Low Hormone Levels

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hey, what's going on, everybody.

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Welcome back to the elemental Evan show thank you all for tuning in

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on this wellness Wednesday episode.

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Uh, these are full length episodes, as opposed to the Monday episodes

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that are ma uh, mini Monday episodes.

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Uh, but this one is going to be a little bit of a longer length one.

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I still keep them pretty compact because I want to obviously deliver

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a lot of information in a short amount of time to all of you.

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So I'll do my best to keep it as short as possible.

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But today's episode is going to be on a very interesting topic that will,

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you know, honestly, I'll just be able to scratch the surface of, uh, but

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nonetheless is extremely important and definitely needs to be heard.

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And that is on the topic of testosterone.

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Um, we we're, we're going to dive into what it is, why it's.

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Important in both men and women actually.

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And, uh, why you should be concerned about your testosterone as well

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as what you can do to help boost your testosterone production.

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So that is going to be the topic of today's episode.

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I think that's pretty much most of the news that I wanted to cover for today.

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And aside from that, I'm just really excited about this whole episode,

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because there's a few things in my.

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You know, continual education of health and wellness, which never ends.

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And that's a Uh, we're always learning something new.

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Right.

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But for me personally, testosterone, and really just hormones in general

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are one of those topics that.

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I am still really learning so much about and through learning.

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You know, I get super pumped and I'm, I, I'm happy to share all of this

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information that I'm finding with all of you, because, uh, just by expanding

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my own knowledge, it really fires me up.

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And like, I'm, I'm like, ah, I need to tell people about this.

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And so obviously that's why I have this show, but.

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Uh, I just wanted to also really mention that these, you know,

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testosterone and hormones, they are a topic in which I'm still, you

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know, developing my understanding of.

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So as I'm going through this whole episode, please understand that, you

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know, I am not a medical professional.

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If you are having issues with testosterone or any kind of hormone issues,

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please go see a medical professional.

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That is absolutely the correct step to take this, uh, podcast really as a

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whole is just meant to provide you with a lot of information, maybe information

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that you're not going to hear from the mainstream media and, you know,

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can really give you some insight on.

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Very specific issues that you might be having an overall really just how to

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live a better and healthier lifestyle, really shooting for longevity.

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That's my main goal is I'm really focused on longevity style diets.

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Um, and, and healthy, uh, sorry, lifestyles as well,

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not just the diet, right?

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Like every portion of, of what health and wellness is, is what I'm focused on.

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So I just wanted to give that little intro, uh, to let you all know that

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I am still, you know, continuing my knowledge on all of these

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hormones and, um, with testosterone being one of the really big ones.

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So please understand that I will try to provide some, uh, some

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statistics where possible and.

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Uh, leave any links in the show notes.

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Backing anything that I'm saying, but really the best thing to

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do is to do your own research.

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And if something intrigued you on Go ahead and follow up with the,

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on your own to really make sure you are educating yourself properly.

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But aside from that, let's go ahead and jump into today's episode.

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I'm super excited about it.

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So testosterone, let's just start off really basic and kind

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of cover what testosterone is.

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So testosterone is defined as an androgen or sex hormone or by Oxford dictionary.

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They say a steroid hormone that is responsible for the development of male.

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M a L E secondary characteristics.

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So personally, I think it's actually really hard to find

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a definition that is going

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You know, absolutely stellar and perfect for what testosterone is just because it

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does so many different things in the body.

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But nonetheless, that is the current definition that we

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have of what testosterone is.

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So you can pretty much just think of it as an androgen or a sex

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hormone or a steroid hormone.

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Right.

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Now as far as what testosterone does.

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The most commonly thought of function of testosterone is

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boosting libido and sex drive.

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Right?

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I mean, I think most people, when you talk about testosterone, maybe not now, but

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at least, you know, back in the day, it was definitely usually associated with,

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uh, boosting the libido in the sex drive.

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Right.

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So while that is definitely a generally agreed on function of testosterone.

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It's really just one of the functions where testosterone actually does a whole

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lot of other things in the body such as.

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Um, you know, making sure that you have proper bone mass, making sure that your

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fat distribution is handled properly.

