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By Jacobus Hollewijn
Health Pearl # 43
Most men may feel that they’re losing testosterone after 40-years of age, as well as when going through midlife, and they are probably correct.
An article was published in 2012 on the website of Life Extension Foundation, called The Testosterone Controversy.
It discusses a study done over 5.1 years on 2,416 men between the ages of 69 and 81.
The goal was to discover why older men suffer from age-related disorders such as heart disease, heart attacks, strokes, prostate cancer, diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s.
The focus was on the change in hormones as we age. This involves the drop in TESTOSTERONE, both Total Testosterone and Free Testosterone, as well as the increase in Estradiol, which is converted from testosterone.
This five year research showed that older men with pretty high Total Testosterone and relatively low Estradiol were much healthier all around than men with low Testosterone and elevated Estradiol.
Some of the conclusions of this research were that the ideal level of Total Testosterone on a blood test should be between 700 - 900 Nannograms per Deciliter.
However, when Total Testosterone was anything less than 550, there was an immediate 30% increased risk for heart attacks and cardiovascular disease, and an immediate 24% increased risk for strokes.
This may explain why older men are more at risk for cardiovascular episodes.
But today, we also see that even much YOUNGER men have low testosterone and therefore strokes and heart attacks.
It is a concern to me, and I do hope you’ll get your levels checked.
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