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Brain fog. Lack of motivation. Weight gain and/or inability to build muscle with exercise. Loss of desire for sex. Fatigue. These are the dogging symptoms of low testosterone in men. The cause is often very different from the natural decline in sex steroid secretion experienced by women and ending in menopause. There is no true "andropause" (complete loss of testicular function), but the amount of testosterone secreted by the male testes can be blunted by many of the diseases of modern civilization. Here's a brief review of the different causes of low T for men: If you are obese, particularly in your abdomen, you likely have low testosterone. If you are insulin resistant or frankly type 2 diabetic, you are at even higher risk for low testosterone or even a thyroid disorder. If you have sleep apnea your risk of low testosterone is even higher. The scary reality is that these risk factors are present in younger and younger aged males and are affecting the fertility rat...

Have you been feeling like all of the energy is sapped out of you? No interest in sex? Workouts lacking? Put on a few -- ahem-- pounds you can't seem to shed? If you're a woman aged 35 + and hearing me read your mind, hormone replacement may be just what the doctor ordered! Did you know that ovarian function peaks out at age 25? Yep. That's the height of your fertility. Every year after that sees a steady decline of ovarian function, with decline being accentuated at 5 year intervals until you're finally done with your periods in your early 50s. One of the hormones you may lack first is actually testosterone. That "man hormone" is made in the ovary and is intimately connected to your musculoskeletal health and sex drive. Women only make about 10% of what men do, but when it's gone or low, you'll start to experience chronic, nagging fatigue, low physical endurance, loss of muscle strength and volume as well as a low desire for sex. Low testosteron...