Low testosterone levels in men is coming to the fore-front of many researchers simply because it is so often found to be a factor often co-existing with many other medical conditions. Be it heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, erectile dysfunction, metabolic syndrome and now also with depression.
In a recent study of nearly 4,000 elderly men (older than 70 years of age), it was found that depression was twice as likely to be a problem where there was found to be low levels of Testosterone. Yes, there were men older than 70 with adequate levels of hormones that were occasional sufferers of depression - this article is NOT saying that testosterone is an anti-depressant.
But as is now well understood by long-term research on depression, exercise and an active and involved lifestyle is the real solution to the problem, and so testosterone is being seen as an important consideration when the activity levels of patients is taken into account.
Active people rarely get depressed. Higher levels of testosterone do naturally lead to more active people.
Even when taking into account the advanced years of the research participants, their general health and other issues like obesity - the research held that the lower instances of depression were found in men with normal hormonal levels.
ED (or erectile dysfunction to give it its full name) is another well documented problem suffered by men with generally low levels of testosterone. When digging deeper into the issues, often erection problems are found to be related to atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries which translates into difficulty supplying the penis with sufficient blood flows to maintain an erection. The main related diseases to atherosclerosis of metabolic syndrome (cholesterol problems), diabetes and insulin resistance and also obesity all have direct relationships to men with low testosterone.
And then there is the issue of men with high blood pressure. And this is a double-edged sword. One the one hand it has been demonstrated by research than men with low T levels are well over two times more likely to suffer from high blood pressure - the same can also be said for those men with much too high a level. That is, some men who are being ridiculous with their testosterone replacement therapy and are in effect overdosing on it have created high blood pressure problems.
In a recent study of nearly 4,000 elderly men (older than 70 years of age), it was found that depression was twice as likely to be a problem where there was found to be low levels of Testosterone. Yes, there were men older than 70 with adequate levels of hormones that were occasional sufferers of depression - this article is NOT saying that testosterone is an anti-depressant.
But as is now well understood by long-term research on depression, exercise and an active and involved lifestyle is the real solution to the problem, and so testosterone is being seen as an important consideration when the activity levels of patients is taken into account.
Active people rarely get depressed. Higher levels of testosterone do naturally lead to more active people.
Even when taking into account the advanced years of the research participants, their general health and other issues like obesity - the research held that the lower instances of depression were found in men with normal hormonal levels.
ED (or erectile dysfunction to give it its full name) is another well documented problem suffered by men with generally low levels of testosterone. When digging deeper into the issues, often erection problems are found to be related to atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries which translates into difficulty supplying the penis with sufficient blood flows to maintain an erection. The main related diseases to atherosclerosis of metabolic syndrome (cholesterol problems), diabetes and insulin resistance and also obesity all have direct relationships to men with low testosterone.
And then there is the issue of men with high blood pressure. And this is a double-edged sword. One the one hand it has been demonstrated by research than men with low T levels are well over two times more likely to suffer from high blood pressure - the same can also be said for those men with much too high a level. That is, some men who are being ridiculous with their testosterone replacement therapy and are in effect overdosing on it have created high blood pressure problems.
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