Lifestyle Category
Many lifestyle factors, such as smoking, the usage of alcohol, sex, sleep, prescription medication, stress, mood, confidence, and the like, can have a huge impact on our T-levels.
You also should monitor your exposure to environmental endocrine disruptors, such as the man-made chemicals in certain types of plastics, some pesticides in our food supply, or the parabens and heavy-metals in our personal care items (soap, shampoo, deodorant, etc). These are all proven to affect hormone levels.
Here's what I mean*:
- Each extra hour of sleep can mean roughly 15% more testosterone for the day ahead.
- In multiple studies, fat men constantly sport lower testosterone levels than their lean peers.
- We're exposed to wide variety of antiandrogens on a daily basis, effectively suppressing T.
- Alcohol dose-dependently disrupts the synthesis of male hormones and boosts estrogen.
- Men who have sex frequently tend to have higher testosterone levels than men who don't.
*Clinical evidence for the claims above can be found in the posts below.
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