This is The Guardian.

In our last episode, we looked at testosterone,

and why a growing number of men are searching out tests

to check whether they have low tea.

But the male sex hormone is very important for another group too.

Women.

I think for a long time, testosterone was just viewed as a male hormone

and it had nothing to do with women.

But women produce testosterone.

It's an important part of our body function.

It's also used to make one of the primary female sex hormones.

Testosterone is a way our ovaries actually make estrogen.

It's a way our brain makes estrogen.

And just like the guys, women are

increasingly being told that those classic symptoms of middle age might not be just down to a busy

schedule kids and work. Symptoms of low testosterone in a female, low libido, lack of motivation,

midsection weight gain.

Anxiety, depression, mood swings, brain fog.

Migrants and the feeling that you just can't think straight.

Anyone who's going through the menopause will recognize some of those symptoms.

And it's exactly that group of women who are able to get testosterone here in the UK.

They're taking it too.

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