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mr. Baker my beard yo whats up you guys00:10welcome back to my channel my name is00:11Sam and Im female-to-male transgender00:13for years on testosterone in three years00:15post-op post-op top surgery today Im00:18going to be talking about the best parts00:19of being a moon did a video a couple00:22weeks ago about the worst parts of being00:23a man my least favorite parts and people00:26seem to really like it so I was like00:28well what better then to contrast it00:30with the direct opposite like that video00:33though Im just gonna be doing the00:35light-hearted version obviously you00:37there are way more intense deeper more00:39complicated bigger issues to be focusing00:42on of like the best parts of being a man00:44where a lot of it boils down to00:45privilege I want you guys to know that00:47half of these things that Im gonna list00:49off are just from now having privilege00:52and I recognize that and I cant wait00:56til were at a point where its just we00:58have equality and men wont only have01:01this privilege and these positive things01:02happen to them okay lets get into it01:04now01:05first thing is being shirtless being01:10shirtless freaking rocks I love it01:13I go to sleep shirtless I go and run01:16shirtless I walk around my house01:17shirtless go to be shirtless01:19surprisingly anything and anytime I can01:21take off my shirt it will be off Im01:23gonna like a little beach boy so I just01:26think its like the most freeing feeling01:27Ive run really hot because of01:29testosterone spikes your body01:30temperature up so its just like a nice01:33feeling to just be shirtless and free01:36and its especially after being a female01:38and wanting that for so long very01:40specifically I will take off my shirt at01:43any point in time and be happy the next01:45thing is facial hair again this is01:49another thing of like I wanted it so bad01:51when I was young and I would like take01:53selfies on snapchat this is before01:56Instagram and draw on a beard and then01:59send it to someone and be like oh my02:00gosh look and then do that again again02:02for hours I would like the way it looked02:04I knew Id feel more myself and02:07I have it on my face now from02:10testosterone good ol pal testosterone02:12and I like the way it looks I dont know02:14its just great I like I like beards02:16okay next thing is no line at the02:19bathrooms okay I know I just said that02:22bathrooms were the worst like it was in02:24my worst parts of being a guy video but02:28if no ones in a stall you can just go02:31up and then leave like think of concerts02:34the girls lines wrap around and they02:36take forever02:37I remember them Ive been there I dont02:39wish that on anyone I dont miss them so02:41its pretty sweet that you can just like02:43walk in go to the bathroom and walk out02:45I do love that aspect of the guys02:47bathrooms everything else you can go02:49away its gross the next thing I love is02:51being called mr. Baker mr. Baker I dont02:54know what it is but being called mr.02:57Baker because thats my actual last name02:59so its its just like my fun to03:00entertain your name but for some reason03:02like it never gets old you know Ive03:03gotten used to hearing him pronouns and03:06my name and thats awesome I love that03:09but for some reason I never get used to03:11hearing mr. Baker its just another way03:14of just constantly like affirming that03:16you are a guy now and its just03:17internally just exciting and then also I03:20heard my dad being called mr. Baker my03:23entire childhood in my entire life03:25so to now be able to be the next mr.03:28Baker because I dont have any brothers03:29theres something like cool about having03:31that little connection between me and my03:33dad cuz I love my dad and respect the03:35crap out of him it just makes me smile03:37every time Im like woo03:38tell me more the next thing that I think03:41is hilarious and makes me giggle all the03:44time is how much dudes say dude bro03:47brother03:48its like constant its in casual03:51conversation DMS text doesnt matter03:54comments it doesnt matter where it is03:56its hilarious guys will be like so bro03:58yeah I saw you do that the other day04:00dude you are you rock man or how to see04:01your brother and youre like every other04:03word is some sort of like cute little04:05endearment it gets overwhelming at some04:08points Im like okay we can take a chill04:09pill oh Im like saying like dude bro04:11sup dawg but I think if theres04:14something so like sweet about it its04:17like its like a weird dude thing of04:19showing affection so thats one of my04:21favorite things because it makes me04:23giggle and its also just adorable04:24another thing that is definitely like04:26more of a silver lining on a very04:28unfortunate situation but that would be04:31because I was born a female I dont have04:34the proper equipment downstairs thats04:36the unfortunate situation but the silver04:38lining on that is I really dont have to04:41worry about getting people pregnant I04:42dont have that stress I dont even have04:44that thought in my head and the person04:46Im with also doesnt have that stress04:49or worry what does suck now is like if I04:51wanted to get someone pregnant I cant04:53but thats for like the future and Ill04:56figure that out thats a more04:57unfortunate situation the next thing is04:59people assuming Im strong I know this05:02is something where like people shouldnt05:03just assume Im strong because Im a boy05:05like theres plenty of my girlfriends05:08that are just as strong if not stronger05:10than me05:10however I do love that people assume05:13that Im strong because I go to the gym05:15a lot and I work out hard and I work out05:17a lot so that Im fit healthy and strong05:20so the fact that that assumption is05:21placed on me and people that ask me for05:23help Im like why yes I can05:25its just like something to express and05:28support like something Ive worked05:30really hard in achieving is my strength05:32I dont like the assumption you know05:33that girls arent strong but I do love05:35the assumption that I am strong because05:37I work hard for it and I love that the05:39next thing is being a gentleman05:41it is horrifically surprising how many05:44people are not gentlemen05:45and again this boils down to like just a05:47kind consider a human being type of05:49thing but now that Im a guy theres05:51like this expectation of oh youre gonna05:53be a gentleman05:54and I love that because I like opening05:58up doors for people or holding the door05:59as theyre walking through or you know06:01helping someone up and walking down06:03stairs or giving up my seat so that they06:06can sit down I dont know I guess that06:08just boils down to me as a human I just06:11like to make peoples day a little bit06:13brighter if I can but I also like being06:15called a gentleman because theres06:18something like elegant that goes with06:19that and I enjoy fulfilling that06:21expectation because its something I06:23genuinely want to do as a best part of06:25being a guy aspect being called a06:28gentleman and being a gentleman is06:30awesome I love it all right so thats it06:33thats the best parts of being a man in06:35my opinion from what Ive experienced06:36Im being on testosterone for four years06:38of course once again theres a lot of it06:41comes from privilege that we need to06:42keep working on so that is a privilege06:44amongst all humans and everyone and06:46everything but with that being said I06:48hope you guys enjoyed this video I hope06:50you could relate to some of it you have06:51any other favorite parts of you being a06:54man now or something you look forward to06:56in your transition comment um down below06:57Id love to read them and see what you06:59guys have to say Ill be back next week07:01with another video I hope you guys are07:02enjoying your holiday season and having07:04a fun time shopping and celebrating07:06whatever you celebrate I love you guys07:08thanks so much for watching07:09adios love you guys bye

