Testosterone Revealed: How to Boost Testosterone Levels, Sex Drive, Muscle Mass and the Truth about Hormone Therapy (Sex Drive, Hormone Therapy, Testosterone ... Growth Hormone, Food for Testosterone) by Dave Erickson

Author:Dave Erickson [Erickson, Dave]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 2014-09-19T00:00:00+00:00

Diet

I hate the word diet. Many people follow various diets, but rarely stick to it for a long time. Changing diets affect people negatively. Rarely have crash diets offered people a long term solution. When I say diet, I mean awareness. I shall try to make you aware of the type of things you should eat and what not to maintain healthy testosterone levels. Once you have the awareness you can take your own decisions.

Cut down on sugar and carbohydrates: Pasta, pizza, bread, cereals, sweets, desserts, etc. Our modern lifestyles drive us to eat too much carbohydrate, especially, industrially made products loaded with tons of sugar and/or salt. When we eat too much sugar or certain types of carbohydrates, insulin rises. Too much sugar encourages too much insulin production. Excessive amounts of insulin mean less of testosterone. Let me explain.

Our hormonal system is amazing, but not almighty. It has limited resources. So, if it is forced to produce too much of one hormone, (insulin in case you consume too much sugar), it has to sacrifice on others. So, testosterone production gets hampered if the body has to produce too much insulin to digest or counter the sugar.

cruciferous vegetables help. Following the same logic above, we need to produce less of estrogen. However it is necessary for some brain functions. The ideal ratio of testosterone to estrogen in males should be 50:1.

Eating cruciferous vegetables like cabbage, broccoli, brussels sprouts or cauliflowers can take care of that. All cruciferous vegetables are rich sources of indole-3-carbinol (I3C), a phytochemical that converts "bad" estrogens (which hinder testosterone production) into good estrogens, thereby encouraging testosterone.

A diet rich in zinc helps by inhibiting aromatase, an enzyme which converts testosterone into estrogens. So we must get plenty of zinc in our diet, and that means oysters, meat, peanuts seafood, and dark chocolate. You can opt for zinc supplements too, but I prefer zinc rich food.

Trans fats should be totally eliminated from your diet. They are pure evil. Just research a little bit on the Internet and would understand. You would find them in almost all kinds of fast food. Most industrially produced foods like potato chips, French fries, pastries, fried chicken, margarine, cookies, biscuits, etc comes with a lot of trans fats. Look for the words “hydrogenated”. If you see it, slowly place the pack back into the shelf.

Fats help with testosterone. It is utter bullshit that eating fats make us fat. “Eat fat and you would get fat” is one of the most irresponsible and misguiding statements I ever came across. Less effective metabolism makes us fat. Fats are good for testosterone. Low fat diets are known to reduce testosterone levels.

Vitamins A, D, and K are great catalysts for testosterone.

➢Vitamin A rich foods are Whole milk, liver, eggs, dairy products like butter, etc.

➢Vitamin D is mainly found in sunlight. You can opt for supplements as well, but a little exposure to the sun is preferable. Cod liver oil is also a great Vitamin D source.

➢Vitamin K is found in spinach, Kale, collards, turnips, lettuce, etc.

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