Men have hormones, too
Do any of these symptoms of male hormone imbalance feel familiar?
- decreased libido (sex drive)
- lack of energy
- decrease in strength or endurance
- lost height
- decreased enjoyment of life
- unhappiness or apathy
moodiness
- weaker erections
- fatigue
- prostrate problems
Testosterone is not the only hormone in the male body!
Yet, many doctors insist on singling out one hormone at a time to test via blood work.
As with women, the male endocrine system is a feedback mechanism of exquisite detail-a single hormone does not work in isolation, but rather works together with other hormones.
As men age, their hormone balance changes as a result of diet and lack of exercise, and some naturally occuring balances that happen with age. Their estradiol levels slowly rise with respect to testosterone. These changes may eventually lead to male estrogen dominance.
In men, estrogen dominance stimulates breast cell growth and prostate hypertrophy, leading to urinary tract dysfunction or prostatitis.
It is also a major contributor to vulnerability to prostate cancer.
(See What Are Hormones, Anyway? and Adrenal Dysfunction for more details.)
(Source: John Lee, M.D.)