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A male marathon runner will become the first transgender athlete to compete in the U.S. womens Olympic marathon trials later this month.

28-year-old Megan Youngren finished 40th with a time of 2:43:52 among biological women at the California International Marathon to qualify for the trials, which are set to begin on February 29.

To my knowledge, and that of other staff who have been with USATF for many years, we do not recall a trans competitor at our Marathon Trials, spokesperson Susan Hazzard told Sports Illustrated.

Im open to talking about it to people because thats the only way you make progress on stuff like this, Youngren said on the precedent.

Youngrens first marathon came in Alaska in 2017, and the transgender woman has shaved off two hours of time since then. At the 2019 Los Angeles Marathon, Youngren managed to hit the 3:06:42, before setting a goal of a sub-three hour marathon.

I thought that if I worked incredibly hard and took some huge risks that I could run a 2:45, Youngren said. People will try to put it down by saying, Thats too easy because youre trans. But what about the 500 other women who will qualify? Theres probably someone with the exact same story. I trained hard. I got lucky. I dodged injuries. I raced a lot, and it worked out for me. Thats the story for a lot of other people, too.

The International Olympics Committee allows biological male athletes to compete as transgender against their biological female counterparts after showing testosterone levels below 10 nanomoles per liter for at least 12 months before competition. Youngrens testosterone levels are a below 2 nmol/L. A host of scientific studies have concluded that reducing a male athletes testosterone does not entirely eliminate their competitive advantage over females.

