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Your Testosterone Estrogen Ratio
Remember those chem lab days. Well, if you do, you may remember that sometimes the concentration of a solvent or chemical is more important than the absolute amount of the same. What I remember even more is getting kicked solidly inthe right buttock by my 8th grade chem teacher for goofing around with chemicals in the laboratory, but that's another story.
Again, though, the concentration is often critical and this hold true in the hormonal world as well. For example, researchers recently found that it is the ratio of testosterone to estrogen that determines prostate cancer health more than total testosterone.
So what is a good T/E ratio? A solid number for a 20 year old male is 30*40 with some guys shooting near 50. Of course,some would argue that a T/E ratio that high makes it to where most guys can't think straight. Regardless, youthful testosterone*to*estrogen ratios are quite high and are certainly ideal in terms of maintaining male health. A healthy, youthful
testosterone/estrogen ratio is about 50:1
Of course, the problem is that guys, as they age, find this all*important testosterone to estrogen ratio steadily decreasing to sometimes even the single digits. The situation seems hopeless because all males find their testosterone simultaneously decreasing and their estrogen increasing. This is assaulting our T/E fraction in both numerator and denominator: you've
got the numerator decreasing while the denominator is increasing. Quite the "double whammy", eh?
YOUR TESTOSTERONE ESTROGEN
What causes these rapid changes on both top and bottom in the negative direction. Well, some of it is aging. Males just naturally lose a little testosterone as they age due to mitochondrial dysfunction, DNA andoxidative damage and so on. However, one of the greatest culprits is theextra pounds around our middle. Extra fat pumps out more aromatase whichin turn pumps out more estrogen into our system.
That creates a viscious cycle because the extra estrogen will "crowd out"testosterone and lower the body's testosterone output. Then, as testosteroneis lowered, muscle is lost and as muscle is lost, fatty tissue is increased andso on.
Is there any good news in all of this? Yes, the same "double whammy" thatlowers our T/E ratio can also raise it.
As an example, let's look at an eye*opening Cialis study. Of course, Cialisis the 36*hour PDE5 inhibitor that has put so many middle*aged and beyond guys back in the game. And getting back into the game has a profound effectfor most much guys: it boosts their testosterone to estrogen ratio by 24% onaverage according to one study. [1]
The reason?
Cialis gives guys who are struggling confidence and that all*important Nitric Oxide boost that leads to more
sex. And more sex boosts testosterone and a host of other changes. What is interesting is that in the above study,
testosterone only increased 5.5% on average but estrogen lowered by about 15%. And the net boost in the T/E ratio
exceed the sum of those two by a few percentage points as well.
Now this is a remarkable change if you think about it. The "concentration" of testosterone and estrogen * estradiol is whatreally counts * changed by 24% from just one lifestyle change. Imagine what could happen as you pile on some of the otherTestosterone Increasing Techniques and Estrogen Lowering Strategies that I have mentioned on the web site. There is noreason that you cannot dramatically improve your ratio of testosterone to estradiol (unless you happen to be training for theOlympics with a professional trainer).
If you think I am exagerrating, then consider another study of guys with fertility problems. These were relatively young guyswithin a decade on either side of the average age of 39. They split them up into two groups: those with a BMI > 25 andthose with a BMI less than 25. The difference in testosterone*to*estrogen ratios was signficantly different: 12 versus 17.
That is a 42% difference!
Does this make sense that body fat would make such a significant difference in the T/E ratio? Remember that the more fat,the more aromatase and the more aromatase the more estrogen and the more estrogen, the less testosterone. Excess bodyweight is correlated with both lowered testosterone and increased estrogen. In other words, being overweight will hit bothsides of the fraction negatively.
By the way, this may explain why weight lifting has been associated with increased long term testosterone levels. Weightwill increase muscle mass and "muscle burns fat". Adding muscle, however you do it, will actually change your metabolismfor the better so that the same calories go farther.
The point is that, generally through the very natural strategies that I list on this site, you will very likely be able to make a verysubstantial change to your testosterone/estrogen ratio and, as a consequence, feel a hundred times better and lower yourrisk for many diseases and conditions.
CAUTION: Most guys probably do not know that caffeine increases both cortisol AND testosterone. Unfortunately, it doesnot raise testosterone enough proportionately thus lowering the overall testosterone*to*estrogen ratio. [3]
REFERENCES:
1) The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Jul 2006, 3(4):716*722, "Testosterone:Estradiol Ratio Changes Associated with LongTerm
Tadalafil Administration: A Pilot Study"
2) Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine, 2006, 52(2):97*102, " Effect of bodyweight on testosterone*estradiol ratio in
oligozoospermic patients"
3) Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab, 2008 Apr, 18(2):131*41, "Dose effect of caffeine on testosterone and cortisol responses to
resistance exercise"
Remember those chem lab days. Well, if you do, you may remember that sometimes the concentration of a solvent or chemical is more important than the absolute amount of the same. What I remember even more is getting kicked solidly inthe right buttock by my 8th grade chem teacher for goofing around with chemicals in the laboratory, but that's another story.
