significant increase testosterone level using herbs

[D_Pubert Stabbingpain]

Currently, the serum testosterone level needs to be below 300 or most MD's will not touch it. The problem with this lies sometimes not in the actual T level, but in your conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone which is the active component. Dihydrotestosterone or "DHT" is responsible for everything related to sex and genital development.

New research is indicating by the way that prostatic enlargement and cancer research is flawed, and in Sweden and the Netherlands there is evidence emerging that hormone balance is the key not elimination of DHT to shrinkage of an enlarged prostate.

This is correct. For years the concentration on reducing prostate enlargement has been on lowering DHT. It is indeed, and I am living proof of it, that hormone balance is key, specifically, reduce that E2 (Estradiol) from plugging up all your Free T receptors. And yes, soy raises E2.
DIM safely normalizes hormone levels and will free up your T:

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To really know what is going on in testosterone you need two (2) not one blood test. The first is for serum testosterone level which is what you are producing. The second test is your "free floating" testosterone level and this is what you have that you are able to use. The serum can be fine and the free floating can be in the cellar. Most MD's and medical professionals not specializing in reproductive medicine are very poorly schooled in this and are totally in the dark going by serum levels only.

Problem is, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Different labs measure Free T in different ways, some use DHT to calculate Free T, and some labs have even other ways of calculating Free T. *However* whatever lab or whatever calculation is used if you do not have a BASELINE blood test taken early in life, almost any bloodtest is meaningless. The Total T test range is anything from 300 to 1100 so you caould be either a man with 1 foot in the grave and another on a banana peel or a teen at the height of their hormone generated life!

In defense of doctors (that I rarely do), your insurance company will dictate whether or not your doctor will order futher T testing beyond a Total T test and that is the one where you have to show up as LOW in order for them to look at your Free T, DHT, FSH (tells your nuts to produce sperm), LH (tells your nuts to produce Testosterone) Thyroid and anything else that can go wrong in the HPT (Hypothalamus, Pituatary, Testicular) axis . I had to, on my own, order full hormone workups and then, after supplementing with DIM, go and re-test myself again.

When it comes to a man and getting to the bottom of his health, he really has to take control on his own. Get with an employer that offers a FLEX plan and use that money to order your own blood tests on line (there are a few labs that do that). You order on line, go and give blood, and then receive the results *yourself* via encrypted email. Then, you can try to find a doctor to help you treat any deficiency.

MD's specializing in "life-extension" will document the crap out of it, and these MD's will as a whole do male "HRT" without hesitation. Most Urologists specializing in make reproductive issues will also prescrible "T" after careful documentation.

Life extension docs also have an agenda. Many are under investigation by law enforcement authorities and most will not honor insurance. So, you are stuck with paying not only the blood tests they order but the visits and the treatment. All T treatment requires continual monitoring because when your body receives exogenous (external) testosterone, your own body tends to shut down Testosterone production, leaving you to receive it only externally, whether by patch, gel, injection, or whatever. Basically, your nuts shut down when you get it externally. That is why you hear about dudes on steroids having tiny nuts.

But that is only half the problem. Exogenous testosterone also easily converts to Estradiol. Again, that is why guys who ouse steroids have to "cycle" and why they have to take anti-aromatase and anti-estradiol drugs.

IMO, exogenous T is an absolute last resort. If you start it, you have to do it the rest of your life. It is financially prohibitive and people who can afford it often settle for Human Growth Hormone as an alternative.

If you take DIM or eat a lot of cruciferous vegetables your hormone levels will be normalized and your Free T level will go up. It is the only normal, natural way to increase T.

There is a loop-hole in the testosterone prescription laws. If, for example at age 20 you have your serum and free floating levels tested and they show high normal, then you come back later feeling poorly and show low levels an MD can then legally prescrible supplemental testosterone therapy with little question.

This is a great example of a *baseline* T level. Unfortunately, unless a doctor has some other reason to take that blood test at age 20 (e.g., not entering puberty, a very rare condition), it simply does not happen.

The ususal replacement these days is Androgel and this is a transdermal that works very well and stabilizes levels.

sorry, only in the short term. Androgel aromatizes at a very high rate because it is put on the skin and your body has plenty of opportunity to change it. Typically, doctors prescribe less than the starting amount of Androgel and have to increase it as it actually contains very little deliverable (by the time it gets in your system) Testosterone. Again, if you go on it, you will be on it forever and will have to have your blood levels monitored regularly.

AFAIK, but I have not followed this since I started DIM so there may be other, better delivery methods, but the best way to take T and not have it convert was by having pellets shot in your butt cheeks. I was actually going to go that route until I came to my senses.

Now, keeping my T high is DIM and if I want to experience even more nighttime erections and walk around horny all the time, take Horny Goat Weed. Everything else is crap and/or full of too many side effects.

Namaste!
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[alx]

Try Cissus Drol, Ive never bought into these natural products but I done an 8 week course on this at double dose {don't double dose} and my workouts went through the roof, My sex drive was immense, Hair grew alot faster, had way more aggression, lots of drive and focus.

Downsides, increased blood pressure.

 

[FuzzyKen]

There are various kinds of Tongkat and some of this stuff is in fact polluted and hence dangerous. I am anything but a Tongkat expert and though I have heard some good things about it, I have yet to find a supplier I would trust. If you research Tongkat on the net the polluted stuff can cause great problems and this is possibly what you encountered.

As far as testosterone I am on a legit testosterone cream therapy anyway, which will probably change over to injections as soon as present supplies all run out.

Herbals for the most part are a bunch of wives tales.

There are multiple hormone compounds which must be balanced for all of the sex functions to work well.

#1 Serum Testosterone level which is what you produce
#2 Free Floating Testosterone Level which is what you can use
#3 Dihydrotestosterone which is the 5-alpha-reduced compound used for sex
#4 Estrogen which elevates with alcohol consumption, excess body fat, or poor liver function.
#5 Prolactin which in the male is a regulator hormone. In a female it causes milk production and kills the sex drive. In the male it is used to kill the sex drive as a regulator after sex and it can prevent erections if the standard blood levels are elevated. It can also if elevated reduce your sex drive but it does not do this as much in men as it does in women.

If it's all a mess you would need to make certain that your testosterone levels are at the middle of the normal range or better, that your DHT levels are at the middle of the normal range or better and that both your Estrogen and Prolactin levels are at the bottom end of the normal range for a male.

Though heavy resistance training as has already been stated is great, it is not a substitute for correct hormone production. You're not going to get a 300% increase in testosterone from doing squats.

You need to see a reproductive endocrinologist or a reproductive urologist to get this diagnosed correctly. If the alcohol did any liver damage this is going to be a long term proposition and you need to get it treated correctly.