Signs of Low Testosterone

Here are some of the low testosterone symptoms to look for…

There are many signs of low testosterone that you can look for in order to identify low testosterone levels in your body. Low testosterone in women and men can be a major cause of weight gain as well as causing difficulty in losing weight.

Testosterone is generally considered to be a ‘male’ hormone but women’s bodies also produce small amounts of it. Women produce about 10% of the amount of testosterone that men do.

In men most of the testosterone in produced by the testes with a small amount being produced by the adrenal glands. In women about half of their testosterone is produced by the ovaries with the other half coming from the adrenals.

From the age of about 40 testosterone levels tend to fall quite rapidly at the rate of about 1% per year and by the time we reach our 70’s and 80’s we have a far greater risk of obesity, heart attack, osteoporosis, loss of muscle and impotence.

Testosterone is a powerful lipolytic (fat burning) hormone so making an effort to keep the levels of this hormone high in the body is essential if we want to stay lean and healthy as we age.

It helps burn fat through two primary mechanisms:

• Increasing beta receptors on fat cell membranes, which promote the release of fat from the fat stores
• Inhibiting fat storing enzymes

There are two types of testosterone in the body, free and bound. Free testosterone is the active form and bound testosterone is the inactive form.

Even in blood or saliva tests overall testosterone levels may appear to be normal, however, if the levels of free (active) testosterone are low then signs of low testosterone may result.

As a result, it is always best to ask for test for both total and free testosterone if getting a blood or saliva test.

Whilst these tests are accurate ways to measure low testosterone levels, there is a questionnaire, which may indicate signs of low testosterone. Even though the questionnaire has been developed for men, some of the low testosterone symptoms are just as applicable for women too.

If you answer ‘yes’ to three or more of these questions, further investigation may be required.

Here are the questions that tend to indicate signs of low testosterone:

1. Do you have a decrease in libido (sex drive)?
2. Have you noticed a substantial drop in your strength or endurance?
3. Do you lack energy?
4. Have you lost height?
5. Do you feel less motivated or lack ‘enjoyment of life’?
6. Do you feel depressed or sad often?
7. Are your erections less strong?
8. Have you lost significant physical abilities, i.e. playing sports?
9. Do you fall asleep shortly after dinner?
10. Is your work performance deteriorating?

Testosterone levels do fluctuate substantially throughout the day (higher in the morning) and at different times of the year (higher during summer) so it is important to be aware of these possible factors too.

However, if you answered ‘yes’ to three or more of the above signs of low testosterone questions, then it is definitely worthwhile having a blood or saliva test done to see what your actual levels are.

If your low testosterone symptoms do show up as low testosterone levels from a blood or saliva test, there are some natural ways to boost your testosterone back up to normal levels.


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