Today on the root cause medicine podcast. The first crucial thing is you can't just test testosterone.

It exists in a system. You have to look at all the aspects of the system that we can.

Second is testosterone has a normal daily rhythm. And all the normal range numbers are based on first thing in the morning. So if you

measure it in the afternoon, it's always going to be low compared to the morning because it should

be. That's normal. In fact, if it's not doing that, that's a whole other problem. So 8 a.m. 9 a.m.

That's your window to get testosterone measured. If you measure it any time outside

of that window, the numbers we don't actually have ranges. We don't know what they mean. And I see that

all the time. That's a trick. Unfortunately, that a lot of these sort of testosterone clinics use, they measure at the wrong time.

And so then everyone looks low. Then everyone gets testosterone. And they're always like,

see, we told you, this is super common. And it's like based on fraud, just straight up fraud.

Well, hello there. I'm Dr. Kate Kreske, head of medical education at Rupa Health,

and today's episode is a great one. We're talking with Dr. Eric Garnell, who's an expert in

men's health and urology. In particular, he's really skilled at using herbs and natural interventions

to help improve things like low testosterone, prostate issues, fertility issues, and more.

He gives us a masterclass today on how to boost testosterone levels naturally.

What a comprehensive and accurate testosterone panel actually looks like.

What you can do if you have conditions like prostititis or even interstitial cystitis,

which can cause a ton of pain in your pelvic floor.

He gives us so many practical tactical strategies and so much hope.

I know you're going to love learning from him today.

Before we get started, though, I want to talk to you about something that comes up pretty often

on this podcast, and that, of course, is lab testing.

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