It takes more than weight loss to treat low testosterone naturally

It takes more than weight loss to treat low testosterone naturally

It is no surprise to anyone that all of our bodies systems are interconnected and working together to keep us functioning properly. So it also should be no surprise that when one of the bodies systems aren’t working well that it would negatively affect the other systems. Being overweight negatively impacts our body and one of the ways it does this is by lowering our testosterone levels.

Hypogonadism and in particular secondary hypogonadism which involves the process of the brain signalling the production of testosterone. Is associated with being overweight, with obese men having 30% lower testosterone levels then those of a normal weight. Which brings us to the question. Can we use weight loss as a low testosterone treatment? And is this all we need to do to keep our testosterone levels up once we have got them back to where they belong?

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It takes more than weight loss to treat low testosterone naturally
While it isn’t 100% clear why increased body fat lowers testosterone current science is pointing towards that fact that body fat and in particular belly fat contains high levels of the enzyme aromatase which converts testosterone into estrogen. This would explain why not only do overweight men tend to have lower testosterone but also have higher estrogen levels than normal.

We have established in past videos that the best way to lose body fat and in particular belly fat is through a combination of diet and exercise with more intense exercise providing the greatest benefit. This is once again supported in a study done in Japan, except they took it one step farther and looked at how 12 weeks of vigorous physical activity affect testosterone levels in overweight men. And what they found was after 12 weeks of exercise these overweight men had a significant increase in testosterone as well as lower body fat levels. But what’s interesting here is the men who exercised most intense had the greatest increase in testosterone independent of the amount of weight they lost. Which lead the researchers to conclude that at least in this study vigorous physical activity is the main factor in increasing serum testosterone levels.

It is important mention here that intense exercise will increase testosterone, if you allow adequate time for recovery. Intense exercise without adequate recovery time can actually lower testosterone.

So we can do more to improve our testosterone levels than just losing excess body fat. Exercise also plays a role in increasing our testosterone and keeping them elevated as we age. So it is a good thing that we can get fit and build muscle at any age. So we can live a longer better quality life.

And to what extent can we keep them elevated? They did a study on master athletes with the average age of these men being 68. The oldest athlete being 74. Now these people had been training for a long time. The study didn’t specify how long, but I’m 53 now and if I was to start exercising today by the time I’m 74 I would have been training for over 20 years. That seems like a long time.

Now they used VO2 max to determine the fitness level of these men. I think this is key to mention as we often think of building muscle when it comes to testosterone, but there is a cardiovascular element to it as well.

In the study they compared their testosterone levels to sedentary men of the same age. Which made sense for the study as they were looking at other metrics as well. But for our purposes we can compare them to the average man on the street.

The normal testosterone range for a man is between 270 to 1070 nanogram/decilitre with the average being about 679. These men with the average age of 68 had testosterone levels of 830 . So these old men’s testosterone was way higher then the average guy walking on the street.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-11-testosterone-overweight-obese-men-week.html

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8503910_Serum_testosterone_growth_hormone_and_insulin-like_growth_factor-1_levels_mental_reaction_time_and_maximal_aerobic_exercise_in_sedentary_and_long-term_physically_trained_elderly_males