Testosterone is most famous for it's anabolic, muscle building and masculine imparting qualities.

Muscular men have more sex partners than their less-chiseled peersThey attract females looking for a virile mate, women are predisposed to prefer muscularity in men

Medical Prescription Testosterone is often referred to as Hormone Replacement Therapy or HRT

  • Testosterone is the most important hormone in the male body for energy, libido, muscle size and strength.

  • In addition Testosterone is involved in heart function / cardiac output, neurological function, red blood cell production, bone density, and immune system function.

    • Testosterone improves oxygen uptake throughout the body, helps control blood sugar, and helps regulate cholesterol.

    • There are testosterone receptors throughout the body including the heart & brain.

Low levels of testosterone increase death rate for men over 50.  University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.  A study of 800 men over 50 found that those with low levels had a 33% increased risk of death over an 18-year period than those with higher levels.

  • As with Estrogen and HGH there are expected declines in testosterone levels as we age. 

    • In men over 40 lower testosterone levels effect physical, sexual, and cognitive function. 

    • A man 40 years old has less than 1/2 the testosterone a man of 25 has.

December, 2006: Researchers at the University of Southern California have discovered a direct link between loss of testosterone and the development of an Alzheimer's. 

 

Over 1/2 of testosterone is produced from DHEA.

  • Dr. William Regelson, University of Virginia School of Medicine, reports that DHEA is "one of the best biochemical bio-markers for chronologic age."

  • The most abundant hormone in a 25 year old mans body is DHEA!

  • "Over the counter DHEA has had a major positive effect this 60 YO author.  DHEA had a positive effect on several areas of my life.  Sleep, Exercise Tolerance + an enhanced outlook on life!"

"According to 1999 studies by Pennsylvania State University researchers, men with higher levels of testosterone may be less vulnerable to high blood pressure, heart attacks, frequent colds, obesity and depression."

 

 

Testosterone replacement therapy may help elderly men with mild Alzheimer's disease.  The University of California, Los Angeles team found that replacement hormone therapy significantly improved quality of life for Alzheimer's patients.

  • This UCLA study also reported improvements in energy levels, physical health and interpersonal relationships

  • There are testosterone receptors in the brain.

  • Low testosterone levels are common in men suffering depression.

    • This 60 year old author is here to report decreased libido, altered mood and loss of muscle mass are all depressing. :-) 

The goal of hormone replacement is to restore levels to those normally present for several decades during early adulthood.  Safe levels at age 30 will remain safe when restored to that same level later in life.  Adverse effects from hormone replacement result only from excessive doses ."  ~ Elmer M. Cranton, MD 

 

Amino Acids are the building blocks of protein and perform many specialized functions.

Cholesterol

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<<<<<<<<<< Pregnenolone  >>>>>>>>

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<<<<<<<<<  DHEA >>>>>>>>>>

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<<<<< Enzymes, Glucocorticoids, Mineral Corticoids >>>>>

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Androstenedione

Testosterone

4 & 5-Androstenediol

Testosterone

4 & 5-Androstenedione

Testosterone

19-Norandrostenedione

NorTestosterone

19-Norandrostenediol

Nortestosterone

Estrogen

Estrogen

Estrogen

estrogen(way less than andro)

estrogen ( way less than andro)