Many aging men have issues with low testosterone. Here is information on the causes, and what can be done naturally to raise testosterone...
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A number of factors can lead to reduced testosterone production, such as drug side effects and testicular damage.
But those reasons are far outpaced, especially among older men, by what is coming to be known as andropause (also called late-onset hypogonadism), the decline in testosterone that often occurs with age.
In one study of 534 men between the ages of 40 and 79, more than a quarter had hormone levels low enough to fit this description (Korean Journal of Urology 9/13).
The term �andropause� is modeled after menopause, the cessation of mentrual periods (and ability to have children) experienced by women at midlife. Men in andropause retain their fertility, although sperm production and quality often decrease.
Another difference is that menopause has been an open topic of discussion for decades, while low testosterone in older men is only starting to come to general attention.
�Men are long overdue for their own exploration into this territory because the changes that we experience are just as profound, just as life altering and just as pervasive as those experienced by women,� says Stephen Harrod Buhner, author of numerous books on plant-based medicine including The Natural Testosterone Plan (Healing Arts).
The symptoms associated with andropause are so varied because male hormones play so many roles within the body. �Everyone knows that testosterone makes a man a man,� says Buhner, who explains that this hormone is what turns a fetus into a baby boy and a boy into an adult male with bigger muscles, a deeper voice and increased body and facial hair.
Total testosterone levels, however, can be misleading. Most of the body�s supply is bound to protein, leaving only 1% to 3% as free testosterone; this free version is what declines as men get older.
What�s more, all men carry small amounts of estrogen, the primary female hormone, in the form of estradiol (just as all women�s bodies contain some testosterone). �If too much testosterone is converted to estradiol, the androgen/estrogen balance is significantly altered and this can have tremendous impacts on how we feel as men,� Buhner says.
The phobia that they have had on cholesterol for year just might be the problem.
All the sex hormones are made of cholesterol. Just look at all the erectile dysfunction in the last 30 years this is a fairly new disorder and at the same time they pushed to lower cholesterol. Cholesterol is so important the body makes it but not enough.
Very interesting article. When an imblance occurs ie,,,when more estrogen is produced in a man through the use of a herb ie saw palmetto or fenugreek. Once this has stopped will the body generally correct this hormonal inbalance and return to baseline albeit it make take a few months?
I thought that Cialis was the answer? The commercial shows a greying-templed older man sharing a clawfoot bathtub with his younger wife that he thinks is "still the one for him". I guess she's still good enough (for now), but he isn't ruling out an even younger mistress...
Low Testosterone Causes and Natural Treatments
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