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Uh, making sure that muscle mass and strength is maintained and

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well up, kept and able to happen.

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Uh, grow your muscle, right.

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And production of red blood cells and sperm is also responsible.

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Uh, that's another function of testosterone.

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And on top of that.

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Uh, and this is coming straight from Dave Asprey and one of his podcasts,

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he talks about how testosterone is also responsible for motivation.

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He says that it could be a hormone that is very important for actually motivating.

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Uh, people to do things to have drive, to get up and go out and,

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and, you know, get after it do work.

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Um, uh, and he goes on a whole talk of kind of why that is, but

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essentially I think that's a really important one to understand as well.

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Uh, that, you know, our hormones, they do so many different things,

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you know, literally from bone mass to red blood cell production, all

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the way to actually motivating you.

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Right.

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So they're very, very versatile in what it is that they do.

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Uh, they're not just one.

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You know, one function things, right.

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And pretty much nothing in the body ever really is.

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Uh, everything's so intertwined.

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Right.

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And one

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Uh, affecting your hand could be affecting your foot, you know, so, uh,

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we have to really keep that in mind here.

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Uh, with everything in health and wellness, right.

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So now let's kind of talk a little bit about testosterone in women.

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So if you didn't already know, uh, testosterone while it is, you know,

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definitely primarily thought of as being a male sex hormone, right.

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It is definitely very important in women as well.

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So, uh, women, if you didn't already know, definitely do have testosterone, right?

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They produce testosterone, not to the level of which a male would produce

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testosterone, but they do still have it.

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And it plays a very, uh, important role as well.

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So, uh, actually in the.

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British journal of general practice.

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They say that, uh, Actually insufficiency of testosterone

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could lead to dysphoric, uh, mood.

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So dysphoric here is going to mean unhappy, uneasy or dissatisfied.

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Um, it can lead to unexplained fatigue, reduced libido changes in cognition,

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bone loss, and decreased muscle strength.

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So.

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Absolutely absolutely critical for women as well to have testosterone.

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And like I said, has so many different things that it's

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responsible for, or at least helps in.

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Right.

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And so once again, here, we're talking about from everything from your mood,

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all the way down to bone loss, right?

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So very, very important for women as well.

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And these can also be seen in men, these issues as well can be seen

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in men if they're in a, if they're not having sufficient levels of

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testosterone, uh, but definitely.

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In women, this is also a very important matter.

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And I think it's important to talk about that because testosterone usually

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is just implied with the male, right.

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Where it's actually very important for the female as well.

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So making sure we're addressing that is important and letting everyone

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know that yes, testosterone does exist in women and it is important.

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It does play a very vital role.

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So now let's kind of talk a bit about why you should even worry about your

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testosterone and your testosterone levels.

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So if you did not already know this testosterone has been dropping

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consistently every single year.

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So some studies say that as much as 1% every year.

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A decrease in testosterone occurs.

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Uh, and then there's other studies that say that a 22 year old male

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has the same testosterone levels as a 67 year old man in the year 2000.

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So that's pretty wild, right?

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We have some saying a 1% decrease each year, and then a person who is

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22 years old today would only have this, uh, testosterone levels of a

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67 year old man in the year, 2000.

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Right.

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That's extremely wild.

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Um, it's definitely something to be concerned about, uh, when

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we see levels dropping like that in such a short period of time.

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Um, I think it definitely is reason for concern and, um, you know,

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just really speaks to the fact of how important testosterone is.

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And I think we're really going to.

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Uh, well, actually I think we're already seeing a lot of the implications of

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not having high enough testosterone.

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So.

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It's definitely something that is.

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Being depleted in our society and in our, in our bodies.

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Right.

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Um, and I think really it's actually going to make for a society that is

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weaker, not just physically, because obviously muscle maintenance comes from.

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You know, has a direct relation with testosterone, but also is going to

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make us more susceptible to, uh, health problems and disease by not having

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proper amounts of testosterone, right.

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Testosterone plays a massive role in our health.

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Um, it doesn't just do, you know, sex drive and libido, right?

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It does a lot of different functions in the body.

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So.

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Uh, it's a very, very important thing.

