Symptoms, conditions and causes
What are the primary causes of low testosterone, and how do factors such as age, hormonal imbalances, and medical conditions contribute to this issue?
Low testosterone in men mainly is caused by the excess amount of other hormones in your body that counter testosterone. These hormones are cortisol, insulin and especially estrogen. The main remedy is to decrease the amounts of these hormones, which should greatly improve this condition.
Symptoms:
Decreased libido
Decreased erections
Decreased vitality
Weight gain (midsection)
Can’t build muscle mass
Skin thinner and softer
Voice higher
Prostate enlargement
Breast tissue (man boobs)
Loss of body hair
Loss of collagen
Reduction of sperm
Cause #1: High estrogen
High amounts of estrogen (the female hormone that is also produced in small amounts in a male body) can greatly lower the amounts of testosterone in your body. Consuming foods that are high in estrogen (like soy or GMO foods) can do that. If you have high amounts of body fat, it can do that too, as human body fat contains certain proteins that convert testosterone to estrogen.
Remedies:
Consume foods that will lower estrogen levels:
cruciferous vegetables (natural estrogen blockers)
DIM (concentrated cruciferous)
white button mushrooms
mushrooms in general
celery
parsley
olive oil
Avoid foods that will increase estrogen:
soy
vegetable oils
GMO foods
alcohol
soy-fed chicken
soy-fed beef
Cause #2: High insulin
One of the effects of insulin (the fat-storing hormone) is to lower testosterone in your body. If you are on a high-carb diet, this will increase the amount of insulin produced by your body to lower the blood sugar spikes after meals. Consuming snacks too often will raise insulin level after each of those snacks, too.
Remedies:
Avoid refined sugar and carbs
Avoid snacking
Do the Healthy Keto® diet
Do an intermittent fasting plan
Cause #3: High cortisol
Your body is producing the stress hormone called cortisol to help you adapt to stressors from your environment. Cortisol in itself will lower testosterone levels in the body. If the stress is constant, or chronic, this can overwork your adrenals--making them produce excess cortisol too often.
Remedies:
Take vitamin B1:
• nutritional yeast • benfotiamine
Improve your sleep
avoid blue lights (computer/phone) before going to bed
disconnect electronic devices from the outlets before going to bed
take naps if needed
try to go to bed before 10:30 p.m.
Avoid watching news (bad news can keep you in a bad mood)
Take magnesium
Take vitamin D
Do the Healthy Keto® diet
Take long walks outside (at least 45 minutes)
Regularly exercise (don’t overtrain)
You can also take my Adrenal & Cortisol Support
You can also take my Adrenal Stress Advanced Formula
Cause #2: High amounts of stress
General remedies to raise the level of testosterone in your body
Once you’ve eliminated and remedied the main causes of low testosterone, the remedies below might not be needed. Your body should be producing enough testosterone by then, since there is nothing lowering it or converting it to something else. But you can apply the remedies below as additional ways to elevate your testosterone levels.
Remedies:
Consume more cholesterol (helps to make testosterone)
Consume moderate amounts of protein (6 to 8 oz of protein in meal)
Full-body exercise
HIIT exercise
Improve sleep
Consume zinc (100 mg / day)
Consume korean red ginseng
Take L-arginine
Take D-aspartic acid
Other causes:
Aging
Fatty liver
Too much iron
Medications:
• statins
high blood pressure meds
medications for diabetes
Last updated: Oct 15, 2024 14:22 PM