I have done everything by the book, and I can show that, Youngren said.

Youngren was listed as not qualified when the Olympic trials were announced in January after still going through the process of submitting a therapeutic use exemption for testosterone-blocking medication.

The delay caused USATFs head of womens long-distance, Kimberly Keenan-Kirkpatrick, to apologize to Youngren by email.

USATF wants to get everything right so there is no room for push back by other athletes, which will make the process easier for you, wrote Keenan-Kirkpatrick.

Transgender athletics remains controversial, with three Connecticut high-school girls filing a federal lawsuit earlier this week to block biological males from competing in the states high school sports, after the state changed the rules in 2017.

Our dream is not to come in second or third place, but to win fair and square, Chelsea Mitchell, one of the plaintiffs, said. All were asking for is a fair chance.

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A link has been found between women who have high levels of testosterone and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, metabolic disease and cancer.

Although testosterone supplements are commonly used to treat sexual function, bone health and body composition, it is largely unknown what the long terms effects on disease risk and outcomes is. Researchers from Exeter University set out to see if there is any evidence for long term effects associated with high testosterone levels.

In their study, which involved around 425,000 people, has found evidence that females who have raised levels of the sex hormone have a 37 per cent higher risk of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

Interestingly, the study revealed that for males with genetically high levels of testosterone, the risk of developing type 2 diabetes is 14 per cent lower. Although, findings suggested there was an increased chance of prostate cancer among males with high testosterone levels.

Although testosterone is usually associated with men, being the male sex hormone, women also produce small amounts of it in the ovaries and adrenal glands. This study looked at females who were genetically prone to greater testosterone levels and found, not only a higher type 2 diabetes risk, but also a 51 per cent increased risk of developing polycystic ovary syndrome a hormonal disorder that affects menstruation.

Genetics specialist Dr Katherine Ruth from Exeter University, who co-lead the study, said their findings have helped to emphasise the importance of considering men and women separately in studies, as we saw opposite effects for testosterone on diabetes.

Dr John Perry, who also worked on the trial and is from Cambridge University, added: In men, testosterone-reducing therapies are widely used to treat prostate cancer, but until now it was uncertain whether lower testosterone levels are also protective against developing prostate cancer.

The research has been published in the journal Nature Medicine.

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I actually wonder whether it might not be the gyms themselves that are the problem, but rather gym culture as a whole (Picture: Ella Byworth for Metro.co.uk)

Whether its being mansplained in the weight area, catcalled on a run, being stared at, stood behind or photographed as we squat, gym harassment is something that most women are entirely accustomed to.

I am not the first person to call it out and I doubt Ill be the last, yet its still not being taken seriously.

It certainly wasnt the other week, when GymBox member Elena Bunbury sent them a complaint after experiencing harassment in her local branch. Allegedly, one of the trainers had approached Elena and her friend to ask about their routine, the conversation got heated and culminated in him calling their workout pathetic, before he threw weights around them onto the floor and stared at the pair while they finished.

Elena shared the response on Twitter, in which she was told by the (female, depressingly) manager: from my personal point of view it is an unfortunate situation where a guy was rude to you, but it could have happened anywhere. We are in a gym where testosterone levels are high especially during workouts. This mean (sic) that reactions to situations can be a bit extreme especially for men.

Gendered harassment in the gym is an issue. I know, because Ive experienced it. While documenting my marathon training online, Ive been given tonnes of unsolicited advice. Damn near every time I run in public, I am shouted at by men in vans. I began to hate the weights area of my gym because of the stares and comments from large groups of men (Ive subsequently joined another gym).

It is also something thats being dismissed and shrugged off as just one of those things. I know this, too, because as soon as I shared my gym harassment story I was inundated with comments from (mostly) men, and a woman called Janice, telling me that I was too ugly to be harassed, that I should take it as a compliment and that it probably doesnt even really happen anyway.

I was incredibly disheartened by the response but it didnt surprise me. I actually wonder whether it might not be the gyms themselves that are the problem, but rather gym culture as a whole.

