"Oh crap. I'm feeling some, if not all of all these symptoms. I must have low testosterone. Will 'Ageless Male' heal it. does Ageless Male work? Send me a bottle of that stuff - it'll be well worth a try."
The ad's questions go something like the following (paraphrased).
. Is your energy not what it used to be?
. Is your sport's game not what it used to be?
. Is it easier to pack on the pounds around the middle?
. Be honest. is your sex life (or performance in the bedroom) not what it used to be?
Never mind that any or all of these circumstances might be caused by something else; the commercial's designed for you and me to conclude that middle aged testosterone drop is the culprit and 'Ageless Male' is the cure.
How much of a remedy?
The 'Ageless Male' commercial goes on to assert that the product can raise testosterone by as much as fifty percent - presumably the whole fifty percent that's statistically lost by middle age. What a coincidence. huh?
But if you're thoughtfully asking 'does Ageless Male work', you've got to consider at least four slightly more particular questions:
1. Do I have old age connected low testosterone levels?
2. If so, how low is "low?"
3. What's the main cause? (Other than but. age)
4. Will the ingredients in 'Ageless Male' fix the problem?
Middle-Aged Low Testosterone ('Male Menopause'): How would you know?
First, how would you even know if your testosterone is lower than it once was and should be?
The first possible signs are the regular occurrence of the effects the Ageless Male commercial actually mentions. Low libido coupled with low energy levels are probably the most telling indications of low T-levels. If you experience these symptoms, especially together, it'd be a good idea to obtain a physical by your doctor that comprises hormone level tests, including both 'free testosterone' and 'total testosterone' levels.
but what constitutes a "normal" testosterone standard? Many urologists will tell you that anything between 600 and 1200 nanograms per deciliter is normal; a fairly wide window. Assuming it's correct, a 'total testosterone' reading below 600 ng/dL is low. Given that the bottom end of the low level can have a man carrying as little as 150 to 200 ng/dL of this vital male hormone, a 50% increase could only get a guy halfway toward the low end of normal; not a promising proposition.
In other words, even if Ageless Male is all it's hyped to be and can actually jack up anybody's testosterone by 50%, we'll still fall short of "normal" levels if we start with a level of 200 ng/dL. Now we'll have an amount of 300. Assuming those levels below 600 ng/dL are low enough to 'knock our "you-know-whats" in the dirt', a fifty percent enhance will likely not get them out of it.
still. in all fairness, if you try Ageless Male and your sex life suddenly takes an upward spike, you've got good anecdotal proof of a positive response to the question 'does Ageless Male work.' Libido is probably the most sensitive feedback to changes in testosterone levels.
What causes low testosterone?
Of course, if someone has a total testosterone level of 500 ng/dL, a fifty percent boost would bring it up to 750 ng/dL; a respectable increase. still this could be done without a dietary supplement. If a middle-aged guy merely brings his waistline down from the forty inch span to something in the low thirty inch range, he could enhance his testosterone by 50%. That's because, for men, ten pounds of belly fat can reduce testosterone levels by half what they'd be otherwise.
Since significant body fat levels can reduce a guy's testosterone, a good question to ask is whether a dietary supplement purported to elevate testosterone would even be effective without the supplement user first being free of excess body fat. Instead of mentioning this, the marketers of 'Ageless Male' (and additional herbal "testosterone boosters") bring up the topic of excess body fat as a symptom of low testosterone rather than a cause. after all testosterone does help prevent fat gain (at least indirectly), the proverbial 'chicken and egg' question naturally arises:
Does low testosterone cause fat gain or does fat gain cause low testosterone?
The answer is. probably both. with a self-perpetuating effect feeding the whole problem. Which came first is better left moot if losing the fat is a primary prerequisite for getting hormones up to healthy balances. It'd be nice to believe that an herbal supplement could awaken enough dormant testosterone formation to acquire the fat losing mechanism kick-started, but I wouldn't bet money on it happening.
though fat gain is often a major cause of low testosterone in middle aged men, it's probably the simplest of different possible causes. That's why it's important to first get checked by a physician if you suspect you have chronically low testosterone levels. It could be a more serious medical complication.
