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Testosterone in Women Testosterone is largely known as the dominant male hormone however, as the dominant female hormone estrogen is also found in males testosterone in women is also a reality. Both sexes need testosterone, both sexes naturally produce the hormone, however, the production of...

Testosterone-Induced Water Retention - How to Combat It Connect the dots— a child’s game where a random-appearing collection of darkened circles on paper suddenly generates a favorite cartoon character or animal when the dots are connected by a pencil line in proper order. Innovation in...

Steroids & Sexual Performance - The Hard Truth Animal studies and media headlines have colored the image of testosterone as a barbaric, orgy-inducing, manic-phase hormone that causes civil men to pillage and destroy in the throes of lust-driven rage while sporting anatomically...

If elderly men and women take 1000 mg vitamin C [structure below] and 600 mg vitamin E daily, they build up more muscle mass than elderly people who only do power training. Researchers of ageing processes at the Canadian University of Sherbrooke will publish an article on this soon in Diabetes...

RANT!! I am all for Freedom of Speech, but when you are at work youneed to act in a professional way. When the players of the NFL walk into thebuilding/stadium they are at work. If they cannot be professional and respect their fans, their teams and their country, then maybe they need to find...

What is it that men get out of looking/gazing at beautiful women, nude or otherwise? I can't imagine a wife feeling honored or edified as their husband stares at fitter, prettier and more provocative women on the internet or in person. However, I have read that men actually get a chemical...

by Josh Hodnik I can’t imagine that there is any other substance found naturally in the human body that’s been more controversial than the hormone, testosterone. Even though it’s naturally produced in men, and in low amounts in women, its synthetic version is a Schedule III narcotic. To put...

We’ve all heard of menopause, right? It’s when a woman goes through the “change of life,” meaning that she’s leaving her reproductive years behind. It’s a transition period where her body produces less hormones, causing all sorts of physical changes. When going through menopause, most women...

Testosterone Replacement Therapy for Women Testosterone is a steroid hormone produced in the ovaries and adrenal glands in women. Although typically associated with being a male hormone, a decline in testosterone levels can affect women as well. Of major concern among health care...

It goes without saying, abs are made in the kitchen. You can’t eat junk and think you’re going to walk around 365 days a year with visible abs. You simply can’t out-train a poor diet. But what does your lack of a washboard stomach say about your overall health? Is there more going on than...

The news pretty much changes our whole understanding of how and when we grow. It begins with the word plateau, something every weightlifter knows well. Also known as “hitting the wall”, it is that dreaded point in your training where muscle and strength gains have stagnated. You continue to put...

The Myths of HRT and Testosterone. It's time to dispel some of the media scare stories you've heard about testosterone replacement therapy. by Tessa Gurley Behind the Headlines You've probably seen the headlines that say something along the lines of...

Superheroes today are a lot more shredded than they used to be. The original Superman and Batman look almost willowy compared to our muscle-bursting modern-day versions. That’s no coincidence. America is in the midst of a cultural shift in terms of the ideal male body image, and as the ideal...

Increased T/E ratio in men When testosterone levels are normal, and a man is experiencing signs of andropause, the hormonal culprit is usually estrogen (and chemicals that mimic the actions of estrogen), the female hormone. Both men and women have specific amounts of estrogen in their bodies...

How Steroids Can Improve Your Sex Life: Researchers say that we reach our sexual peak at the age of 25, give or take a couple of years. During these years, men exhibit almost inexhaustible sexual stamina and virility. Women are also very fertile, and shows healthy libido. Furthermore...

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Vol. 95, No. 10 4743-4747 Copyright © 2010 by The Endocrine Society Testosterone Suppresses Hepcidin in Men: A Potential Mechanism for Testosterone-Induced Erythrocytosis Eric Bachman, Rui Feng1, Thomas Travison1, Michelle Li, Gordana Olbina...

Men with testosterone deficiency and a history of cardiovascular diseases benefit from long-term testosterone therapy: observational, real-life data from a registry study Background/objectivesLong-term testosterone therapy (TTh) in men with hypogonadism has been shown to improve all components...

Here we are, the year 2011, and it’s stunning to me that myths surrounding weight training and women still exist, and worse yet, it’s the same myths I was hearing a few decades ago! It seems I can dispel these myths ’til I’m blue in the face, and yet, they persist! In addition to the myths, it...

by Matt Weik There has been a debate for quite some time on whether you should eat before you exercise or if you should exercise when in a fasted state. The banter has been enough to turn people blue in the face arguing their point of view. Theories have gone back and forth for both sides, yet...

Obesity and Hormone Imbalance A consistent finding in the scientific literature is that obese men have low testosterone and very high estrogen levels. Central or visceral obesity (pot belly) is recognized as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes. New findings have shed...