What are the content of male hormone health guidance?

Men's hormone health guidance goes far beyond the popular perception of "testosterone supplementation", covering the core dimensions of abnormal signal identification, daily habit adjustment, clinical intervention standards, and emotional regulation adaptation. The essence is to help you maintain the dynamic balance of hormones, rather than pursuing higher indicators, the better.

I just saw a 28-year-old Internet programmer last week. When he entered the clinic, he said that his testosterone was low and that he needed to be prescribed supplements. He said that not only had he been losing hair and feeling weak recently, but he was also always quarreling with his girlfriend over trivial matters. I checked the symptoms online and found out that he had six sex hormones, and his testosterone The ketone level was within the normal range, but the luteinizing hormone was slightly disordered. After asking, I found out that he had stayed up until two or three in the morning for three consecutive months to change his program. It was not a problem with the hormone itself at all. He just needed to adjust his work schedule and add appropriate vitamin D supplements, and there was no need for supplements at all.

Many people's understanding of hormones is stuck on a single indicator of "does it work or not?" In fact, the first thing that needs to be clarified in the guidance is how to distinguish true abnormalities from false signals. After all, male testosterone levels will naturally decrease at a rate of about 1% per year after the age of 30. There is no need to panic when you are slightly tired. If your sleep quality has dropped sharply for more than six consecutive weeks, your muscle mass has continued to decline even though you are exercising regularly, you have no desire to increase your energy in the things you were previously interested in, and even the frequency of morning erections has dropped to less than once a week, it is not too late to check the six sex hormones. Here I have to mention a controversial point in the industry: many institutions will stick to the reference value of free testosterone. In fact, the baselines of people of different races and different exercise habits are very different. People who maintain strength training all year round have a total testosterone level that is about 30% higher than that of sedentary people. If you use a uniform standard, it is easy to be "lowered".

Many people think that hormone adjustment depends on taking medicine. In fact, 80% of hormone fluctuations in sub-healthy states can be brought back on track by adjusting living habits. More than half of the hormonal problems of the forty-year-old men I have come into contact with are caused by drinking. Drinking three or four times a week will make the beer belly bigger and bigger. The aromatase in the fat will secretly convert testosterone into estrogen. At this time, no matter how much testosterone you supplement, it will be useless. It will all be transferred away. At this time, the guidance will first recommend eating more cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli and kale to help metabolize excess estrogen. Don't blindly believe in the claims of oysters and deer whip to supplement testosterone. Those who can only supplement zinc are only useful for people who are really zinc deficient. People who eat normally can only take it as a psychological comfort. Before, an older brother followed the trend and ate Sanyue Deer Whip Powder. The testosterone did not rise, and the uric acid increased a lot, which was not worth the gain.

As for the medical intervention that everyone discusses the most, which is the testosterone replacement therapy that is currently hotly debated on the Internet, the opinions of the two sides are very different. Some bloggers say that it can instantly rejuvenate the child, while others say that it can cause direct infertility. In fact, the formal guidance on this is very strict: if the child is no longer pregnant, For those who have reproductive needs and are diagnosed with pathological low testosterone, using it under the regular supervision of a doctor can indeed significantly improve energy and emotional state. However, if you have not completed your fertility plan, you must not use it casually. Exogenous testosterone will inhibit your own spermatogenic function and may really affect fertility.

Another point that many people ignore is that the relationship between hormones and emotions is much tighter than you think. Cortisol and testosterone are like sitting on a seesaw. If you work under high pressure for a month or two in a row, cortisol will always be at a high level, and testosterone secretion will inevitably be suppressed. There used to be a young man who worked in To B sales. He stayed up for a month before the quarterly assessment. It was found that his testosterone was only half of the normal lower limit. As a result, he passed the assessment and took two weeks off. When he came back for a review, he returned to normal levels without taking any medicine. So now the guidance also includes a lot of stress relief content. It is true that not all problems must be blamed on "hormone deficiency".

In the final analysis, male hormones are never metaphysical indicators tied to "improving virility". They are just common physiological parameters like eating and sleeping. Understanding the logic and not making up nonsense is better than anything else.