How are they claiming it "works?"
The reason body fat gains lower testosterone in middle-aged men is because they cause more testosterone to be converted to estrogen (female hormone) in the body. The process of this conversion is quite usual and natural. The ratio at which the testosterone is converted, however, can become unhealthily 'abnormal.' A guy in his twenties could have a 50-to-1 ratio between testosterone and estrogen. By contrast, a middle-aged guy can easily be down to a 20-to-1 ratio and even much lower if he doesn't take care of himself. The higher estrogen levels may effectively "shut down" many of the feedback mechanism used to signal added testosterone production by the body.
Ageless Male allegedly works by eliminating several of this detrimental excess estrogen. Its main part is a combination of Astaxanthin and Saw Palmetto. An analysis done back in 2008 at the University of Yaounde in Cameroon purportedly demonstrated a significant rise in testosterone among a control group of males using this supplement combination. The apparent reason for the T-level increases: decline of estra diol and the enzyme 5alpha-reductase (5AR).
What's questionable concerning this study is that it was sponsored by a company (Triarco Industries Inc .) which markets this supplement combination under the product name Alphastat. There's nothing inherently wrong with that; studies cost money. yet to hope the analysis was unbiased would be nave.
So 'does Ageless Male work?'
I wouldn't bet on it if doing anything unless other measures are taken to increase natural testosterone levels. Then, it would be less costly to make the bet by buying Astaxanthin and Saw Palmetto separately in order to give it a try.
If you've tried this combination, I encourage you to give us your comments.
Ageless Male is a supplement "clinically proven to improve testosterone levels by 50% but still maintain those levels within a normal healthy range. Impressive, yet does Ageless Male work? If you heard the commercial for Ageless Male on XM Radio like I did, you probably did the same thing as me - rush home to look it up on the web. I must admit the Ageless Male supplement did not contain what I thought, given all they eluded to such as improve sex drive, make bones stronger etc.
The ad's questions go something like the following (paraphrased).
. Is your energy not what it used to be?
. Is your sport's game not what it used to be?
. Is it easier to pack on the pounds around the middle?
. Be honest. is your sex life (or performance in the bedroom) not what it used to be?
Never mind that any or all of these circumstances might be caused by something else; the commercial's designed for you and me to conclude that middle aged testosterone drop is the culprit and 'Ageless Male' is the cure.
How much of a remedy?
The 'Ageless Male' commercial goes on to assert that the product can raise testosterone by as much as fifty percent - presumably the whole fifty percent that's statistically lost by middle age. What a coincidence. huh?
But if you're thoughtfully asking 'does Ageless Male work', you've got to consider at least four slightly more particular questions:
1. Do I have old age connected low testosterone levels?
2. If so, how low is "low?"
3. What's the main cause? (Other than but. age)
4. Will the ingredients in 'Ageless Male' fix the problem?
Middle-Aged Low Testosterone ('Male Menopause'): How would you know?
First, how would you even know if your testosterone is lower than it once was and should be?
The first possible signs are the regular occurrence of the effects the Ageless Male commercial actually mentions. Low libido coupled with low energy levels are probably the most telling indications of low T-levels. If you experience these symptoms, especially together, it'd be a good idea to obtain a physical by your doctor that comprises hormone level tests, including both 'free testosterone' and 'total testosterone' levels.
but what constitutes a "normal" testosterone standard? Many urologists will tell you that anything between 600 and 1200 nanograms per deciliter is normal; a fairly wide window. Assuming it's correct, a 'total testosterone' reading below 600 ng/dL is low. Given that the bottom end of the low level can have a man carrying as little as 150 to 200 ng/dL of this vital male hormone, a 50% increase could only get a guy halfway toward the low end of normal; not a promising proposition.
