A recent article in the June 2010 edition of Life Extension magazine highlights the results of the blood test results for testosterone of over 7,000 males they have carried out. The results show widespread low levels of free testosterone in aging men. The largest majority of men from age 50 to over 70 had free testosterone levels below the optimal of 15 pg/ml. Only 4% of men in this age range had levels over 22 pg/ml, which is the level Life Extension recommends for all men. These results are actually within the "so-called normal lab ranges" which is not surprising. Normal lab values have little to do with "optimal" hormone function.
As the article states, "If men start paying as much attention to their testosterone blood levels as they do cholesterol, the incidence of degenerative disease would plummet."
Low levels of testosterone ave been linked by good research to increased risk of dying prematurely, heart disease, osteoporosis, muscle wasting, and chronic neuro-degenerative diseases. I have seen many men with depression and chronic fatigue related to their low levels of free testosterone.
The blood test is widely available and in my experience most insurance plans pay for the test.
An excellent book on this subject is The Testosterone Syndrome by Dr. Eugene Shippen, MD.
drBob
As the article states, "If men start paying as much attention to their testosterone blood levels as they do cholesterol, the incidence of degenerative disease would plummet."
Low levels of testosterone ave been linked by good research to increased risk of dying prematurely, heart disease, osteoporosis, muscle wasting, and chronic neuro-degenerative diseases. I have seen many men with depression and chronic fatigue related to their low levels of free testosterone.
The blood test is widely available and in my experience most insurance plans pay for the test.
An excellent book on this subject is The Testosterone Syndrome by Dr. Eugene Shippen, MD.
drBob
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