Again, though, the concentration is often critical and this hold true in the hormonal world as well. For example, researchers recently found that it is the ratio of testosterone to estrogen that determines prostate cancer health more than total testosterone.
So what is a good T/E ratio? A solid number for a 20 year old male is 30*40 with some guys shooting near 50. Of course,some would argue that a T/E ratio that high makes it to where most guys can't think straight. Regardless, youthful testosterone*to*estrogen ratios are quite high and are certainly ideal in terms of maintaining male health. A healthy, youthful
testosterone/estrogen ratio is about 50:1
Of course, the problem is that guys, as they age, find this all*important testosterone to estrogen ratio steadily decreasing to sometimes even the single digits. The situation seems hopeless because all males find their testosterone simultaneously decreasing and their estrogen increasing. This is assaulting our T/E fraction in both numerator and denominator: you've
got the numerator decreasing while the denominator is increasing. Quite the "double whammy", eh?
YOUR TESTOSTERONE ESTROGEN
What causes these rapid changes on both top and bottom in the negative direction. Well, some of it is aging. Males just naturally lose a little testosterone as they age due to mitochondrial dysfunction, DNA andoxidative damage and so on. However, one of the greatest culprits is theextra pounds around our middle. Extra fat pumps out more aromatase whichin turn pumps out more estrogen into our system.
That creates a viscious cycle because the extra estrogen will "crowd out"testosterone and lower the body's testosterone output. Then, as testosteroneis lowered, muscle is lost and as muscle is lost, fatty tissue is increased andso on.
Is there any good news in all of this? Yes, the same "double whammy" thatlowers our T/E ratio can also raise it.
As an example, let's look at an eye*opening Cialis study. Of course, Cialisis the 36*hour PDE5 inhibitor that has put so many middle*aged and beyond guys back in the game. And getting back into the game has a profound effectfor most much guys: it boosts their testosterone to estrogen ratio by 24% onaverage according to one study. [1]
The reason?
Cialis gives guys who are struggling confidence and that all*important Nitric Oxide boost that leads to more
sex. And more sex boosts testosterone and a host of other changes. What is interesting is that in the above study,
testosterone only increased 5.5% on average but estrogen lowered by about 15%. And the net boost in the T/E ratio
exceed the sum of those two by a few percentage points as well.
Now this is a remarkable change if you think about it. The "concentration" of testosterone and estrogen * estradiol is whatreally counts * changed by 24% from just one lifestyle change. Imagine what could happen as you pile on some of the otherTestosterone Increasing Techniques and Estrogen Lowering Strategies that I have mentioned on the web site. There is noreason that you cannot dramatically improve your ratio of testosterone to estradiol (unless you happen to be training for theOlympics with a professional trainer).
If you think I am exagerrating, then consider another study of guys with fertility problems. These were relatively young guyswithin a decade on either side of the average age of 39. They split them up into two groups: those with a BMI > 25 andthose with a BMI less than 25. The difference in testosterone*to*estrogen ratios was signficantly different: 12 versus 17.
That is a 42% difference!
Does this make sense that body fat would make such a significant difference in the T/E ratio? Remember that the more fat,the more aromatase and the more aromatase the more estrogen and the more estrogen, the less testosterone. Excess bodyweight is correlated with both lowered testosterone and increased estrogen. In other words, being overweight will hit bothsides of the fraction negatively.
By the way, this may explain why weight lifting has been associated with increased long term testosterone levels. Weightwill increase muscle mass and "muscle burns fat". Adding muscle, however you do it, will actually change your metabolismfor the better so that the same calories go farther.
The point is that, generally through the very natural strategies that I list on this site, you will very likely be able to make a verysubstantial change to your testosterone/estrogen ratio and, as a consequence, feel a hundred times better and lower yourrisk for many diseases and conditions.
CAUTION: Most guys probably do not know that caffeine increases both cortisol AND testosterone. Unfortunately, it doesnot raise testosterone enough proportionately thus lowering the overall testosterone*to*estrogen ratio. [3]
REFERENCES:
1) The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Jul 2006, 3(4):716*722, "Testosterone:Estradiol Ratio Changes Associated with LongTerm
Tadalafil Administration: A Pilot Study"
2) Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine, 2006, 52(2):97*102, " Effect of bodyweight on testosterone*estradiol ratio in
oligozoospermic patients"
3) Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab, 2008 Apr, 18(2):131*41, "Dose effect of caffeine on testosterone and cortisol responses to
resistance exercise"
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