For many men, somewhere between 35 and 45 years of age, their blood testosterone level begins to fall. Early on most of these men are totally unaware that this is happening to them. In many situations, all that these men are aware of, is that they are changing. They are gaining weight around the mid section, they have less energy and they get tired sooner then they did a few years earlier. Many start graying in the temples. Most don’t seem to recover from their exercise program as fast as they used to. Exercising seems to be harder and less productive as their muscles are not staying firm as they used to be, new muscle is hard to make, and old muscles seem to be disappearing. They are not the same person they used to be.
All of this is related to their vanishing testosterone.
While most men at 35 to 45 are still unaware of what is happening outwardly, they also unaware of what is happening internally, for as they develop lowT, their risk for heart attack and stroke, high blood pressure is progressively increasing. Not only that but there are a host of medical and health problems, form within them. It would take nearly the greater part of an hour of discussion in their doctors office to even do justice to discussing the problems associated with low T and aging.
In the very simplest of terms, they are, and still might know it, losing their youth and because of their lowT they are aging and losing their youth much more rapidly then they would rationally believed possible nor desire. Most important, is that they are, often without recognizing it, experiencing a steady, progressive loss in the future quality of their health, their masculinity and their life.
Article by Dr. Allen Lawrence, M.A., M.D., Ph.D.