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You definitely should be worrying about it, look into it and see for

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yourself kind of the statistics on what's happening with testosterone.

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And also it's just important to note that, you know, um, even.

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When you go get blood work done.

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The level of testosterone that they were claiming is like, correct.

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And the, you know, the average amount that you should be in has

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dropped over the years as well.

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So, um, you know, back in the day,

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What would've been considered a normal level of testosterone

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would now be considered a high level of testosterone, right?

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Like you would have above average levels, essentially.

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So, um, very important to note this and understand that, you know, just

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because we are dropping in testosterone doesn't mean that that's, you know, the

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average that's correct for everyone.

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It just means that we've all been dropping in testosterone.

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We need to actually, uh, be worried about this and look into ways of how we

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can increase our testosterone to make sure we have adequate levels for proper.

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Her health, right.

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So let's go ahead and kind of state an obvious question here, but where has

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testosterone produced and how has it made.

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Well, testosterone is produced mainly by the adrenal cortex and the testes

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for men and as well, the ovaries for women, which I didn't know that one

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personally, but, um, Uh, yeah, so really interesting to know that obviously,

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uh, plays a massive role in the men obviously, but, uh, as well in the women.

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So the adrenals and the testes for men and the ovaries for women is where

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testosterone is actually being produced and how to get more testosterone, which

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I think is going to be probably the best question of this episode, right.

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Is probably the most important one here.

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Uh, I think we need to first start off with making sure that

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we are not messing up our body's ability to create testosterone.

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Right.

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So that's the first thing I think we really need to focus on and we have

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a lot of, you know, Uh, what they would call hormone disruptors, or just

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essentially things that are not allowing your hormones to be properly produced

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and maintaining their correct levels.

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So a few of those things are going to be things like pesticides.

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Uh, definitely, you know, glyphosate, which is literally

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just round up essentially.

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Uh, that is a known.

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Uh, hormone disruptor, you have plastics.

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So things like BPA and BPA is just one example.

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There's tons of other, you know, BP, whatever.

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Um, and they are all really, really bad for your hormones.

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They definitely disrupt the levels.

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And, you know, we have to think about these food containers

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that are plastic, and then being heated up with food in them.

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It's not a good idea.

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It's not a good idea at all.

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If you have plastic, um, you know, food containers and you are just

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going to continue using them, then please at the minimum, just do not

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heat up food in a plastic container.

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In fact, please do not heat up food, even in that microwave.

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Go ahead.

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And I know it's more time, but maybe put it in a pan or in the

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oven and warm it up that way.

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It's going to definitely help out big time.

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Uh, then you have PLO, uh, poly chlorinated by phenols, uh, PCBs

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and dioxins found in industrial solvents and lubricants.

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Yes.

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There are lubricants sexual lubricants, uh, that are not good for you.

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Um, you should be using a more natural type, like olive oil or coconut oil even.

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Uh, these are going to be much better and safer for you than using these literally

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hormone-disrupting, uh, lubricants.

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A flame retardants.

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If you didn't know, a lot of furniture is covered in flame retardants.

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Um, an airplane has tons of flame retardants.

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Obviously they're there for a reason.

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You don't want your plane catching on fire, like make sense.

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Um, but they're also really, really bad for your hormones.

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So just keep that in mind, a synthetic fragrances.

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Yes.

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That means that little Glade that you have plugged into the wall.

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Not a good thing, unplug that bad boy.

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Get rid of it.

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Get yourself an essential oil diffuser and get your way onto a better

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smelling house with fragrance that is literally just natural from a plant.

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Not some.

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You know, um, probably drive from like, Oil or something in some way, right?

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Uh, and then cosmetics obviously are going to be a big leader in hormone disruptors.

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Um, they're usually just filled with tons of things that

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shouldn't be going on your body.

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That's why using really clean products, any kind of cosmetic

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product is going to be so key.

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Um, you know, paying a little bit extra is definitely going

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to be worth it on this one.

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For example, when it comes to any of my face products, I'm

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only using typically two brands.

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I use Alli Tura naturals, really love their stuff.

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And I also use, um,

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Living libations is the other one.

