomes an important macronutrient as it’s the backbone for steroid hormone production [81].

Cholesterol, a dietary fat component, is one of the building blocks for testosterone production [81]. Considering that high-fat diets (HFD) increase cholesterol levels, increases in dietary fat consumption have been suggested to potentially result in an increase in testosterone production [85].

It has been suggested that increases in testosterone concentrations resulting from a KD are related to the high dietary intake of cholesterol [88]."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8538516/


"We conclude that reduction in dietary fat intake (and increase in fiber) results in 12% consistent lowering of circulating androgen levels without changing the clearance."
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15741266/



"Men adhering to low fat diets had lower serum testosterone levels even when controlling for comorbidities, age, body mass index and activity levels."
https://www.auajournals.org/doi/10.1097/JU.0000000000000482

[MajorDomo]

High testosterona kills you too- you go looking for fights, lol

[Irongrip400]

Beer raises estrogen levels and causes beer belly.

Why doesn’t your body compensate for this by sending testosterone production into overdrive? Similar to how it self regulates by shutting down test when you take hormones.

[obsidian]

Weird thing I noticed. If I am working on a complex work problem for a few hours I end up getting great morning wood when I wake up from sleep the next day. Seems to me the body is wired this way and there is a connection between working your brain and testosterone levels. Maybe it goes back to the hunter-gather days where humans had to outsmart stronger animals with their brains. But they needed testosterone obviously for the physical parts.

I am not currently on TRT - still plan on hopping back on it at some point.

[Gym Rat]

I believe real high levels are also associated with higher risk of death.
(Heart related, blood fats, lipids, etc)..

[IroNat]

Why doesn’t your body compensate for this by sending testosterone production into overdrive? Similar to how it self regulates by shutting down test when you take hormones.

What am I a scientist?

 

[IroNat]

High testosterona kills you too- you go looking for fights, lol

Don't get "egged on" into fighting by eating whole eggs.

[Irongrip400]

What am I a scientist?

 

We all scientists here. University fucked us. 

[Van_Bilderass]

Nicotine can increases test IIRC.

[Tapeworm]

I quit driving myself crazy chasing goldilocks zone shit years ago. If you don't have a particular issue that needs attention just lift, do some cardio, and eat sensibly. You'll be 95th+ percentile.

Have a damn beer if you want. You won't turn into a girl.

[dj181]

Excess bodyweight be it muscle or fat has the absolute highest rate of mortality

Ie. The bigger you are the sooner you will die

[Beefjake]

I believe real high levels are also associated with higher risk of death.
(Heart related, blood fats, lipids, etc)..

Extremeties on either side are always harmful.

Survival of the fittest. Usually in nature somewhere in the middle is best.

[jr]

It's not necessarily the low testosterone that is causing the higher risk of death in most cases, it's their bad lifestyle/disease that increases the risk of death, the low testosterone is just is symptom of the bad lifestyle or disease. For example, type 2 diabetes increases the risk for death and type 2 diabetes causes low testosterone. Or being obese increases the risk of death, and also causes lower testosterone as a result. Low testosterone is just a marker for poor state of the body in a lot of cases. If the body is restored to a normal healthy state by changing lifestyle or addressing the disease, natural testosterone will rise back up to normal to reflect this healthy state.

[Humble Narcissist]

Excess bodyweight be it muscle or fat has the absolute highest rate of mortality

Ie. The bigger you are the sooner you will die

Bad news for bodybuilders.

[dj181]

Bad news for bodybuilders.

yep but it's true

don't see many peeps 80+ who weigh over 200 pounds

[Humble Narcissist]

yep but it's true

don't see many peeps 80+ who weigh over 200 pounds

Big, jacked guys in the nursing home with wrinkly old bikini babes is a goal for the future.

[dj181]

Big, jacked guys in the nursing home with wrinkly old bikini babes is a goal for the future.

 

sadly taller men die younger too and i'm a little tall i guess

[Humble Narcissist]

sadly taller men die younger too and i'm a little tall i guess

I think it's 3 years for every inch over 6'3".

[wes]

Sounds to me like a good reason to up the dosage!   

[dj181]

I think it's 3 years for every inch over 6'3".

Really

Less than 3% of all men are 6'3