Comments on: Testosterone Week: A Short Primer on How T Is Made

By: S.C.

S.C. — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:42:10 +0000

I forgot to mention in the last post that my husband is 39 years old and had his T levels tested two years before taking statins and they were on the upper end of normal. In now way is it normal for a mans T levels to drop more than 50% in 3 years. He also had his pituitary gland tested to rule out any causes of low T and a full urology work up to rule out any prostate or testicle problems all of which came back normal, leaving statins as the only know cause of his low T levels.

By: S. C.

S. C. — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:35:52 +0000

My husband started taking statin drugs for high cholesterol 3 years ago. At the time he a very active healthy man. After 2 years, he had leg cramps and ED from the statins and could hardly do anything he used to do. Doctors put him on a more aggressive statin drug, Lipitor. 2 months later he had 2 98% blockages and had angioplasty and stents. At the time of his blockages his cholesterol was normal but his T levels were very below normal as was his vitamin D levels. I truly believe that statin drugs caused all of these problems for him. A healthy heart needs T and vitamin D and the statin drugs depleted his body of both of these. He has been off of statins for a month and is feeling much better and his T levels have increased by more than 50 points just by doing natural remedies. Statins kill you people. Do your research before taking them PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: clay b

clay b — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:48:04 +0000

After my triple by-pass last year my doctors insisted I take a statin drug or I would die. I did a T test 6 months later and found out my T was below the minimum level. I discovered that statins prevent your body from making T and on top of that can cause gynocomastia, i.e. the dreaded man boobs. I decided I’d rather be dead than androganous.

By: Brookston John

Brookston John — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:58:41 +0000

I knew it! It’s a plot to de-manify men! “Eat less red meat and eggs but eat plenty of oatmeal to lower your cholesterol!”

I want a big plate of eggs and mountain oysters…

By: Ek70R

Ek70R — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:13:33 +0000

I only eat egg whites and almost no red meat, but I have a balanced diet consisting of almonds, brown rice, lean chicken breasts salads, olive oil, oats etc etc… and d weightlifting 4 times a week for the last 3 years and a half, and do HIIT cardio on rest days, so….
I suppose I have got high testosterone levels, but in order to have an “optimal” amount of free testosterone should I start eating egg yolks and red meat more often?
PLEASE I wil appreciate any advise!
THANKS BTW really love this site is so awesome!
PS: sorry for my english

By: Blood Diamond

Blood Diamond — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:51:51 +0000

Charles, are you sure you’r in med school? You sound as though you should be in law school. Let’s gather coal and give ‘em to Charles, we’ll all be rich.

By: Alonso

Alonso — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 02:55:56 +0000

Loving this articles! And I have to agree with Mike and Eric.

By: Mike Boston

Mike Boston — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:23:15 +0000

To Charles et al.:

I am somewhat perplexed by the fairly regular stream of comments to the effect of, “Brett, is not a doctor and should not, therefore, write articles like this one that give health/diet advice.” For example, the following rather dramatic statement was made:

“Dispensing medical advice without medical training to a mass audience is irresponsible at best, and at worst could be deadly.”

The man has never claimed to be anything other than an interested lay person who has done a bit of homework, and at several points during the series he has paused to remind readers of this fact. So my perplexity leads to the question, what would you have him do? Should he simply refrain from commenting on health/diet/fitness related issues, contracting out all such posts to experts in the field? That seems a bit overly restrictive, don’t you think? Surely interested general readers can learn and form opinions and then share with others insights gleaned from their, admittedly, amateur inquiries, can’t they?

~ Mike

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:08:17 +0000

@Charles…Everyone knows he’s not a Dr. & this is not a medical site. He’s simply discussing a topic for people to research on their own. Please don’t try to equate these articles with “dispensing medical advice” because in doing so you are in a sense attempting to censor valuable information.

Your insight as to some of the biology is helpful, but I believe you have become indoctrinated into the medical establishments attitude that only a Dr. should discuss anything to do with health related matters.

Everyone should take charge of their own health and not take a Dr’s. word as absolute. I’ve dealt with more inept Dr’s than I care to recall and if I had taken their advice I’d be a crippled zombie.

Once you realize that the medical profession operates on quotas & mandates from the insurance companies and you get 5 minutes with a patient out of 50 or more that day, it’s easy to see why they keep many people in an endless cycle of problems.

Dr’s serve an important function when it comes to emergencies & saving lives, but (in general) they are abysmal at handilg chronic conditions. They are constrained by too many rules, insurance companies, & let’s not forget Big Pharma….

By: Dick Holms

Dick Holms — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:33:47 +0000

Does having plenty of sex produce more Testosterone?

And does it matter if done with a partner or just yourself?

Does masturbation actual prevent prostate cancer?

Thanks.