Just look at the messaging thats out there: Twitter user Isabell Holling shared a photo from the changing room in a Nuffield gym where a sign read: Act like a lady, lift like a boss, a well meaning inspirational quote that actually just served to perpetuate the idea that women dont belong in the weight section.

And thats a narrative thats everywhere:takeLove Island, for example. Every day we see the boys sweating in the gym, and despite the fact the girls clearlyexercise, their workouts are never aired.

Contrary to the somewhat outdated narrative the fitness industry perpetuates, it isnt just men who want to lift weights, for instance.The societal pressure to have the dimensions of a chocolate finger have eased in recent years, and the fitness benefits of lifting weights are increasingly widely known.

A 2018 study from the World Health Organisation (WHO) showed that 40 per cent of women in the UK arent getting enough exercise, but when you consider that a survey conducted by FitRated last year suggested that seven out of 10 women have had an experience at the gym that made them uncomfortable from being watched, filmed, followed and flirted with, to receiving unsolicited advice and even being masturbated over in plain sight is it any wonder were avoiding the gym?

Some companies have taken steps to prevent harassment occurring steps that are, in my opinion, totally misguided.

PureGym, who announced they had reached 1 million members in 2018, are apparently changing the layout in some of their gyms, adding lighting and making them more open plan, as well as introducing female-only areas.

Because clearly its easier to redesign a buildings infrastructure than it is to ask men to control their testosterone, or whatever it is that were blaming this issue on, and leave women alone while theyre working out.

Segregation is not the solution. Long-term, they key is to teach girls, and critically boys, that its not just men who can lift, and sweat, and be strong. But by ignoring gym harassment here and now, we are dismissing the experiences of tens of thousands of women, denying them the right to endorphins (a travesty), as well as equality.

As was pointed out in that email from GymBox: this could have happened anywhere. Thats the reality of being a woman and big steps need to be taken to ensure it changes namely, we stop blaming mens bad behaviour on their testosterone. Or on the location of the changing room. Or on anything other than the men responsible.

Because somehow I dont think itd go down too well if I were to accidentally drop a barbell on the foot of a man standing too close behind me, and then blame it on my hormones.

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We must bring an end to the pandemic of bureaucracy.

Five days after the French Ministry of Health confirmed the first three coronavirus cases, the Institut Pasteur sequenced its entire genome, paving the way for developing a cure. The creativity and intelligence of human beings has always been the solution to big challenges worldwide.

A pandemic is an adjective describing a disease spread throughout an entire country, continent, or the entire globe. Although many have come to accept its inevitability, excess bureaucracy is a pandemic that needs urgent attention. As management thought leader Gary Hamel put it: We need a consensus among managers, academics and policy-makers that this is a problem on the scale of global warming, preserving biodiversity, or pursuing gender equality.

The costs of ignoring the spread of this disease are staggering: the Management Lab estimates that cutting the cost of bureaucracy in half would produce $3 trillion in additional output in the U.S. alone. The fight will not be easy. The virus causing the disease mutates in unpredictable ways, and is incredibly cunning in its ability to survive, hide in dark corners, and sicken economies with chronic and sometimes fatal consequences.

If one were to sequence the excess bureaucracy virus, what would it reveal?

One gene would likely include the lust for power, a precursor for building fiefdoms (with the fiefdom-builders on top, of course). Dr. Ian Robertson has described the biological basis to the addiction of power. It turns out that in both men and women, the exercise of power increases both the levels of testosterone and 3-androstanediol (a testosterone by-product). This chemical surge, in turn, increases dopamine levelsa short-term reward for the brain. It goes without saying that this gene is present in most if not all politicians worldwide.

The presence of the lust for power gene suggest one way to attack the bureaucracy virus: create organizations where people voluntarily give up power, organize around clear principles, and attract followers organically based through trust, respect, and communication.

Its time to apply urgency to the task. Theres no reason to accept the costly, permanent pandemic of excess bureaucracy.

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When you think of testosterone, what comes to mind? Macho men? Aggressive, impatient, type A behavior? Road rage? Violence?

Testosterone's role in bad behavior is largely a myth. What's more, testosterone plays other important roles in health and disease that may surprise you. For example, did you know that testosterone is a key player in prostate cancer? Or, that women need testosterone, too? There's more to testosterone than guys behaving badly.

