Male Hormones: How Testosterone and Toxins Mess With You! – Tracy Gapin, M.D.
The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey
Dave Asprey
4.6 • 7.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 April 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
In this special Asprey Archive episode you’ll learn that while yes, testosterone fuels energy and performance, it’s not the be-all and end-all solution for men’s health woes. A systems biology approach considers many other aspects and provides a broader perspective about what’s going on with you.
This conversation features board-certified urologist Tracy Gapin, M.D. He joined us in 2022 for this episode to discuss new ways for men to improve their health and performance. He uses epigenetic coaching, hormones, peptide therapy, biometric monitoring, and unique nutrition and lifestyle interventions.
In his book, “Male 2.0™: Cracking the Code to Limitless Health and Vitality,” he says medical school, residency training and even a two-decade career in urology and surgery specialties didn’t teach him how to get to root causes of men’s issues and solve them. He had a health crash of his own at 42. Since neither he nor his doctor had good answers, he went on a quest of discovery and change.
He founded the Gapin Institute for High Performance Medicine and created the proprietary N1 Performance Health Program to go beyond conventional options.
This conversation goes even further into what creates epigenetic signals that affect the function and expression of your genes. You’ll learn, too, that your mindset, stress and environment—and how you do or don’t control those things—have everything to do with your energy and focus. If you’re aiming for higher performance, Dr. Tracy suggests a trifecta that makes sleep a priority, builds resilience to stress, and creates consistent behaviors with intention.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the human upgrade with Dave Asprey. |
| 0:06.0 | Formerly Bulletproof Radio. |
| 0:09.0 | A state of high performance. |
| 0:20.7 | You're listening to the human upgrade with Dave Asprey. |
| 0:28.0 | Today, we're to talk about testosterone. And as you know, I think testosterone is a game changer if you need it, but we're going to talk about why maybe sometimes you don't and what else is responsible for making your hormones work |
| 0:38.0 | And we got to admit male to South Australians dropped more than 30% in the past 30 years. |
| 0:44.1 | Thank you, Soy Boys, PETA, plant-based diet and big food nonsense |
| 0:49.3 | and lack of minerals in the |
| 0:55.0 | minerals in the soil and blue light pollution and a bunch of other stuff like plasticizers. |
| 0:56.0 | We're going to talk about in this show and what you're going to learn so you know it's worth your time |
| 1:00.0 | is what creates the epigenetic signals that turn your genes on or off for |
| 1:07.4 | testosterone and other sex hormones. And testosterone, as you probably know, affects |
| 1:11.5 | men and women. So this is really important. It affects men and women so this is really important |
| 1:13.8 | it affects men and women because we both have it and because if women are low |
| 1:16.7 | in testosterone they hate their men and if men are low in testosterone they |
| 1:22.2 | tend to hate their women. |
| 1:24.0 | Maybe it's a strong word, but bottom line is you get angry and cranky at other people |
| 1:29.4 | when you don't have enough testosterone, because testosterone is the hormone of desire, not just in |
| 1:34.2 | relationships but desire for everything. I think it's important and we've got a |
| 1:40.0 | an authority on this. His name is Dr. Tracy Gappin and he's already been on the |
| 1:49.4 | show and is just a fantastic expert in testosterone who works with epigenetic coaching, |
| 1:55.2 | hormones, peptides, biometric monitoring, nutrition, lifestyle. |
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