Low Testosterone Kills | Low Testosterone
New research suggests that men with low testosterone levels may be at increased risk of early death.
Dr. Shippen, author of "The Testosterone Syndrome" - Physicians are beginning to (prescribe testosterone) partly because we now have testosterone patches, which are a prescription item. There is more information in the medical literature about changing testosterone levels and the symptoms. Like myself, many physicians were taught there is no male menopause and that hormones are not that important or there are some bad effects of testosterone that it might increase your chance of a heart attack. Exactly the opposite is what I found in the literature.
A report that was published in the August 14/28 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine should cause you a great deal of concern if you are a man over 40. Reading this and the other information available daily indicates a lack of testosterone causes heart attacks and more. If you haven't read the book, "The Testosterone Syndrome" and have a doctor that knows how to do saliva tests instead of the old "blood work" then you, my friend, are in trouble.
Low Testosterone Could Increase Death Risk
Articles with titles like "Low Testosterone Could Increase Death Risk" point out that there is an association between low testosterone and early death was seen in men over 40. But doctors are still scratching their collective heads, stating that the "reasons aren't clear" as to why this is happening. One report was quick to jump to the conclusion that men (and women, too we suppose) should not take testosterone supplements. How dare we take our own health into our own hands.
As men age, their testosterone levels gradually decline. After age 30, levels decrease by about 1.5% per year. Low testosterone levels can result in decreased muscle mass and bone density, insulin resistance and low sex drive, as well as less energy, more irritability and feelings of depression, the researchers noted.
In one study, the researchers looked at the whether low testosterone levels were associated with an increased risk of death in a group of 858 men over 40. Another study shows the results were particularly important because studies had shown levels of testosterone in men of all ages were falling. This fits with other reports world wide that attributes this low testosterone across all ages to Xenoestrogens, chemical compounds in our lives that mimic hormones.
The study from the journal, Archives of Internal Medicine, said that testosterone levels can be affected by illness, surgery and other medical problems. But even when the researchers excluded men who had died within the first year of follow-up, those with low testosterone levels were still 68% more likely to die compare to men with normal levels of the hormone.
Testosterone gives you a zing, if you have low testosterone it tends to make you less active. This is true for men and women. There are natural sources of this hormone, and many recommend staying away from synthetic analogs of testosterone for the likely hood that diseases will increase and happened to women taking prescription hormone replacement therapy.
Note that natural testosterone is only available from your compounding pharmacist with a prescription from your doctor. But you'll have to look long and hard, because most doctors only know about the synthetic, and highly profitable, version.