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Uh, those are really, really high quality skincare products, especially

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Alitura they have some awesome stuff.

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Um, I do have a code with them.

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It is in the show notes.

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So if you click on that link, the code will be in there as well.

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And you can go ahead and get 15% off your entire order.

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And they have some really, really great stuff.

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Like I said, um, they use really high quality ingredients and all the stuff is.

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Like you can pronounce it, you know, where it comes from a

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whole food drive, essentially.

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Uh, I've even seen the owner put, I think it was like the lotion on his hand and

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he actually licked it off of his hand and ate it probably didn't taste good,

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but he's just kind of going to show that it is a very, very clean product and

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really all of your skincare products.

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Should be pretty much.

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Ingestible right?

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Because your skin is absorbent.

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It literally absorbs what you put on it.

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So we want to make sure we're putting on very, uh, clean and healthy stuff

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for Uh, and then the last one is going or sorry, two more, uh, bad sleep,

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bad sleep can actually disrupt your hormones, making sure you are getting

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proper sleep, uh, you know, efficient sleep, but also for the correct amount

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of time, that's going to be key.

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And then also making sure that you are not carrying around

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too much excess fat or weight.

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Uh, this is very important, especially with men, as I stated earlier, one of the

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things about testosterone that it does is it actually helps with fat distribution.

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So, uh, if you are overweight, there might be something going on

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with the testosterone there and, uh, something to definitely So now

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let's go ahead and look for ways that we can boost our testosterone.

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Um, aside from the things that are just keeping us from having

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normal levels of testosterone.

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So avoid all those things.

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I just mentioned, avoid bad sleep, avoid being overweight.

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If you can avoid synthetic fragrances, flame retardants.

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Um, you know, the PCBs, the BPH, all of that, all of that stuff.

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Uh, try to avoid that.

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And now in terms of boosting your testosterone, naturally, we have

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definitely found that exercise seems to be very, very beneficial.

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So lifting heavy stuff, sprinting pretty much any kind of movement is

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going to help boost your testosterone.

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Um, there is a little co uh, caveat on that.

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They have found that chronic cardio can,

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Not be as effective.

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So I don't think this is going to be an issue for most people.

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I think, um, just getting into a gym or doing a workout is really

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what we're focusing on right now.

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But if you are a person who does some really intense cardio.

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Uh, then maybe go ahead and check that out.

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Um, try to find a little bit more evidence on that and see if there's

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something there, but realistically, just get out and go exercise.

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I think that's going to be for the minority of people.

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Um, so we're really just focusing on doing some movement and boosting

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Uh, testosterone through that, especially I heard that through

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doing leg exercises as well, um, can help boost the testosterone levels.

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So, uh, first one is exercise.

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And then there are some very key nutrients that people, uh, tend to be lacking in

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and can definitely play a role in making sure you have enough testosterone or that

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testosterone is being properly produced.

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So the very first one is magnesium and that's no surprise to me because

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magnesium is one of the most efficient, uh, minerals, uh, nutrients in our

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society right now here in the U S and on top of that, it's responsible.

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Magnesium is responsible for I've heard anywhere.

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Anywhere from 300 to 600 different processes in our body, they're either

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directly responsible for it, or they play a role in whatever that is in the body.

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So.

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Three to 600 functions rely just on magnesium, making

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sure we're getting adequate.

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Magnesium is going to be key.

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Um, that's a really, really huge one.

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I make sure I always get magnesium.

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Uh, weekly, if not even daily.

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Then you have vitamin D three, which you should always be taken with K2.

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I've also heard that it can deplete your copper levels.

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So making sure you're supplementing with copper as well.

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Uh, it would be a good idea, but definitely vitamin D that's

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another one that we are, you know,

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Typically a deficient in, so that was also not really surprised me.

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Uh, but like I said, make sure you're taking that with K2.

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Definitely.

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And then if you have copper, take it with copper as well.

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And then zinc as well.

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Zinc was the third one in which, uh, plays a role in testosterone.

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So those are the three, uh, nutrients that I'm going to cover.

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Uh, just trying to keep it a little bit short here.

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There were a couple more, but, uh, I don't want to overwhelm it.

