If you’re a man over 40 and you’re feeling low on energy, you struggle to gain muscle, you gain weight easily, you have a low libido, you can’t think clearly and you’re unmotivated, your bone density is decreasing (you probably wouldn’t know this) then you may be suffering from low testosterone. And/or, you may be severely undernourished of micronutrients and /or suffering from inflammation.
Let’s focus on testosterone – the hormone that makes you manly. This drops off after about the age of 35 by about 1% per year unless you do something about it. Unfortunately, it’s falling off faster than that these days due to the environment in which we live and the fact that we live very sedentary and stressful lives. In fact, today, we’re said to be 22% less manly than our fathers were – testosterone levels have dropped by 22% in 2 decades. Operations to correct ‘man boobs’ is now the 4th most popular surgery carried out on men in the US. Sperm counts have as much as halved in half a century. Something very freaky is going on in the world! This is all revealed in Mojo Multiplier.
Guess what. Our conventionally “healthy” diet has a lot to do with it. So much to do with it in fact. Sure, we are faced with hormone-disrupting chemicals and compounds like pesticides and herbicides, there is oestrogen in the water supply which is causing male fish to change sex (they’re growing eggs) and alligator penises to shrink (true story) – and is harming men too. There are also endocrine-disrupting (hormone disrupting) compounds in shower gels, conditioners, shampoos, plastics and more.
Something else is happening too. We’re all becoming inflamed – and that’s your body’s reaction to what it perceives as an attack on it. It’s an immune response. I’ve just written a book which is all about inflammation called The Vitality Secret. (It’s actually at no. 5 in nutrition on Amazon right now and no.2 in Immune Systems.) In fact, you can pick it the first two chapters for FREE right now by hitting this link. Inflammation is closely related to low testosterone. It’s not surprising as inflammation happens when you consistently take in toxins (often unknowingly), together with not moving enough, stress and lack of sleep. Those 4 things lead to inflammation. Inflammation means your hormones will become imbalanced. It’s as if your machine, the human engine, is not firing on all cylinders when you’re inflamed. Sadly, there is so much absolute garbage in our food supply which means we take in these toxins unknowingly. In fact, some of us think that we’re eating a healthy diet, when in fact, it’s far from healthy. There is conventionally healthy and there is actually healthy. Check out this quote from BodyEcology on inflammation and low testosterone and pay close attention to no.1.
HOW INFLAMMATION TIES TO LOW TESTOSTERONE
Simply controlling blood sugar with diet and weight loss may be enough to restore levels of testosterone. (3) In fact, Grossman suggests that changes in lifestyle should be the first line of treatment in men with low testosterone and signs of metabolic syndrome.
Inflammation negatively impacts the hypothalamic–pituitary–testicular axis—the system that regulates levels of testosterone in the body. (4)(5)
The hypothalamic–pituitary–testicular axis is most influenced by:
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Diet: A pro-inflammatory diet that includes gluten and other common food irritants like casein is often at the root of hormonal imbalance. Too much sugar in the diet will also feed Candida overgrowth, making the problem of inflammation worse. Both pro-inflammatory foods and excessive sugar can interfere with the control of blood sugar. Additionally, many pesticides are endocrine disrupters and interfere with hormonal balance—so, avoiding GMO and choosing organic foods is important. (6)
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Sleep: Too little sleep, irregular sleep, or shift-work is inherently stressful to your metabolic system. Poor sleep quality sets the body up for inflammation, poor blood sugar regulation, and hormonal imbalance Read more and see research references here on BodyEcology
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November 5, 2018 at 10:11 am
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