REAL Testosterone Levels REVEALED How to Increase Testosterone Naturally ft. Rob Lipsett & Joey D
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Date: 2019-11-09
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abraxsis
Your theories need more actual knowledge behind them. A raw testosterone result is USELESS. You need Total Testosterone, SHBG AND Albumin (usually taken during a Complete Metabolic Panel, aka CMP. These three scores are fed through an equation that gives the BIOAVAILABLE amount of testosterone. You could have 1000 ng/dl (34. 5 nmol/l) and a very low bioavailable amount because your body produces a high amount of SHBG (which testosterone binds strongly to and is therefore unavailable for the body to use. Albumin also binds with test, but it is a weak bond so the body can break the bond and use the stored test. Clearly your body, at 12-17 nmol/l (Total) has a properly maintained Albumin/SHBG/Testosterone ratio with a high/normal bioavailability. Whereas some people can have high test, high SHBG, and high albumin which ultimately reduces the amounts of bioavailable testosterone. Even a basic reading of the testosterone wiki page would have given you this information and there are pages and pages of bioavailable testosterone calculators on Google to use once you have the proper scores. Assuming you have a normal, typical, albumin level of 4. 3g/dL that would put your bioavailable amount of testosterone at 41. 9% which is perfectly normal. Also, fat people might have higher test, but the excessive adipose (especially in males and especially belly fat) converts testosterone to estrogens. Ergo they might have a higher raw testosterone result, but the end result, in the body, is more like that of someone with low testosterone.
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Your theories need more actual knowledge behind them. A raw testosterone result is USELESS. You need Total Testosterone, SHBG AND Albumin (usually taken during a Complete Metabolic Panel, aka CMP. These three scores are fed through an equation that gives the BIOAVAILABLE amount of testosterone. You could have 1000 ng/dl (34. 5 nmol/l) and a very low bioavailable amount because your body produces a high amount of SHBG (which testosterone binds strongly to and is therefore unavailable for the body to use. Albumin also binds with test, but it is a weak bond so the body can break the bond and use the stored test. Clearly your body, at 12-17 nmol/l (Total) has a properly maintained Albumin/SHBG/Testosterone ratio with a high/normal bioavailability. Whereas some people can have high test, high SHBG, and high albumin which ultimately reduces the amounts of bioavailable testosterone. Even a basic reading of the testosterone wiki page would have given you this information and there are pages and pages of bioavailable testosterone calculators on Google to use once you have the proper scores. Assuming you have a normal, typical, albumin level of 4. 3g/dL that would put your bioavailable amount of testosterone at 41. 9% which is perfectly normal. Also, fat people might have higher test, but the excessive adipose (especially in males and especially belly fat) converts testosterone to estrogens. Ergo they might have a higher raw testosterone result, but the end result, in the body, is more like that of someone with low testosterone.
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Cynical Old Fart
Very interesting. When i was at my leanest doing regular gym weights and 300miles per week road cycling my testosterone was super low. I was 47 years old and eating very healthy. When i waa 52 and out of shape only doing irregular weight sessions eating any old crap and drinking quite a lot of red wine my testosterone was comparable to a 20 year old. I had my results told to me by my doctor so i cannot remember the actual numbers but i have noticed that even in my mid 50's the more i go to the gym and the better shape i am in with lower body fat my labido drops especially when i cut out alcohol completley. I dont know how true this is but i read somewhere that lactic acid build up holds nitrox oxide for longer in the blood. they know this from testing cyclists so perhaps this has some co relationship testosterone levels
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Very interesting. When i was at my leanest doing regular gym weights and 300miles per week road cycling my testosterone was super low. I was 47 years old and eating very healthy. When i waa 52 and out of shape only doing irregular weight sessions eating any old crap and drinking quite a lot of red wine my testosterone was comparable to a 20 year old. I had my results told to me by my doctor so i cannot remember the actual numbers but i have noticed that even in my mid 50's the more i go to the gym and the better shape i am in with lower body fat my labido drops especially when i cut out alcohol completley. I dont know how true this is but i read somewhere that lactic acid build up holds nitrox oxide for longer in the blood. they know this from testing cyclists so perhaps this has some co relationship testosterone levels
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SousarioAndre
Heyy Matt, I just wanted to give you my opinion about this tests. when you take a blood sample like that on your fingertip. you'll have to squeeze it a lot to gett a significant amount of blood. by squeezing your fingertip you'll squeeze out intra cellular fluid (ICF) which will dilute your blood. So you'll have a lower concentration of a given molecule in this blood sample, but the total amount is still the same. But the result that they give you is a concentration. so by squeezing your fingertip you're reducing this concentration on this blood sample. For me this method is not accurate enough, and you should maybe take a venous blood sample at your doctor, and compare the two And remember, that you shouldn't eat or drink before this tests
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Heyy Matt, I just wanted to give you my opinion about this tests. when you take a blood sample like that on your fingertip. you'll have to squeeze it a lot to gett a significant amount of blood. by squeezing your fingertip you'll squeeze out intra cellular fluid (ICF) which will dilute your blood. So you'll have a lower concentration of a given molecule in this blood sample, but the total amount is still the same. But the result that they give you is a concentration. so by squeezing your fingertip you're reducing this concentration on this blood sample. For me this method is not accurate enough, and you should maybe take a venous blood sample at your doctor, and compare the two And remember, that you shouldn't eat or drink before this tests
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bodyworks20102014
Another aspect of testosterone is there is a fair amount of data that shows that natural substances provide chemicals which help the body block the conversion of testosterone into the hydro testosterone. One of these natural supplements is stinging nettles. There is substantial data that shows consuming quality stinging nettle supplements daily will help an athlete maintain a higher available testosterone level by reducing the conversion into dehydro testosterone, and that will help because you don't want to look like a Hairy Ape Man and carry around a lot of extra useless calcified bone.