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I feel like there's already going to be kind of a lot here.

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Uh, let's move into the foods.

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So for foods or As well, we have Maka powder.

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Uh, is the first one, which Maka has been known for generations to a B.

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Very beneficial for kind of like sex and libido and all of that.

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So it kind of makes sense that it would be paired with this as well.

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Um, and also it's just a, really a great superfood honestly, to be taking.

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So if you aren't already taking Maka, uh, get yourself some Maka.

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Maka is really awesome.

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That's M a C a.

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And then, uh, after that we have one of my favorites, which is cacau.

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So essentially chocolate, right?

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Like the raw form of chocolate.

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Uh, supposedly cacau is also beneficial for testosterone production,

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which honestly the best way to get all of that in right there,

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the cacau and even the magnesium.

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Is through the, uh, chocolate gold at Organifi.

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That's, that's my absolute personal favorite.

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I pretty much drink that every night.

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So I know I'm getting in enough cacau.

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I know I'm getting in.

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Um, my magnesium as well, which is going to help with the testosterone production.

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And honestly, it tastes like a cup of hot chocolate before bedtime.

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So you tell me what's better before going to bed.

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Obviously I drink it about like an hour before, but man, it really

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helps to ease me into sleep.

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And I know people are having a real issue with sleep.

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And, um, you know, I'm not saying this is going to completely take care of

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your sleep issues, but it definitely helps me, uh, get into a mood and a

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state of being ready to go to bed.

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And yeah, I feel like I just get really, really awesome sleeps.

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Uh, when I drink it, as well as I do a few other protocols.

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Uh, to make sure that I get proper sleep.

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But if you would like to get, uh, some of the chocolate gold, which

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I highly recommend, and obviously it's also good for testosterone

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levels, then go ahead and check out the link in the bio it's Organifi.

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O R G a N I F I, and the code is, uh, Ella mental, I believe, but I'll

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have it linked in the show notes.

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You get a 20% discount code just for being a listener to the show.

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Then we have, uh, three other food items here.

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We have fenugreek, um, and then oysters and fish oil.

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Now, oysters I've heard is also really high in zinc.

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So once again, now coming back to that

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Uh, and you know, a lot of people being deficient in zinc.

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Uh, oysters and clams are going to be really great ways of getting

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some of that zinc into our system.

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And then fish oil is also a really good one.

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Uh, I take spirulina and chlorella usually, uh, that helps to provide

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some of the same benefits of the fish oil, but a fish oil is also

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a really great one to be taking.

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And then let's move into some of the therapies that are going to be good

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for boosting testosterone naturally.

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So we have therapies like red light therapy.

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If you've never tried red light therapy, a highly recommended.

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It's great for.

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Well, apparently boosting testosterone, but also a lot of other things with the

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skin boosting like college in production.

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Uh, it's just really beneficial and honestly it feels super good.

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It's kinda warms the body up.

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Uh, so maybe in the morning you can throw on your red light therapy,

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get warmed up, and it's just a good way to start the day and also

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boost the testosterone production.

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Then you have cold exposure.

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So being cold, uh, being exposed to cold essentially is also going

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to help boost your testosterone.

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So doing things like a cold plunge or, um, you know, a cold shower, you

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know, just getting the body shocked a little bit with this cold therapy

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is going to also help reduce, uh, uh, increase your testosterone production.

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And then we're going to get into some of the.

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More interesting methods.

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I'll say for sure of, uh, boosting testosterone levels.

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So the first one is going to be for men.

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Uh, Which I'm not sure, actually the second one might also be.

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This, this, no, no, no.

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Sorry, just this This is one is only going to be from it.

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And so there is actually a belief through the tower list.

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Belief that the amount of times that a man ejaculates is actually going to be

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related to their testosterone production.

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So a person who is ejaculating too much is going to have lower levels of

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testosterone, as opposed to a person who, um, you know, practices, semen

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retention, essentially, you know, and just does not ejaculating as much

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is going to have a higher levels.

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Levels of.

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Uh, testosterone.

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So this is a talus Um, there is.

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Not really a lot of research on it, but I feel like there's probably some coming out

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now because it's becoming a more popular thing to talk about and to practice.

