From causes and symptoms to common myths surrounding low testosterone and Testosterone Replacement Therapy. Alphagenix Lead Clinician, Dr Max Draper, is here to answer your burning questions.
It’s only natural that men face lower testosterone levels as they age. But, with lower testosterone comes lower muscle mass, libido, energy, and more. We asked the experts at Alphagenix what their top supplements were to slow the process of lowering testosterone.
We specialise in TRT for men with medically low testosterone, but there’s always more you can do at home. We asked the experts at Alphagenix to share some of their top tips for naturally boosting your testosterone.
You know it’s good for you, so why does meditation seem like such an effort? You wonder if you are getting it right, and your brain just won’t let you relax. You are constantly analysing and going through what you should be doing and what you are doing.
There are more diets available than you could shake a stick at but one of the more promising and most recent ones is intermittent fasting. On an intermittent fasting eating plan, as the name suggests, you would alternate between eating and fasting following a schedule.
If you were going to identify the diet that most suited the human being it would be the diet that they call ‘The Paleo Diet’. Simply put it means that the foods contained in the diet are the ones that best suit your body and the ones that your DNA is programmed for.
The answer to the question does the male menopause really exist will vary depending on who’s being asked. Ask a scientist and you’ll get one answer while a middle-aged man and his partner might have an entirely different reply!
Having erection trouble from time to time isn’t necessarily a cause for concern, however, if your erectile dysfunction is an ongoing issue, it can cause stress, anxiety, affect your self-confidence and contribute to relationship problems.
When you consider some of the symptoms of low testosterone levels in men it is perhaps not surprising that there will be the tendency to develop a corresponding lack in self-confidence.
One of the first symptoms of low testosterone levels maybe corresponding low energy levels. it might be that initially, you put your low energy levels down to a busy life or a hectic schedule, but sooner or later you notice that even if you have a good amount of rest you still feel tired and feel that you have no energy.
Because testosterone is responsible for developing muscle mass, if testosterone levels fall then a noticeable decrease in muscle mass will follow. The basic science of this is that healthy testosterone levels will build your muscles but low testosterone will turn that muscle into fat.
The depression that is associated with low testosterone levels may not be obvious. Having a vague feeling of not being yourself or being anxious and irritable might have a lot of causes and quite frequently low testosterone levels won’t be the first thing you would think of.