Testosterone is the major sex hormone in males and plays a number of important roles, such as:

Adolescent boys with too little testosterone may not experience normal masculinization. For example, the genitals may not enlarge, facial and body hair may be scant and the voice may not deepen normally.

Testosterone may also help maintain normal mood. There may be other important functions of this hormone that have not yet been discovered.

Signals sent from the brain to the pituitary gland at the base of the brain control the production of testosterone in men. The pituitary gland then relays signals to the testes to produce testosterone. A "feedback loop" closely regulates the amount of hormone in the blood. When testosterone levels rise too high, the brain sends signals to the pituitary to reduce production.

If you thought testosterone was only important in men, you'd be mistaken. Testosterone is produced in the ovaries and adrenal gland. It's one of several androgens (male sex hormones) in females. These hormones are thought to have important effects on:

The proper balance between testosterone (along with other androgens) and estrogen is important for the ovaries to work normally. While the specifics are uncertain, it's possible that androgens also play an important role in normal brain function (including mood, sex drive and cognitive function).

Testosterone is synthesized in the body from cholesterol. But having high cholesterol doesn't mean your testosterone will be high. Testosterone levels are too carefully controlled by the pituitary gland in the brain for that to occur.

Having too much naturally-occurring testosterone is not a common problem among men. That may surprise you given what people might consider obvious evidence of testosterone excess: road rage, fighting among fathers at Little League games and sexual promiscuity.

Part of this may be due to the difficulty defining "normal" testosterone levels and "normal" behavior. Blood levels of testosterone vary dramatically over time and even during the course of a day. In addition, what may seem like a symptom of testosterone excess (see below) may actually be unrelated to this hormone.

In fact, most of what we know about abnormally high testosterone levels in men comes from athletes who use anabolic steroids, testosterone or related hormones to increase muscle mass and athletic performance.

Problems associated with abnormally high testosterone levels in men include:

Among women, perhaps the most common cause of a high testosterone level is polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). This disease is common. It affects 6% to 10% of premenopausal women.

The ovaries of women with PCOS contain multiple cysts. Symptoms include irregular periods, reduced fertility, excess or coarse hair on the face, extremities, trunk and pubic area, male-pattern baldness, darkened, thick skin, weight gain, depression and anxiety. One treatment available for many of these problems is spironolactone, a diuretic (water pill) that blocks the action of male sex hormones.

Women with high testosterone levels, due to either disease or drug use, may experience a decrease in breast size and deepening of the voice, in addition to many of the problems men may have.

In recent years, researchers (and pharmaceutical companies) have focused on the effects of testosterone deficiency, especially among men. In fact, as men age, testosterone levels drop very gradually, about 1% to 2% each year unlike the relatively rapid drop in estrogen that causes menopause. The testes produces less testosterone, there are fewer signals from the pituitary telling the testes to make testosterone, and a protein (called sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) increases with age. All of this reduces the active (free) form of testosterone in the body. More than a third of men over age 45 may have reduced levels of testosterone than might be considered normal (though, as mentioned, defining optimal levels of testosterone is tricky and somewhat controversial).

Symptoms of testosterone deficiency in adult men include:

Some men who have a testosterone deficiency have symptoms or conditions related to their low testosterone that will improve when they take testosterone replacement. For example, a man with osteoporosis and low testosterone can increase bone strength and reduce his fracture risk with testosterone replacement.

As surprising as it may be, women can also be bothered by symptoms of testosterone deficiency. For example, disease in the pituitary gland may lead to reduced testosterone production from the adrenal glands disease. They may experience low libido, reduced bone strength, poor concentration or depression.

There are times when low testosterone is not such a bad thing. The most common example is probably prostate cancer. Testosterone may stimulate the prostate gland and prostate cancer to grow. That's why medications that lower testosterone levels (for example, leuprolide) and castration are common treatments for men with prostate cancer. Men taking testosterone replacement must be carefully monitored for prostate cancer. Although testosterone may make prostate cancer grow, it is not clear that testosterone treatment actually causes cancer.