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And, uh, definitely, you know, even with myself personally, I can notice

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that on practicing, this does give you a boost of energy in a lot of ways.

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Uh, so it's something to experiment with.

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Remember, this is all an experiment.

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We're just, you know, trying things out and seeing what works for us.

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So feel free to give that one a try.

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And then the other one, which is really just kind of funny.

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And.

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I'm sure.

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It's probably enjoyable as well, but is essentially just

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suntanning all of your goodies.

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Right.

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So getting out in the sun and getting that sunlight on

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essentially your perennial, right?

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So, I mean, if you're a male, like your, your testicles and, and just

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everything, literally, even your anus, like everything, getting the

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sunlight on there, um, is supposedly.

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Through popular opinion, I would say because I haven't really seen

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any evidence on it Um, but it's supposedly supposed to boost some of

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your testosterone production as well.

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Once again.

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I'm not really sure on that one.

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I couldn't find any evidence to back that.

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So please take that with a grain of salt or sand or whatever.

Evan: 00:25:33

Um, but yeah, just thought I would include those because it's pretty interesting.

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And I see a lot of, uh, you know, a lot of the people who are pretty big in this Uh,

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practicing some of that, like Dave Asprey, for example, uh, he, he has a famous

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little, uh, photo of him doing that.

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So.

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Anyways, those are the different ways in which you can boost your

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testosterone production naturally.

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Uh, so yeah, quite a few different things there.

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I, you might need to go back and listen to it a little bit to really

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get a good understanding of it.

Evan: 00:26:02

But this is a lot of the research that I've been doing is on hormones.

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And testosterone is just such a big one, especially being that

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testosterone is dropping so rapidly.

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Uh, with our society, uh, it's actually quite alarming.

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And so it's something that I've really been looking into.

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And like I said, this is just some of the research I found and I just really

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wanted to share it with all of you.

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I will also be doing an episode on estrogen as well.

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Uh, so please stay tuned for that one.

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But, yeah, I hope you really enjoyed this and, uh, please go out and practice

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some of this, uh, includes some of these minerals, uh, include some of these foods,

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you know, stop, stop using a lot of those plastics and Eat your food up in plastic.

Evan: 00:26:42

And, uh, see if this works for you really the best way to find out if this

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is working, you have to get it tested.

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You have to get blood work done.

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There's a lot of companies out there that will test for your

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testosterone and free testosterone.

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Um, so go ahead and check out some of those companies like life

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force by Tony Robbins, does it?

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Um, I think Everly well is another company.

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Um, there's, there's a lot of them inside tracker might even do it.

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I'm not sure.

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So.

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Anyways, go ahead and get it track though.

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That is truly the best way to find out if you are having adequate

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levels of testosterone or not.

Evan: 00:27:14

And, uh, yeah, so that's pretty much going to do it for today's episode.

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Um, I hope you guys enjoyed this one.

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I think this might be my first episode on hormones.

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So really excited to share this with all of you.

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And like I said, if you aren't already subscribed on whatever podcast platform

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it is that you're listening to, please go ahead and do so go ahead

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and check me out on YouTube as well.

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Subscribe on there, follow me on Instagram.

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I love to connect with all of you and hear more about your

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thoughts and opinions on this show.

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Feel free to reach out to me and let me know what you guys think.

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Um, I'm always happy to hear your input.

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So.

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Definitely go ahead and do that.

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And yeah, I'm just super thankful for all of you tuning in.

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Please share this show with your friends, family loved ones, anyone that needs to

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hear this show, uh, maybe this specific episode really is something that.

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A family member of yours needs to hear, or just really resonated with you.

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And you felt like you received a lot of benefit.

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Please go ahead and share this with, uh, with those people.

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And, uh, yeah, I really appreciate it.

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I hope you feel empowered to take certain steps to boost your testosterone,

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you know, and, and, uh, get your way to better hormone health, right.

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Uh, that's really the goal of this show is to improve your health and,

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and provide you with free knowledge.

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So I hope you all enjoyed the show.

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Very, Uh, thank you for tuning in and you already know the motto of the show.

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It's do everything with good intentions and connect to your elements.