Show 975: Boosting Testosterone Naturally
The People's Pharmacy
Joe and Terry Graedon
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2015
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Television ads warning men of the dangers of “low T” (inadequate testosterone) have become commonplace, but they rarely explore the risks of taking testosterone replacement medications. That may be partly because, like hormone replacement therapy for women years ago that supplied estrogen and progesterone, testosterone treatment has not been fully studied.
It isn’t necessary to use testosterone medications, however, to get the benefits of more balanced hormone levels. Dr. John La Puma offers men a way to boost testosterone naturally with adjustments to what they eat and how they exercise. The side benefits are a more appealing physique and better health overall, as well as a turbo-charged sex life.
What to Eat for More Testosterone
Find out what foods should be a regular part of a testosterone-friendly diet, where to find strong vegetables, and why you should “tart up” your carbs. Why is citrus water good for the metabolism?
You’ll also learn the symptoms of low testosterone levels and how to judge if your new eating plan is making a real difference. And women can learn what to say to encourage the men in their lives to make changes.
This Week’s Guest:
John La Puma, MD, is board-certified in internal medicine and medical director of the Chef clinic in Santa Barbara, CA. He taught the first nutrition and cooking course for medical students in this country, and he cofounded the ChefMD video series.
His previous book, Chef MD’s Big Book of Culinary Medicine was a New York Times bestseller. His most recent book is Refuel: A 24-Day Eating Plan to Shed Fat, Boost Testosterone, and Pump Up Strength and Stamina.
His website is drjohnlapuma.com/blog
Other links of interest include:
Dr. La Puma’s New York Times Op-Ed on Men’s Health and Low T
The REFUEL page for foods, freebies, how-tos, products
The REFUEL Minute YouTube playlist
What Women Should Know About a Man’s Low T
ABC Coverage of Crisis in Men’s Health and Refuel
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Joe Graydon. |
| 0:01.9 | And I'm Terry Graydon. |
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| 0:27.4 | We men don't like to diet, but we do want to shed excess pounds. |
| 0:35.0 | What's the solution to our dilemma? |
| 0:41.6 | This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon. |
| 0:55.4 | How can men drop pounds and build strength? Is there a way to change eating patterns to improve health without feeling deprived? Our guest today says it's not as hard as you think. A lot of guys may watch TV and |
| 1:02.1 | see ads about low testosterone. The claims are tempting more energy, improved mood, and a better |
| 1:08.6 | sex drive. Who wouldn't want to sign up for such benefits? |
| 1:13.2 | But is there a downside? |
| 1:14.9 | Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, |
| 1:17.2 | find out how you can boost your testosterone without medication. |
| 1:23.8 | First, this news. |
| 1:29.0 | In the People's Pharm health headlines, basic research on a marine snail may offer new insights for reversing Alzheimer's disease. |
| 1:38.8 | Until now, most neuroscientists believe that memories were associated with synapses, the connections between nerve cells. |
| 1:46.7 | That's because the typical plaque associated with Alzheimer's disease disrupts synapses. |
| 1:52.8 | Now experiments conducted on sea snails show that memories are not lost when synapses are destroyed. |
| 1:59.4 | In these experiments, the animals received mild electrical shocks to their tails. |
| 2:04.1 | They remembered this unpleasant experience and secreted extra serotonin to make new synaptic |
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