Men can experience a drop in testosterone due to conditions or diseases affecting the:

Genetic diseases, such as Klinefelter syndrome (in which a man has an extra x-chromosome) and hemochromatosis (in which an abnormal gene causes excessive iron to accumulate throughout the body, including the pituitary gland) can also affect testosterone.

Women may have a testosterone deficiency due to diseases of the pituitary, hypothalamus or adrenal glands, in addition to removal of the ovaries. Estrogen therapy increases sex hormone binding globulin and, like aging men, this reduces the amount of free, active testosterone in the body.

Currently, testosterone therapy is approved primarily for the treatment of delayed male puberty, low production of testosterone (whether due to failure of the testes, pituitary or hypothalamus function) and certain inoperable female breast cancers.

However, it is quite possible that testosterone treatment can improve symptoms in men with significantly low levels of active (free) testosterone, such as:

However, many men with normal testosterone levels have similar symptoms so a direct connection between testosterone levels and symptoms is not always clear. As a result, there is some controversy about which men should be treated with supplemental testosterone.

Testosterone therapy may make sense for women who have low testosterone levels and symptoms that might be due to testosterone deficiency. (It's not clear if low levels without symptoms are meaningful; treatment risks may outweigh benefits.) However, the wisdom and effectiveness of testosterone treatment to improve sexual function or cognitive function among postmenopausal women is unclear.

People with normal testosterone levels are sometimes treated with testosterone at the recommendation of their doctors or they obtain the medication on their own. Some have recommended it as a "remedy" for aging. For example, a study from Harvard Medical School in 2003 found that even among men who started out with normal testosterone results noted loss of fat, increased muscle mass, better mood, and less anxiety when receiving testosterone therapy. Similar observations have been noted among women. However, the risks and side effects of taking testosterone when the body is already making enough still discourages widespread use.

Testosterone is so much more than its reputation would suggest. Men and women need the proper amount of testosterone to develop and function normally. However, the optimal amount of testosterone is far from clear.

Checking testosterone levels is as easy as having a blood test. The difficult part is interpreting the result. Levels vary over the course of the day. A single low level may be meaningless in the absence of symptoms, especially if it was normal at another time. We need more research to know when to measure testosterone, how best to respond to the results and when it's worthwhile to accept the risks of treatment.

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Testosterone is a sex hormone often associated with males, though females have small amounts. If a male has a low level of testosterone, the symptoms can include erectile dysfunction, and reduced bone mass and sex drive.

The hormone has many important functions, including:

Testosterone production can slow as a person ages, and many older men have symptoms of low testosterone.

The American Urology Association define low testosterone as less than 300 nanograms (ng) of the hormone per deciliter (dl) of blood. They also reported that about 2 in every 100 men have low testosterone.

Below are common signs and symptoms of low testosterone in males. Females may also experience some of the following.

Low testosterone can make it difficult to get or maintain erections.

Testosterone stimulates the penile tissues to produce nitric oxide, which starts several reactions that result in an erection.

If levels of the hormone are too low, a man may not be able to get an erection.

The following are other factors that can cause erectile dysfunction:

Many men experience hair loss as a natural part of aging, and age-related hair loss can also affect women.

Authors of a study from 2012 found that testosterone implants supported the regrowth of hair in some women who were receiving treatment for symptoms of sex hormone deficiency.

Testosterone helps to produce bone tissue and maintain bone volume.

Low testosterone can lead to a reduction in this volume, which can make the bones more susceptible to fractures.

A male with low testosterone may notice a reduction in the size of their testicles that is not related to cold temperatures.

The scrotum may also feel softer than usual.

Semen is the fluid that makes up the majority of male ejaculate. This type of fluid helps the sperm move toward the egg.

Testosterone helps stimulate the production of semen, and reduced levels of semen can indicate a reduction in testosterone. It can also lead to trouble with fertility.

Men with low testosterone may find it difficult to fall or stay asleep.

Many males with low testosterone also have sleep apnea. This potentially severe disorder causes a person to temporarily stop breathing, which can disrupt sleep.

Men with low testosterone often experience a reduction in sex drive.

