What does male hormone health guidance include?

The core of this set of guidance covers the four core directions of precise indicator monitoring, daily habit adjustment, abnormal intervention and correction, and special stage protection. It is by no means as one-sided as the "teaching you to supplement testosterone" circulated on the Internet. I have been doing men's health management for 7 years, and I have encountered too many people who messed up their hormone levels and ruined their hormone levels, so this set of content is all practical information collected from actual cases.

Last week, a 29-year-old Internet operator came to me and said that he had been sleepy, losing hair, and unable to get excited during sex for three months in a row. He searched for tips and bought imported testicle-stimulating supplements and took them for almost a month. However, his energy was not restored, but his face broke out with acne, and he had nosebleeds at night. A blood test showed that total testosterone was indeed low, but his estradiol was also nearly double the normal value. The testosterone he supplemented was converted into estrogen in large quantities, and the more he supplemented, the worse it became.

Many people's understanding of male hormones is "high testosterone = man". In fact, the first step in our guidance is to help you understand which indicators to keep an eye on - not just total testosterone, but also free testosterone, sex hormone binding globulin, estradiol, luteinizing hormone, prolactin and even thyroid function. For example, hormone balance is like a team. Testosterone is the forward, and other hormones are the midfielder, defender and goalkeeper. The forward alone can rush, but the team will lose if the team does not cooperate well. There used to be a 34-year-old fitness coach who couldn't increase his muscle size after practicing for 4 years. He always felt that he didn't train hard enough. A blood test showed that the luteinizing hormone was only one-third of the normal value. The "testosterone production" signal sent by the hypothalamus to the testicles could not be transmitted at all, so no matter how much he practiced, it was in vain.

Speaking of this, someone must have asked, is it okay to directly supplement testosterone if the indicator is low? There are indeed differences in the industry on this issue. One group of people believes that testosterone declines at a rate of 1%-2% per year after the age of 25. Regular small-dose exogenous supplementation can maintain energy and muscle status. The other group firmly believes that as long as there is no pathological testosterone deficiency, exogenous testosterone Supplementation will inhibit your own testosterone secretion, and the loss will be even worse after you stop taking it. When we give guidance, we will not favor one side. We will explain to you the research basis, applicable groups, risks and benefits of both views. We will never prescribe or recommend supplements to you right away.

In fact, 80% of people's hormonal abnormalities are caused by lifestyle habits, and there is no need to take medicine at all. This is also the largest part of the guidance - it is not to give you a bunch of prohibitions on "no staying up late or drinking", but to find practical methods for you based on your life scenarios. For example, salespeople inevitably have to socialize and drink. We will teach you what to eat before drinking to reduce the inhibition of testosterone synthesis by alcohol. Programmers have to stay up late to work on projects and how to adjust their sleep cycles to minimize hormone fluctuations. Even milk tea and fried foods, which are inseparable for young people, will not let you quit completely. We will only tell you how many times a week you can drink them at most and how to combine them to reduce the increase in estrogen caused by trans fatty acids. I met a 21-year-old college student before who drank iced milk tea like water every day. After half a year of drinking, his breasts began to develop a little. He was scared to death. When a test showed that his estradiol level was twice as high, he was not prescribed any medicine. So he was asked to switch to one cup of milk tea a week at most, and he took 20 minutes to run two laps a day. Within two months, his indicators were all normal.

In addition to routine adjustments, targeted guidance is also indispensable in special stages. For example, middle-aged men in their 40s are overwhelmed by stress. Many people suffer from fatigue, poor mood, and decreased sexual desire. They always feel that they are "old" and "greasy". In fact, most of them are functional testicles caused by stress. Ketones are reduced, adjust the way to cope with stress, and cooperate with some diet and exercise, and the state will return soon. There are also men who are preparing for pregnancy. Many people think that preparing for pregnancy is entirely a woman’s business. In fact, men’s prolactin and testosterone levels directly affect sperm motility. We will also provide corresponding adjustment plans, which can avoid many detours.