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Not exact matches
But to make matters even more bizzare, West et al. then looked at Phillip's data
from another perspective and claimed that the increases in lean body mass originally reported by Ronnestad were real but weren't actually
caused by
testosterone levels but were directly associated with changes in cortisol, the much - hated stress hormone.
The researchers wanted to know if the increased
testosterone production derived
from leg exercises would
cause an increase in muscle gains, so they made 12 healthy young men train their biceps for 15 weeks on separate days and under different hormonal conditions.
As with all other professional bodybuilders, because of the use of exogenous
testosterone, while preparing for bodybuilding competitions, he has suffered
from gynecomastia, which is the enlargement of the breast tissue beneath the nipples,
causing them to swell up.
Zinc also reduces keratin production, which helps prevent pores
from becoming clogged, kills bacteria on the skin, and even reduces
testosterone — the main hormone that
causes acne when in excess.
Another study showed that switching
from a low fiber to a high fiber diet can
cause a significant drop in
testosterone and DHT levels.
One study tracked 800 men for 50 years and showed that the group with the lowest
testosterone levels had a 33 % greater chance of death
from all
causes than the group with the highest
testosterone levels.
What I want you to take away
from this article is the following idea — it's important to have a good level of zinc in your diet, but, for most men in the United States, zinc deficiency is likely not the
cause of low
testosterone.
Years of research show that high fiber intake is related to lower
testosterone levels, mainly because the fiber
causes more
testosterone to be excreted
from the body.
If you are suffering
from any of these illnesses, it may be the
cause of your high
testosterone:
What this all means is that women can have low T issues just like men can, even though the
causes of these issues are altogether different, making
testosterone treatment a possible option for women suffering
from low T.
Acne will worsen
from increased
testosterone from Zinc which is the hormone that
causes blemishes and spots.
For women for whom oil production is a problem, or for whom
testosterone levels are already out of balance
from insulin resistance and the like, ovulation can
cause acne outbreaks.
Disrupted signals
from pituitary gland and the hypothalamus in the brain to the testes (in males) or to the ovaries (in females) is what
causes low
testosterone levels.
The
causes of low
testosterone in women are varied, and, as you might expect, are very different
from the
causes of low
testosterone in men.
Not all hormones are treated equally in the female body; for example, high cortisol
from an overtaxed system
causes other hormones to be out of whack, like estrogen, progesterone, thyroid, and
testosterone.
In addition to that, excess insulin
causes the liver to make less sex - hormone - binding globulin (SHBG), the main protein that binds
testosterone and keeps it
from running amok.
The stress placed on your system
causes a reaction
from your body to produce more
testosterone and growth hormone.
While this corrects the insulin problem, the drop in estrogen levels she experiences
from the weight loss (since estrogen is produced in fat cells)
causes an imbalance in her predisposed - to -
testosterone - production ovaries.
After some deep research, Joe LoGalbo read a shocking article
from the US National Library of Medicine confirming how cardio workouts have been
causing testosterone drops in men to the point that they are even lower than men who don't work out.
For men, hormonal changes
from hormonal enhancements or steroids that are taken to
cause for levels of
testosterone to rise can
cause for back acne.
Apart
from the home remedies, there are a few important tips that one needs to follow to deal with the hair loss
caused by the changing levels of
testosterone in the body.
A better idea which is explained in detail in our article on training for muscle mass, is to follow a periodized training program which avoids
causing such a strain on the body's recovery abilities and will thereby avoid a situation where
testosterone is depressed most of the week
from training heavy all the time.
Aside
from unhealthy lifestyle, food habits, vices, and medical conditions,
testosterone reduction can also be
caused by hypogonadism.
As you can see in this study
from the Journal of Metabolism and this study
from the British Journal of Nutrition, caloric ingestion, regardless of the macronutrient,
causes a decrease in
testosterone in the male body.
This is especially the case if you don't suffer
from a condition, illness, or disease that would
cause your
testosterone levels to be low.
High estrogens can arise
from excess conversion of
testosterone to estrogen,
causing breast enlargement and erectile dysfunction.
Women can suffer
from testosterone deficiency, which is the common
cause of depression, lack of energy, weakness and loss of libido.
You're body is used to all these endogenous artificial
testosterone, you know, your
testosterone to estrogen ratio is getting messed up and so you do have to use what's called post cycle therapy when you're on pro-hormones and we won't get into the post cycle therapy as much on this podcast «
cause I know we're kinda pushing for time but the problem is that if you don't cycle pro hormones, it can be tough on your liver, it can be tough on your own endogenous production so it's something that you do wan na make sure that you do, that you understand how to cycle properly and I have to be careful of course, giving out recommendations like that on this show just because so many people who are listening to this are competing in event like triathlons and marathons and thing of that nature where they're gonna be drug tested and stuff like this would be a big no - no anyways, you know, or they're going after more natural means and let's face it, prohormones can be kinda damaging to your body and the reason for that is because a lot of these side effects: acne and hair loss, breast tissue enlargement, or you know, what we affectionately call bitch tits in dudes, prostate swelling, you know, a lot of these hormonal imbalances that get created
from dumping exogenous sources of hormones into your body and creating like a hormone milieu that can be a real real issue
from a health standpoint.
Along similar lines, research
from my laboratory looked for a possible
cause of low
testosterone among highly active men.
If you think you might be suffering
from Low T, a blood test is the only way you can determine, definitively, if low
testosterone is the problem or if something else is
causing your symptoms.
Keeping your
testosterone levels in a normal range can make you happier, too [3], and
testosterone can even improve your cardiovascular health and decrease your risk of mortality (
from all
causes!)
DHT and
testosterone can
cause acne, but they far
from guarantee it.
Either an excess of female hormone (estrogen),
from certain types of testicular cancer, or an excess of male hormone (
testosterone) can
cause hyperplasia.