A diminishing sex drive occurs naturally with age, but when the cause is low testosterone, a man will notice a significant decrease in the desire for sex.

Testosterone plays a role in the development of muscle mass, and reduced levels of the hormone can result in a significant loss of muscle mass.

However, as low testosterone causes a decrease in mass, the function and strength of the muscles do not diminish, according to the findings of a 2016 review.

While many people associate hot flashes with estrogen levels that fluctuate during menopause, low levels of testosterone may also cause this symptom.

Low testosterone can lead to reduced levels of energy and fatigue.

A person may feel tired, even after adequate rest, or they may develop a diminished interest in exercise or movement.

A reduction in testosterone can lead to an increase in body fat.

In some cases, men with a deficiency of the hormone develop gynecomastia, which causes an enlargement of the breasts.

Some evidence suggests that men with low levels of testosterone are likely to experience a lack of focus, irritability, and depression.

Low testosterone does not always present symptoms, and some people only learn about it after a routine physical examination with bloodwork.

However, anyone who experiences one or more of the symptoms listed above should seek medical attention.

To diagnose low testosterone, a doctor will often perform a physical evaluation and review the person's symptoms. The doctor may also request testing to look for additional signs.

For example, a bone density test can show diminished bone mass, one result of low testosterone.

The most common treatment is testosterone replacement therapy (TRT).

A doctor will typically only prescribe TRT if the person has several symptoms of low testosterone as well as blood test results that indicate a deficiency.

There are several delivery methods of TRT, including:

Most people will notice relief from symptoms within 46 weeks of starting TRT.

Weight loss and exercise can often increase testosterone levels.

While changes to the lifestyle and diet alone may not raise levels sufficiently, they can often help.

It is important to keep in mind that men typically lose testosterone as they age, and the potential benefits of lifestyle changes also decrease over time. Exercise, for example, often shows more significant results in younger people.

To support a boost in testosterone levels, the diet should be rich in nutrients. It may help to incorporate some of the following foods into the diet:

Avoid natural supplements that promise to increase levels of testosterone. While they may not harm the body, they are unlikely to produce the desired results.

A doctor can often suggest other safe ways to boost testosterone levels.

The American Urology Association report that low testosterone affects around 2 out of every 100 men. The risk increases with age, though most men naturally lose testosterone as they grow older.

Most cases of low testosterone are treatable, and being aware of the symptoms can help a person to receive an early diagnosis and treatment.

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Testosterone is a steroid, mainly a male sex hormone that causes the growth of secondary sex attributes in men. Even so, testosterone is developed by women, but in small quantities. Combined with estrogen, testosterone aids the growth and repair of the reproductive system in women.

New research published in the journal Nature Medicine has discovered the fact that women who have genetically greater testosterone amounts are at bigger risk of developing cancer, diabetes, as well as metabolic conditions.

Scientists from the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge stated that the connection has been discovered in women and not in men. Moreover, the risk of cancer and diabetes decreased in men who registered higher levels of testosterone.

The study suggested that women with genetically higher testosterone levels have a 37 percent bigger possibility of developing type 2 diabetes. In addition, they had a 51 percent greater risk of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Besides, the scientists found that women with high testosterone levels are more prone to develop cancer, such as breast and endometrial cancers. In men, high testosterone levels have been associated with an increased chance of prostate cancer.

The paper proved that the genetic factors of testosterone levels differ between sexes.

Dr. John Perry from the University of Cambridge said, Our findings that genetically higher testosterone levels increase the risk of PCOS in women is important in understanding the role of testosterone in the origin of this common disorder, rather than simply being a consequence of this condition.

Likewise, in men, testosterone-reducing therapies are widely used to treat prostate cancer, but until now, it was uncertain whether lower testosterone levels are also protective against developing prostate cancer, he added. Our findings show how genetic techniques such as Mendelian randomization are useful in the understanding of the risks and benefits of hormone therapies.

The team of scientists detailed that the research suggests the significance of sex-specific assays on testosterone and its impacts on health. They also explained the high effects of testosterone in the body and how to defeat irregular levels in order to avoid metabolic conditions, cancer, and diabetes.

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