This is everyday wellness, a podcast dedicated to helping you achieve your health and wellness goals and provide practical strategies that you can use in your real life.

And now, here is your host, Nurse Practition practitioner Cynthia Thurlow.

Today we are joined by Dr. Tracy Gapin.

He's a board certified urologistist world-renowned men's health expert

best-selling author and professional speaker. We dove into his background

what got him interested and focused on integrative approaches to

urologic and men's health issues. We talked a great deal about contributions

to low testosterone and how he feels strongly. This is a growing pandemic not only within the United States but elsewhere. We chatted about hormone replacement therapy, just specifically things beyond just testosterone, the role of peptides as well as S arms, which are selective

and hydrogen receptor modulators, biohacking, libido, erectile dysfunction, and more.

Tracy, I'm so thrilled to finally have convinced you to come on the podcast largely because there's been such

tremendous interest in having a male hormone specialist because women that

listen to the podcast want to know how to support their loved ones, their significant others, their family members, and so thank you for carving time out of your busy schedule to connect. I know this will be a really great conversation and I would love for you to share the listeners a little bit about your background. Obviously in the intro they learned a little bit about you but what got you so interested in male hormones? Obviously you did a residency with a specialty in

urology, but what kind of got you thinking that hormones were really

driving a lot of the issues and concerns you were seeing with your patients?

Thank you so much, Cindy. first of all, thank you for having me.

I'm honored to be on here with you, so it's my pleasure to be with you today.

So in terms of male hormones, I am very passionate about this topic because there's a big overarching theme beyond just

testosterone. So I have been a urologist. I now consider myself a recovering urologist since I have formally exited traditional Western

Medicine earlier this year to focus on mental health. But in my 20 plus years in urology,

I saw men every single day who come in the office struggling with issues like brain fog, difficulty focusing at home, difficulty focusing at work, issues with performance either in the gym,

performance in the bedroom, which I'm sure we'll talk about,

and even their ability to be a present and engaged father.

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