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Of the eight home low testosterone tests and hormone tests readily available online, the questions I’m asked more than any other: what works? and how well? And should I just eat two Brazil Nuts a day if I think my testosterone level and selenium levels are low? And can [...]
If we made only two changes in the way we ate, and one of them was to drink water (preferably citrus water, as seen yesterday on Dr Oz) instead of sugar sweetened beverages, what would the other be? You start by acknowledging that soda is the new cigarette and [...]
We’re barely half way in and already it’s apparent: if men have had undue attention to what it means to be a man focused on them in any year in this century, it’s this one. Why? It could be the eruption of the Low T controversy: it might be [...]
The debate about low T has dramatically accelerated in the 2 weeks since the NYTimes published “Don’t Ask Your Doctor About Low T.” The day after, the NY Times published an editorial of its own, calling on regulators “to strengthen warning labels and find ways to rein in [...]
It’s been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon. But not here. I feel lucky: lucky that Don’t Ask Your Doctor About Low T (a dramatic title, meant to point out that men don’t have to medicalize aging and have the power to change their health and their T without [...]
Here is #5 of 6 how-to stories to describe how successful men do it (often with women to help): how those who REFUEL get their mojo back, when their body mass index (BMI) or waist size or both have hidden it. And they’re worried about Low T. Jim has an actively involved [...]
Here is #3 of 6 how-to stories to describe how successful men do it (often with women to help): how those who REFUEL get their mojo back. No Low T prescription necessary. Wayne is like so many of my patients: overworked, competitive, just needing the tipping point. As is so often the [...]
Here is #2 of 6 how-to stories to describe how successful men do it (often with women to help): how those who REFUEL get their mojo back. No Low T prescription required. Tom had a wake up call about diabetes, but it could just easily been about blood pressure, which is also [...]
One of the best ways to help men (and women interested in a man’s health and well-being) is to describe how other men do. Here is the first of six men’s stories who have. No Low T Rx required. You might have heard one of them live, on the Dr. [...]