Have you tried optimizing your testosterone naturally? (poll)

[Hans]

I'm wondering how many of you have tried optimizing your T naturally.

My intent with these questions is to write an original research paper on this.

Q1: Have you tried optimizing your testosterone naturally? (poll)
Q2: How long have you suffered from hypogonadal symptoms before doing something about it? (poll)
Q3: Have you tried a testosterone booster before?
Q4: What low T symptoms did/do you suffer from the most? (poll)
Q5: How low was your T when you had hypogonadal symptoms? (poll)
Q6: Are you implementing dietary strategies to increase your testosterone? (poll)
Q7: Are you implementing any specific lifestyle habits to increase your testosterone? (poll)
Q8: Why is testosterone important to you? (poll)
Q9: The addition of what food group had the best effect on your hypogonadal symptoms? (poll)
Q10: What specific food have you noticed the most benefit from adding it to your diet? (poll)
Q11: The removal of what food groups had the best effect on your low testosterone symptoms? (poll)
Q12: What specific supplement has improved your low T symptoms the most? (poll)
Q13: Are you considering TRT, tried TRT or are on TRT? (poll)

 

[Cloudhands]

things that made big dents for me:
olive leaf extract
cistanche
realizing i need extra zinc and b6 to make up for ejac
eating fat to satiety
dropping starches
increasing eggs

 

[Hans]

things that made big dents for me:
olive leaf extract
cistanche
realizing i need extra zinc and b6 to make up for ejac
eating fat to satiety
dropping starches
increasing eggs

How much and what extract of olive leaf and cistanche?
How many eggs did you add?

 

[Santosh]

B vitamins consistantly brought my T from 500ng/dl to 800ng/dl when I was not on transdermal T yet.

Not sure if it actually boosted it or if Biotin was skewing the test reading.

 

[Cloudhands]

How much and what extract of olive leaf and cistanche?
How many eggs did you add?

lost empire cistanche tubulosa 8:1 tsp once daily in black coffee on empty stomach to start the day (cistanche is also a nice bitter before breakfast)
one pill each of these olive leaf and olive fruit extracts twice daily (morning night)

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before this i was eating 2 daily, then when i started cistanche i saw androgenic improvements for maybe a week, then i saw a decline until my alarm-c0ck didnt wake me up one morning. After a hunch that it may have lowered my cholesterol quickly, i increased my calories and now eat 4-6 eggs daily and feel great af

 

[Jessie]

Interesting poll.

I feel like hypothyroidism and hypogonadism are very closely related. I've never specifically sought to treat the latter, but I have the former. Also, I suspect I've probably dealt with low T symptoms in the past.

Though I've never gotten my levels checked, it's a safe assumption because I've had many nagging symptoms of hyperprolactemia. Which usually go hand in hand with low T.

Also I seem to respond to several libido boosting substances, like topical P5/DHEA, zinc gluconate, vitamin E, and T4/T3. Androsterone sometimes gives me a libido boost too, but other times it makes me too tired. I assume this comes from the suppressing effects on the catecholamines.

 

[rijo]

Are there any examples of people that have raised their T levels from very low (<120ng/dl) to normal or high? I'm still wondering if this is even possible without TRT.

 

[Hans]

Are there any examples of people that have raised their T levels from very low (<120ng/dl) to normal or high? I'm still wondering if this is even possible without TRT.

On this forum? Not sure.
In research papers? Yes.
It's done with weight loss, anti-oxidants, HCG, gonadorelin, kisspeptin, topical DHEA, thyroid, fixing nutritional deficiencies, etc.