Testosterone is a male hormone, besides promoting libido, it has other
important functions such as maintain muscle mass and forming bone, and
regulating heart muscle and cholesterol. It also helps to improve the
oxygen levels throughout the body as well as controlling blood glucose
and strengthening the immune system. In this article, we will discuss
what causes low levels of testosterone.
1. Aging
As
we mentioned in the other articles, human aging is the biological and
pathological processes that vary from person to person and that are
controllable to some degree. Starting at age 40, levels of testosterone
start to diminish, the levels of the by-product prolactin of
testosterone of men increases, stimulating the production of the enzyme
5-alpha reductase that causes the conversion of testosterone to
gihydro-testosterones DHT thus triggering low levels of testosterone.
2. DHEA deficiency
DHEA
(dehydroepiandrosterone) is a substance made by the adrenal gland. It
is the precursor of the sex steroids estrogen and testosterone. DHEA has
some male hormone effects and deficiency of DHEA contributes to
fatigue, poor concentration and diminished overall body functions.
3. Zinc
Zinc
is a natural aromatase enzyme inhibitor. It helps to block the
conversion of testosterone into excess estrogen. Inadequate zinc levels
block the pituitary gland from releasing lutein and follicle stimulation of hormone which stimulates the production of testosterone.
4. Aromatase
Aromatase
is an enzyme of the cytochrome P450 superfamily, whose function is to
aromatize androgen and produce estrogen. As men age they produce greater
amounts of aromatase enzymes that cause the conversion of testosterone
into estrogen resulting in male hormone deficiency.
5. Liver disease
Damage to liver causes extra estrogen and sex-hormone binding globulin resulting in lower levels of testosterone.
6. Frequent sexual activity
Normal
sexual activity helps to improve the yang qi in the kidney according to
Chinese herbalists(that is the reason why most kings in Chinese history
have some sources of sexual dysfunction). Frequent sexual activity(
more than once a day and every day) will cause the depletion of yang qi
resulting in low levels of testosterone, sexual dysfunction and libido in the future days.
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