LOW T? GUYS THIS ONe IS FOR YOU!
So many men are failing the test!📉💉
Low testosterone⬇️‼️
First of all why do men need testosterone?
muscle mass and bones💪🏻
facial and pubic hair- hello duck dynasty 🦆
body’s development of deeper voices
sex drive‼️
mood and quality of life
verbal memory and thinking ability- hello ladies! You want your man remembering what you said right?! 😂
It is becoming rampant and our men's health is paying the price. It has been estimated that men today have one third of the testosterone that our great grandfathers had. Why?😳
Diet, stress and inactivity 😔
First, it is important to know that men have a hormonal cycle as much as women, but not the same. A man's testosterone levels cycle every 15-20 minutes.....that's right, 3-4 times an hour. They also fluctuate daily with the highest levels being in the morning around 8 am and the lowest in the afternoon about 3. Men have a monthly testosterone variance that changes from man to man, and men have a yearly cycle that is highest in October and lowest in April.
So ladies if your man doesn’t think he’s hormonal, he’s just delusional. In fact when given surveys where female identifier questions are removed men report experiencing PMS symptoms as much as women!😱🙊
🌿DIET: Insulin resistance is connected with low T. As a man becomes more insulin resistant (blood sugar imbalances...see recent blog post) his testosterone drops.
🍏Eating. Each time a man eats his testosterone drops sharply. So frequent (5-7) meals a day on a moderate to high carb diet really hits men where it hurts. 👎🏻Oh, and soy products, alcohol, licorice, and stevia have all shown to lower a mans T levels. FYI‼️😱
🌿STRESS: Cortisol and testosterone seem to have an inverse relationship, when one is up, the other is down. So the regular stress response, hyper stress reactions, poor emotional management, sugar and caffeinated drinks, excess belly circumference and body fat will all contribute to a drop in T.
🌿INACTIVITY: Human Growth Hormone and testosterone are tightly connected in the man's body. Weight lifting and High Intensity Interval Training have been shown to boost HGH 2,000% and raise T. 💪🏻
Walking, or what I call stress release cardio has shown to drop cortisol levels, lower insulin resistance, and raise T.🚶🏼♂️
🌿Here is a bonus: Sleep. Sleep is when our hormones do most of their action, build us up, repair, recovery, and reset. No sleep, no hope at stable hormones or T levels.😴
🌿Fasting: Fasting has been shown to raise T levels 180% in just a short term (one day) fast and keep them high and even higher after the 3rd day of a fast.
Sharp T fluctuations and overall reduced T levels in men have been connected to irritability, anger issues, moodiness, and even depression. Take this seriously‼️
So there you go my ladies, you have the info, now don’t go analyzing your man but make note and if he’s open to alternative healthcare testing then a Functional Medicine Doctor (such as my father Bob Carnes D.C. or a Naturopath) can help your man identify his levels and begin to take action!💪🏻🌿
💫Great insights written by one of my favorite Docs:
Dr. Don Clum D.C.
Edited and written by Dr. Ashley Carnes D.C.