{"id":2566,"date":"2009-06-15T11:51:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-15T11:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/keep-your-testosterone-up.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:19:24","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:19:24","slug":"keep-your-testosterone-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2566","title":{"rendered":"Keep Your Testosterone Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>“Macho macho man … I want to be, a macho man”. Those of you as ancient as I am, recognize this funny song of the 70’s.<\/p>\n

It turns out that keeping your macho nature in tact, by preventing plumetting testosterone levels, can be affected by your food.<\/p>\n

Of course, and didn’t we expect this would be true? Elements of our physiology are linked together. If you change one factor, it will ripple into many other factors — even to your macho dreams.<\/p>\n

This interesting study makes the point.<\/a><\/p>\n

Basically, high sugar content can cut a man’s level of circulating testosterone by about a quarter.<\/p>\n

Each of the men in this study drank a sugary solution, which typically triggers a spike in blood sugar levels. They then had their testosterone levels tested. Simple, right?<\/p>\n

The researchers found that, regardless of whether the men had diabetes or not, blood levels of testosterone dropped by as much as 25 percent after they drank the sugary drink. This trend continued for more than two hours after the glucose was ingested.<\/p>\n

In fact, 15 percent of the 66 men with normal testosterone levels before the test had low testosterone (“hypogonadism”) at some point during the test.<\/p>\n

Staying away from over-sugared foods is a good idea for about a thousand reasons. And, if you’re a guy with concerns about your manly man-ness — or don’t want to get hypogonadism for ANY reason!! — you need to check the ingredient list for additive sugars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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