445: Get to Know Your Testosterone with Dr. Tracy Gapin
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Lucas Rockwood
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🗓️ 5 January 2021
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Get to Know Your Testosterone
by Dr. Tracy Gapin
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Testosterone levels in modern men are lower than any time in recorded history. This causes low libido, low energy, and a lack of lean muscle; but low T can also decrease your motivation, your concentration, and even your mental health.
So where has all the testosterone gone?
Diet and lifestyle are huge factors, of course, but most people are completely unaware of the endocrine disruptors that have crept their way into our food, water, and homes. Everything from your shampoo to your takeaway coffee cup contributes to the hormonal dysregulation of our population. Left unchecked, many men lose their lust for life, in all senses, decades too soon.
On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet a medical doctor who is passionate about educating men and helping them navigate the hormonal minefield of our modern world.
Listen & Learn:
- Why free testosterone is even more important than total testosterone
- How to understand medical reference ranges
- Self-assessment tricks for thinking about your own hormones
- Xenoestrogens, phytoestrogens, and other disruptor landmines
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ABOUT OUR GUEST
Dr. Gapin is board certified by the American Board of Urology and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is the author of, Male 2.0, a guide to the optimization of a man’s health and vitality.
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| 0:00.0 | Testosterone levels in men are lower right now than they've ever been in recorded history. |
| 0:09.0 | And this of course affects things like libido, |
| 0:13.1 | lean muscle mass, but also cardiovascular health. |
| 0:16.6 | And also, a lot of people don't realize, |
| 0:18.5 | but motivation and feelings of peace and contentment |
| 0:22.2 | and satisfaction in life. |
| 0:23.2 | All these are really connected to the hormones that drive so much of what we do. |
| 0:27.8 | So what's going on? |
| 0:28.8 | Why are T levels so low? |
| 0:31.2 | There are a number of different reasons, obviously sleep and exercise and |
| 0:34.1 | diet and lifestyle, but one of the things people don't realize is that there are endocrine |
| 0:38.4 | disruptors, chemicals that affect our hormones all around us all the time. Let me paint a picture for you. |
| 0:45.0 | Let's imagine a guy doing his best to stay in shape, gets off work on a Thursday, goes to the gym, |
| 0:51.0 | does 45 minutes of resistance training, trying to build a little |
| 0:54.7 | lean muscle mass, trying to boost his testosterone a little bit. Feeling good about himself |
| 0:59.6 | wanders over to the drinking fountain and takes a couple of sips of water in that municipal drinking water. |
| 1:05.4 | Almost certainly there are residues from endocrine disruptors. |
| 1:09.4 | It could be trace amounts of birth control pills. |
| 1:12.2 | It could be trace amounts of birth control pills, it could be trace amounts of pesticides and |
| 1:15.1 | herbicides that are known endocrine disruptors. These are teeny tiny amounts |
| 1:20.3 | yes, these are legally permissible and generally regarded as safe amounts yes. But you know |
| 1:26.6 | this guy is 45 years old and he's been drinking this municipal water now since he was born. |
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