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Home :: Special Reports The Best Natural Ways to Raise Your Testosterone Levels
Here's an excerpt from this special report...Maybe you've got a slight paunch, and find it hard to climb a flight of stairs without feeling out of breath. You've got less muscle and more fat than you did in your twenties. You might be one of the many who experience problems with their love life, ranging from problems getting an erection to a complete loss of interest in sex. If any of this sounds familiar, it's possible you're suffering from low testosterone levels. For men, testosterone levels play a key role in almost everything. Testosterone builds emotional well-being and self-confidence. It affects how fat, fit or strong you are. It governs your mood, and plays a part in how aggressive you feel. Unfortunately, testosterone levels begin to decline slowly but surely as you reach middle age. The testes (the place where most testosterone is made) are less responsive to hormones that control testosterone production. To make matters worse, levels of "free" testosterone — the kind that's biologically active — declines to an even greater extent. Since testosterone plays a vital role in muscle growth, most men find it gets harder and harder just to maintain muscle mass, let alone build it, as they age. Even worse, low testosterone levels make it more likely that you'll gain fat. Research from the University of Washington shows that low testosterone levels are strongly linked to abdominal fat. Not only does it affect the way you look, a low testosterone level also affects the way you feel. Because the human brain is filled with testosterone receptors (the parts of the brain that respond to testosterone), your mood is affected if testosterone levels drop too low. Termed by some "irritable male syndrome", low testosterone levels might explain why some men become grumpy and irritable the older they get. When men who cannot produce testosterone come off hormone replacement therapy, they become irritable and depressed. Their mood improves when they resume treatment. Some experts believe that low testosterone levels are responsible for symptoms of sexual dysfunction such as premature ejaculation and low sex drive. Testosterone indirectly controls blood flow to the penis, and maintains the solidity of an erection. By the age of 40, nearly 2 in 10 men report suffering from occasional impotence. And they're just the ones who admit to it! With most men reluctant to talk about the fact that the "troops desert them in the middle of battle", the problem is probably far more widespread than many experts think. Some men have trouble with impotence when they go back to dating after a divorce. The debilitating cocktail of low testosterone levels, lack of self-confidence and an expanding waistline leaves many men feeling like their best days are behind them. Testosterone replacement therapy offers older men an opportunity to experience a sense of vitality and well-being they haven't experienced since they were 30 years younger. Unfortunately, experts are divided on its use. Nobody is really sure whether exogenous testosterone is a good or a bad idea. Critics say that testosterone injections, gels and patches increase the risk of prostate cancer and heart disease. For men with borderline low testosterone levels, the first step is to attempt to raise them without the use of drugs. Assuming your body functions normally, there is a an exciting body of evidence to show that it is possible to raise low testosterone levels safely and naturally — simply by making small changes to what you eat and how you exercise...
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