How Age And Chemicals Affect Testosterone Levels

Testosterone, the potent male hormone, starts to decline around age 40; but sometimes it can drop in the mid to late 30s.

Low testosterone levels could cause muscle weakness, impotence, depression, fatigue, and loss of libido or sex drive.

Researchers and scientists have termed this life stage Andropause.

Not to be compared to menopause, where women have a sharp decrease in estrogen, Andropause is highlighted by a slow decline in testosterone, with yearly losses of 2 percent per year starting at age 40.

Doctors typically recommend hormone replacement therapy before they consider other natural methods.

In fact, there are many natural methods, which research shows could naturally boost your testosterone production.

This could reverse the age-associated testosterone drop that most men experience.

As discussed before, age plays a large role as to why testosterone starts to decline.

However, many factors (including environmental causes and diet), could lower testosterone levels and hormone production.

Let me explain…

Environmental

Chemicals have been manufactured and put into many of the products that you use today.

They can be used to solidify plastic and some keep canned goods fresh.

The problem is, these products can easily leach into your food, making you susceptible to eating contaminated food - all which could lower testosterone.

Xenoestrogens are harmful chemicals that are found in most common plastic products and are also used in the textile industry.

These chemicals have the ability to leach into your body and, research suggests, act as endocrine disruptors.

This could disrupt your natural production of testosterone and throw your hormones out of whack.

The other problem: the chemical makeup of xenoestrogens is very similar to estrogen.

Xenoestrogens can also be much harder to break down by your body.

And this could cause fluctuations in your testosterone levels.

The Type of Diet

The type of diet that you are on could potentially have drastic changes in your testosterone levels.

Low-fat and low-cholesterol diets could drop your T-levels.

In order to produce testosterone, your body needs cholesterol.

Lower cholesterol levels decrease the amount of available cholesterol for your body to break down and turn into testosterone.

And, a low-fat diet could have the same impact.

Some studies have shown that men with the highest consumption of monounsaturated fat showed the highest testosterone levels.

By utilizing that fat, your body could synthesize more testosterone, therefore naturally increase your T-levels.

Loss of Testosterone

The loss of testosterone affects every man differently.

A loss of muscle strength, muscle mass, and potentially a lower sex drive could all compound together and may lead to depression.

Low testosterone levels could cause you to gain extra weight around your belly and midsection, which could increase levels of visceral fat.

Visceral fat is a type of fat found deep in the abdominal area and around your organs.

Visceral fat, research shows, increases your risk for heart disease by raising your triglyceride levels as well as your LDL cholesterol.

But increased testosterone levels could increase lean mass on your body and use more of the stored energy found in fat cells for calories.

Naturally Boost Your Testosterone

If you are a guy in your mid-30s or older, then you could be at risk for declining testosterone levels.

Low testosterone, research suggests, could lead to memory loss, sexual dysfunction, bone loss, reproductive disability, and even insomnia, not to mention increased fat stores.

Raising testosterone can be accomplished by risky hormone therapy - but at a steep cost.

However, there are plenty of ways to boost your testosterone naturally.

Finding these alternative ways to treat low testosterone levels (eating different foods, increasing physical activity, and increasing sex) may naturally boost your testosterone.

This could improve virility and give a much needed boost to your testosterone.


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