Podcast 061: Testosterone
Men’s levels of testosterone naturally decrease 1% after the age of 30 years of age. There is also andropause where men’s hormones are off later in life. There are ways that you can preserve your levels naturally.
- Get the right amount of sleep
- Decrease weight and fat
- Control stress
- Eat less sugar
- Do detox to reduce estrogens
- Take supplements that help: zinc, DIM, I3C, Liver support, chrysin, saw palmetto
- Exercise especially interval training and resistance training
- Avoid food sources of estrogen
The website drmercola.com has great tips about how to boost your testosterone naturally.
There are differences between testosterone cream and injections. Injections shut down the production of testosterone. They also raise the testosterone levels drastically at the time of injection but then decrease during the week. So the levels vary. Creams give more stable levels every day. They also seem to have an effect on lipid levels.