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Another aspect of testosterone is there is a fair amount of data that shows that natural substances provide chemicals which help the body block the conversion of testosterone into the hydro testosterone. One of these natural supplements is stinging nettles. There is substantial data that shows consuming quality stinging nettle supplements daily will help an athlete maintain a higher available testosterone level by reducing the conversion into dehydro testosterone, and that will help because you don't want to look like a Hairy Ape Man and carry around a lot of extra useless calcified bone.
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FeelzGood Mane
While it's easy to get bogged down with your test levels, if you're in the normal range (even if it's the lower end) that's what normal for that individual to function normally. Don't buy into any weird supps that claim to increase test. Even if you get a small bump it'll be tiny like maybe 1-2 nmol/dl. I was running 175mg a week of test on a cruise and it put me at 33 nmol. God knows what my test was at when I was running 600mg a week. But that shows how high your test needs to go to significantly impact hypertrophy and no weird herb or supplement will ever do that.
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While it's easy to get bogged down with your test levels, if you're in the normal range (even if it's the lower end) that's what normal for that individual to function normally. Don't buy into any weird supps that claim to increase test. Even if you get a small bump it'll be tiny like maybe 1-2 nmol/dl. I was running 175mg a week of test on a cruise and it put me at 33 nmol. God knows what my test was at when I was running 600mg a week. But that shows how high your test needs to go to significantly impact hypertrophy and no weird herb or supplement will ever do that.
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DR Mario
Hi mate, the reason your testosterone levels are so low is because of your past use of steroids, this means that your natural levels are now in the gutter because your body has stopped producing it in sufficient amounts like previously. It's kind of cool though that you've waited for a sensible period whilst being off steroids to get your hormones checked again to aid your constant and blaitent attempt at pretending to be natural, and because they are so low now, exposing your past use. Hope this helps x
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Hi mate, the reason your testosterone levels are so low is because of your past use of steroids, this means that your natural levels are now in the gutter because your body has stopped producing it in sufficient amounts like previously. It's kind of cool though that you've waited for a sensible period whilst being off steroids to get your hormones checked again to aid your constant and blaitent attempt at pretending to be natural, and because they are so low now, exposing your past use. Hope this helps x
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Ant B
Its basic science that a calorie deficit lowers test. Lowers free test. Increases SHBG. Once at maintenance or a surplus test increases and SHBG comes down, which also means more DHT. Carbs and cholesterol are also very important for keeping the thyroid health and keeping hormone production optimal. More body fat means more aromatase/estrogen. Being lean and on a decent energy level will maximise hormone production. Vit D is also highlyyyy important.
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Its basic science that a calorie deficit lowers test. Lowers free test. Increases SHBG. Once at maintenance or a surplus test increases and SHBG comes down, which also means more DHT. Carbs and cholesterol are also very important for keeping the thyroid health and keeping hormone production optimal. More body fat means more aromatase/estrogen. Being lean and on a decent energy level will maximise hormone production. Vit D is also highlyyyy important.
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Al Alik
Actually, in order to be sure that differences between the test results level are significant, you should know the standard deviation and measurement accuracy, from for example gage R&R study (repeatability and reproducibility. Another thing is that normal doesn't mean optimal. The normal range is very width if you ask me, as a results of normal distribution of test results from large population. In other words, it's mean almost nothing.
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Actually, in order to be sure that differences between the test results level are significant, you should know the standard deviation and measurement accuracy, from for example gage R&R study (repeatability and reproducibility. Another thing is that normal doesn't mean optimal. The normal range is very width if you ask me, as a results of normal distribution of test results from large population. In other words, it's mean almost nothing.
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Aldous Huxley
Mattdoesfitness you want to know why your testosterone is low? Plastics including bpa, soy, glyphosate, gmo food like corn canola cottonseed, not being keto adapted, wheat products, working out longer than 30 min, too much jogging, stressful job, less than 8 hours of sleep, lack of enzymes, lack of vit c, lack of natural plant based vit and minerals in general, and lack of sunlight. I could go on but those are your primary factors.
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Mattdoesfitness you want to know why your testosterone is low? Plastics including bpa, soy, glyphosate, gmo food like corn canola cottonseed, not being keto adapted, wheat products, working out longer than 30 min, too much jogging, stressful job, less than 8 hours of sleep, lack of enzymes, lack of vit c, lack of natural plant based vit and minerals in general, and lack of sunlight. I could go on but those are your primary factors.
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