In other words, even if Ageless Male is all it's hyped to be and can actually jack up anybody's testosterone by 50%, we'll still fall short of "normal" levels if we start with a level of 200 ng/dL. Now we'll have an amount of 300. Assuming those levels below 600 ng/dL are low enough to 'knock our "you-know-whats" in the dirt', a fifty percent enhance will likely not get them out of it.
still. in all fairness, if you try Ageless Male and your sex life suddenly takes an upward spike, you've got good anecdotal proof of a positive response to the question 'does Ageless Male work.' Libido is probably the most sensitive feedback to changes in testosterone levels.
What causes low testosterone?
Of course, if someone has a total testosterone level of 500 ng/dL, a fifty percent boost would bring it up to 750 ng/dL; a respectable increase. still this could be done without a dietary supplement. If a middle-aged guy merely brings his waistline down from the forty inch span to something in the low thirty inch range, he could enhance his testosterone by 50%. That's because, for men, ten pounds of belly fat can reduce testosterone levels by half what they'd be otherwise.
Since significant body fat levels can reduce a guy's testosterone, a good question to ask is whether a dietary supplement purported to elevate testosterone would even be effective without the supplement user first being free of excess body fat. Instead of mentioning this, the marketers of 'Ageless Male' (and additional herbal "testosterone boosters") bring up the topic of excess body fat as a symptom of low testosterone rather than a cause. after all testosterone does help prevent fat gain (at least indirectly), the proverbial 'chicken and egg' question naturally arises:
Does low testosterone cause fat gain or does fat gain cause low testosterone?
The answer is. probably both. with a self-perpetuating effect feeding the whole problem. Which came first is better left moot if losing the fat is a primary prerequisite for getting hormones up to healthy balances. It'd be nice to believe that an herbal supplement could awaken enough dormant testosterone formation to acquire the fat losing mechanism kick-started, but I wouldn't bet money on it happening.
though fat gain is often a major cause of low testosterone in middle aged men, it's probably the simplest of different possible causes. That's why it's important to first get checked by a physician if you suspect you have chronically low testosterone levels. It could be a more serious medical complication.
How are they claiming it "works?"
The reason body fat gains lower testosterone in middle-aged men is because they cause more testosterone to be converted to estrogen (female hormone) in the body. The process of this conversion is quite usual and natural. The ratio at which the testosterone is converted, however, can become unhealthily 'abnormal.' A guy in his twenties could have a 50-to-1 ratio between testosterone and estrogen. By contrast, a middle-aged guy can easily be down to a 20-to-1 ratio and even much lower if he doesn't take care of himself. The higher estrogen levels may effectively "shut down" many of the feedback mechanism used to signal added testosterone production by the body.
Ageless Male allegedly works by eliminating several of this detrimental excess estrogen. Its main part is a combination of Astaxanthin and Saw Palmetto. An analysis done back in 2008 at the University of Yaounde in Cameroon purportedly demonstrated a significant rise in testosterone among a control group of males using this supplement combination. The apparent reason for the T-level increases: decline of estra diol and the enzyme 5alpha-reductase (5AR).
What's questionable concerning this study is that it was sponsored by a company (Triarco Industries Inc .) which markets this supplement combination under the product name Alphastat. There's nothing inherently wrong with that; studies cost money. yet to hope the analysis was unbiased would be nave.
So 'does Ageless Male work?'
I wouldn't bet on it if doing anything unless other measures are taken to increase natural testosterone levels. Then, it would be less costly to make the bet by buying Astaxanthin and Saw Palmetto separately in order to give it a try.
If you've tried this combination, I encourage you to give us your comments.
Ageless Male is a supplement "clinically proven to improve testosterone levels by 50% but still maintain those levels within a normal healthy range. Impressive, yet does Ageless Male work? If you heard the commercial for Ageless Male on XM Radio like I did, you probably did the same thing as me - rush home to look it up on the web. I must admit the Ageless Male supplement did not contain what I thought, given all they eluded to such as improve sex drive, make bones stronger etc.
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