Are You the Man You Want to Be?

Stop for a moment and really think about how you feel.

What percent of the man are you today compared to 5 or 10 years ago?

We all get older but your physical, mental and sexual vitality do not have to drop off the cliff.

So truthfully ask yourself the questions below :

How much has your sex drive declined?

Are your erections as strong and lasting as they used to be?

What percent of mornings do wake up with an erection?

Do you find it harder to gain or maintain muscle tone?

How much extra weight, particularly around the mid-section do you carry?

The Illusion of Health

I ran into an old friend recently.  Within the context of catching up on the past several years, I mentioned my work in developing nutritional assessments and restorative products.  I went on to share with him that my research with over 500 accomplished—yet nutritionally-deficient—athletes had led me to the conclusion that most people aren’t fundamentally healthy, even if they exercise, eat well, and take nutritional supplements. 

I then proceeded to ask him about his current level of health and well-being. He admitted to struggling with ongoing bouts of low energy; and to losing the fight against the 20 extra pounds he had been carrying—for quite some time.  While his small business was growing, he wasn’t deriving that much personal satisfaction from his success and he had completely lost interest in doing triathlons because he was performing so poorly. 

He said these concerns had recently prompted him to spend $2000 for an executive health evaluation. In addition to a through physical exam, he had extensive blood work, an EKG, and body fat analysis done.  And after completing his full-day work-up, he was happy to report that nothing was wrong—his doctor said that despite being a few pounds overweight, he was perfectly healthy.

The Male Hormone Balancing Act

Optimal hormone levels are the key to a full and long life.

You have probably heard this before. But do you really know what hormones are?  Or why they are so important? Let’s answer these questions, once and for all.

Hormones are a bit like a military defense system.  They reside or are created in specific glands (the barracks) like the testes, adrenals and thyroid.  There, they await messages from your brain (the general), who directs their transmission to your cells (the troops) where a specific function is carried out.  Since each messenger has a specific and unique message to transmit, (testosterone, for example, controls growth and repair; the adrenal glands control blood sugar and fat storage; the thyroid regulates energy and metabolism) it is easy to see that the battle can easily be lost when imbalances exist.   

You Must Evaluate your Male Estrogen Levels

Male estrogens (estradiol) are a testosterone by-product that are produced naturally in the body. In small amounts, they help regulate testosterone production and serve to balance testosterone and promote bone, brain and sexual health. But when elevated, male estrogens can suppress testosterone levels as well as directly reduce sex drive, promote fat gain and muscle loss, enlarge the prostate and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Unfortunately, this is exactly the set of problems that we are currently facing. A combina­tion of our lifestyle and dietary choices, stress, use of medications and alcohol coupled with the pervasive amounts of estrogenic pollutants found in plastics and our water supply are the reasons why estradiol levels are climbing in men. In fact, we now see men with estrogen levels higher than that of many women.  As estrogen rises in men, testosterone drop and mammary gland tissue begins to grow (creating male breasts). This problem is so common that male breast reduction is now the fastest growing surgery in America!