I would recommend ensuring that
your free testosterone level was not derived from the direct test.
The TEAAM study enrolled men aged 60 years or older with low - normal testosterone levels, 3.5 - 13.9 nmol / L (100 and 400 g / dL) or
free testosterone level less than 174 pmol / L (50 pg / mL).
She has proscribed Spironolactone 50 mg 2x day to help lower
my free testosterone.
The direct
free testosterone is a highly inaccurate test, but the likelihood of you having an elevated calculated free T or DHT is next to zero, given your total testosterone level.
To better balance things, you need to know
your free testosterone, estradiol, and progesterone levels.
When the hormone is unattached altogether, this is called
free testosterone.
I just received my results for my TOTAL &
FREE Testosterone Levels.
For the studies I order, I consider a normal calculated
free testosterone range for a female to be between 0.3 - 1.9.
I came across this site after finding out my results from the lab were as follows: Dhea sulfate: 87.9 Tsh: 1.66 Prolactin: 6.5 Testosterone, serum: 4
Free testosterone: 0.3 My doctor says it's not an issue.
Any of our clinics (Hurst, Lewisville, Frisco) currently offer assessment of total and
free testosterone for $ 25.
The free testosterone gets you back into the same sexual shape you were in at your peak.
I would bet that your calculated
free testosterone is actually low.
However, The Endocrine Society recommends against using the direct
free testosterone test clinically, as it is a flawed assay.
Your free testosterone is the most important number to consider, but it has to be measured in the right way.
Excess intra-abdominal fat (also known as visceral fat)-- a hallmark of the metabolic syndrome - is particularly detrimental, and low levels of both total testosterone and
free testosterone are consistent features of men with metabolic syndrome.
Typically, most providers order the direct,
free testosterone test which is clinically useless.
This study specifically selected men with type 2 diabetes based on low
free testosterone levels.
Based on the symptoms you described, I would advise contacting one of our clinics to arrange for testing of your total and
free testosterone levels so that we have a more clear understanding of your testosterone profile.
Direct
free testosterone levels are, unfortunately, clinically useless.
What you were told was
your free testosterone is (I'll bet dollars to doughnuts) a «direct» free testosterone.
The focus should really be on getting
your free testosterone levels in the right spot, but this is a moving target so it needs to be properly monitored and maintained.
The direct free test is a very poor assay, and I would strongly recommend utilizing a calculated
free testosterone instead.
Cortisol is a hormone that is promoted by stress and reduces
free testosterone levels (in addition to signaling for your body to store fat).
First, some specifics; your calculated
free testosterone is 0.32.
I manage my patients based on their symptoms, safety, and calculated
free testosterone levels.
A «direct»
free testosterone test is clinically useless.
My recommendation to my patients is that we manage dosing by targeting
your free testosterone levels.
The second reason is lower carb diets can reduce
free testosterone 30 - 40 % as well on the same caloric intake.
Brace yourself, things are about to get very technical sounding: Profollica was manufactured to interrupt alpha 5 reductase enzymes from binding to
free testosterone to form Dihydrotestosterone (DHT).
Cortisol — 12.9 TSH — 1.14 Free T4 — 1.1 Free T3 — 2.7 T3 Reverse — 31 Thyro Glob ABS — 9.6 Thryo Pero ABS — < 10 Thyroxine ABG 20.5 Estradiol — 45 Estriol — <.10 Estrone — 45 Progesterone — <.5 Testosterone — 10
Free Testosterone — .7 Dihydrotestosterone DHT — 12 DHEA Sulfate — 59
Improvements have been observed in both insulin sensitivity and
free testosterone levels providing a clear mechanism to the health and fertility benefits that many people have experienced.
With True Grit Test Booster, you not only get the ingredients you need to free up bound testosterone, but you also get the estradiol - lowering advantage to ensure
your free testosterone can get the job done.
Obese women with PCOS tend to have increased
free testosterone (a common type of androgen hormone) and more insulin resistance.
For the 300 mg dose group,
free testosterone increased 90 %, and DHT increased 192 % (rather significant increase in DHT I'd say)
Unfortunately, as men age, total and
free testosterone decline.
• Leutinizing hormone (LH) • Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) • DHEAS sulfate • Total and
free testosterone • Fasting glucose • Fasting insulin (can be part of oral glucose tolerance test - OGTT) • HA1C • Transvaginal pelvic ultrasound
However, variations are greater among
free testosterone assays than among total testosterone assays.
Shores and colleagues investigated the correlation between testosterone levels (defined as total testosterone < 250 ng / dL or
free testosterone < 0.75 ng / dL) and mortality in 858 males followed for up to 8 years.
Your free testosterone isn't bound into anything, so it just circulates in your veins and can be instantly utilized by your body, which makes it very effective.
It is hypothesized that excess levels of circulating insulin may decrease the concentration of sex hormone — binding globulin (SHBG — a beneficial hormone that helps removes excess dangerous hormones from the body), thereby increasing the amount of unbound
free testosterone.
The vegetarians reported higher levels of sex hormone - binding globulin (SHBG), bowel movements, and total fiber intake as well as lower levels of free estradiol,
free testosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA - s) and BMI.
It is somewhat complex as low fat plant based diets also increase the binding protein in the blood so you may not have as much
free testosterone.
Kanazawa I, Tanaka K, Ogawa N, Yamauchi M, Yamaguchi T, Sugimoto T. Undercarboxylated osteocalcin is positively associated with
free testosterone in male patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
However, it means that tribulus terrestris is far safer than the statement «increases
free testosterone by 32 %» suggests.
This powerful natural compound helps support total and
free testosterone, while also helping to boost ATP, and protein synthesis.
This brings to light the fact that there isn't any additional benefit to be had consuming 600 mg 6OXO daily compared to 300 mg, and as concluded by the researchers: «for
free testosterone, DHT there were no significant differences between groups, suggesting 300 mg and 600 mg of 6 - OXO to be equally as effective in increasing androgen levels.
I have low
free testosterone too, though this could be due to poor zinc status or another issue such as adrenal insufficiency or lack of the right building blocks for hormones (also in some people, DHEA is converted to estrogen more than testosterone).
... the diagnosis of androgen deficiency requires only an ear attuned to the characteristic symptoms and blood test providing evidence of reduced levels of total or
free testosterone.
Major laboratories have, unfortunately, reduced the «normal» range of
free testosterone to maintain the 95 percentile as normal, the result being that many abnormally low levels will now be considered normal.
The tiny fraction that is not bound is
the free testosterone, and this is the bioactive component of testosterone.