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Hey, everyone, this is Dr. Ruscha with your fast facts.

A great episode today with Dr. Gio Espinoza.

All about men's health.

Dr. Espinoza is a urologist, and so we went deep into items of male health. But for the

women listening, he discussed some very important things for women to be in look out for

in their partner because you may be able to pick up on some of the signs and symptoms of a problem that a man may not follow up on because we can be pretty darn stubborn.

So your hunch, your observations, and maybe your gentle kick in the butt to prompt some movement by your counterpart may be very helpful. So here are some of the fast facts for what was a really great call.

Morning erections indicate sleep quality, and this is likely because testosterone is produced at night, and you need to be sleeping soundly in order to produce testosterone.

So good sleep, good testosterone, and then an erection.

Things that can negatively impact testosterone, this is not an exhaustive list, but

statins, statin medications or cholesterol-lowering medications can decrease testosterone.

Excessive stress or cortisol, as Dr. Espinoza very aptly puts it, can castrate men.

That is, figuratively, not literally.

Fat causes high estrogen, and estrogen can then shut down testosterone.

Now I should clarify this is body fat, not dietary fat.

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