What is the content of male hormone health guidance?

The core is centered around the full-cycle metabolic balance of androgens with testosterone as the core. It is by no means as simple as "testosterone supplementation" in popular perception. It covers three core directions: daily self-examination, life intervention for non-pathological conditions, and standardized medical intervention for pathological conditions. The essence is to help people maintain androgen levels within the normal range suitable for their age, rather than higher, the better.

I met a 28-year-old Internet programmer before. He worked on projects until two or three o'clock every day for half a year. Later, he always felt weak, lost his hair, and couldn't get excited about anything. I searched for guides and bought hundreds of imported testicle-stimulating supplements. After two weeks, he was full. I had acne on my face and nosebleeds. When I came for consultation, I had a blood test and found that the total testosterone level was completely within the normal range. It was just that staying up late caused a low proportion of free testosterone. I didn’t need to take supplements at all. I adjusted my work schedule and added lower limb strength training three times a week, and my condition was back to normal in two months.

Many people have a narrow understanding of male hormones. They either think that it is only related to fitness, muscle gain, and reproductive function, or they feel that they have "low testosterone" and need to take supplements when they feel a little uncomfortable. In fact, learning to perform daily self-examinations first is enough to screen out most unnecessary anxiety. You can usually pay more attention to your own status. If you have inexplicable lack of energy for two or three months in a row, have poor sleep, have lost muscle mass quickly but have accumulated a lot of fat in the waist and abdomen, have a significantly lower sex drive than before, or even feel emo for no reason, these may be signs of hormonal imbalance. Don't be shy to pay attention to it. This is the same as paying attention to whether your blood pressure is high or whether you have a cold.

If there are any relevant signals after self-examination, don’t rush to buy medicines or supplements. More than 80% of the mild imbalances I have encountered do not require medicines, and can be restored by adjusting a few details of life. Let’s just say that staying up late has the greatest impact on testosterone secretion. The peak secretion of testosterone occurs during the deep sleep period from 1 to 3 am. If you stay up until this point every day and still browse the computer and mobile phone, it is equivalent to blocking the secretion window. Getting enough sleep is like taking any number of supplements. There are also many people who spend two hours aerobic in the gym every day in order to lose weight. Body fat is lost, but testosterone is also lost. It is better to add strength training to large muscle groups two or three times a week, especially lower limb training. If the training is done well, the testosterone level will be higher than that of a sedentary person. A person is 15% to 20% taller. Don’t be completely vegetarian for health reasons. Eat some red meat, nuts and other foods containing high-quality fat and zinc, and drink less alcohol. A single drunken session can cause testosterone levels to drop by about 30%, which can last for several days.

There is a lot of controversy on the Internet about testicle-stimulating supplements and hormone intervention. Some people say that they are all IQ taxes, while others say that eating them as they please is useful. In fact, it has to be considered based on the situation. If your own hormone levels are completely normal, taking ordinary testicle-stimulating supplements such as zinc, magnesium, and tribulus terrestris saponins is basically useless. At best, it is a psychological comfort. If you take those banned anabolic hormone products, it will inhibit your own androgen secretion, and in serious cases, it will cause testicular atrophy. But if you have been diagnosed with pathological testosterone deficiency in a regular hospital, such as primary hypogonadism or age-related delayed hypogonadism, then taking testosterone undecanoate and taking testosterone injections as prescribed by the doctor are standard treatments. They are not a scourge, and there is no need to feel embarrassed if they use them.

There was a 45-year-old brother who told me that he was going through menopause and needed testosterone injections. A blood test revealed that his low testosterone was due to long-term high blood sugar affecting androgen metabolism. He did not need to supplement hormones at all. He first adjusted his blood sugar and then did fast walking and squatting three times a week. After three months, his hormone levels returned to the normal range suitable for his age. Even the previous problems of feeling tired and having trouble sleeping were gone.

To put it bluntly, male hormones are like the "fuel regulator" of the body. The more powerful the better, the more appropriate, the more adequate, balanced and stable. If you really have any doubts, go directly to the men's department or endocrinology department of a regular hospital. Don't search for random supplements on your own, which will cause problems for a good body.