Posted on 02/17/2017 3:46:07 PM PST by blam
The manly hormone evolved 500 million years ago — from estrogen.
1. Testosterone is produced in men’s testicles, women’s ovaries and the adrenal glands of both sexes. In the early weeks of pregnancy, it kicks off the development of reproductive organs for males.
2. After birth, testosterone plays a role in regulating processes from fat distribution to red blood cell production.
3. Long before the hormone was discovered, people ascribed youth-restoring powers to the testicles. Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder noted the sexually stimulating effects of dining on hyena genitals (with honey, of course).
4. Honeyed hyena testes sound preferable to the handiwork of Kansas huckster John Brinkley, who inserted slices of goat scrotum into men’s testicles in the 1920s, claiming it would boost virility and cure a host of ailments.
5. Despite its association with male virility, testosterone can also enhance a woman’s libido by targeting receptors in a section of the brain responsible for sexual activity. 6. Sex hormones, including testosterone, evolved 500 million years ago — before the first vertebrate animals — from the “mother” of all steroid hormones, estrogen.
7. But testosterone is, relatively speaking, a manly hormone. Normal levels for women are 5 to 7 percent of those for men. 8. Testosterone levels decline with age. Fifty percent of men in their 80s have testosterone levels below the normal adult male range.
9. One thing that’s not declining: demand for testosterone. In 2010, 1.3 million patients in the U.S. received a prescription for the hormone. That number jumped to 2.3 million in 2013.
10. Age isn’t the only cause of low testosterone; obesity is, too. With more body fat, more testosterone gets converted to an estrogen called estradiol, which further inhibits testosterone production.
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Old men are grumpy because they don’t get laid often.
Trump is not a grumpy old man because he shares a bedroom with Melenia.
I read that chopping wood produces more testosterone in the body than playing sports or lifting weights, so if you want good wood you gotta chop some wood. One of life’s little ironies I guess.
9. One thing that’s not declining: demand for testosterone. In 2010, 1.3 million patients in the U.S. received a prescription for the hormone. That number jumped to 2.3 million in 2013.
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because testosterone shots are provided By Planned Parenthhood and paid for by Medicaid for Women who want to be men which is now VERY TRENDY.
I've heard that the cream can get on people around you and affects them too.
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>> “The manly hormone evolved 500 million years ago — from estrogen.” <<
The idiots are back!
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Are you sure you don't have that mixed up with 'laying pipe'?
In my case it’s supporting techno-illiterates that refuse to learn and printers that make me grumpy. I hate, hate, hate printers!
If I make a statement and no woman heard me, am I still wrong?
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You are male, and still breathing, so ... yes.
LOL! I have one on the side of my ear that grows like a weed. While I’m losing it on top of my head. Go figure.
It inspired production of the Ferrari Testosterona...
ok, the obvious question...if man was created before woman, how is estrogen the ‘mother’ hormone?
No, old women are the reason.
And those damn neighbor kids.
;)
You obviously dont know what the hell is going on. :)
Be quiet girly man!
Now I will go back to braiding my back hair!
Estrogen is NOT the ‘ mother” hormone that’s pregnenelone or DHEA...I forget which and too lazy to go look.
There are natural things you can take that bump up testosterone.
Longjack.
Fenugreek.
Turmeric.
Gingko Biloba.
Ginger.
Horny Goat Weed.
Tribulus terrestris.
Vitamin D.
Zinc.
Fenugreek is a good one, I’ve been a fan for several years. Watch your blood sugar with it though, take it after meals. Only real downside, and it’s not major, is that there is a sort of maple syrup scent in your sweat if you take enough of it for a long enough time. Me, I like maple syrup so no problem.
I have the same problem. Easy fix is a quick blast with a Bic lighter. You smell a bit like burnt hair after, so do it before you shower. A Qtip with some Nair on it does my nose
Poor hyenas...
Did you have low T?
Doctor wouldn’t give me (mid-age) any because he said my count was normal.
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