Commonly mistaken as a psychological condition with symptoms including crankiness, the need to play golf and spend hours tinkering in the man cave …
It’s real! Did you know many men suffer from what is called andropause, a hormonal and neurological cascade that affects their health and their personality. Often referred to as “male menopause.”
Andropause:
The defining marker for andropause is a skewed ratio of testosterone to estrogen so that estrogen becomes dominant. While this has long been associated with middle age, we are increasingly finding it in younger men too. As andropause comes on gradually the symptoms can be overlooked or relegated to “getting older.”
Symptoms:
. Decreased libido
. Erectile dysfunction
. Mental fatigue and inability to concentrate
. Depression
. Lack of motivation
. Decrease in physical stamina
Men with andropause often have high cholesterol and triglycerides, insulin resistance, elevated blood pressure, abdominal weight gain, the development of “breasts” and “hips,” and varicose veins or hemorrhoids. Some men even experience hot flushes.
Cause:
Many factors are suspected to contribute to andropause, including abundant estrogens in pesticides and environmental chemicals, poor essential fatty acid status, digestive infections, and poor liver detoxification.
The most common cause is chronic stress, and poor lifestyle habits.
A nutrition that is consistently high in starchy and sugary foods, such as sweets, bread, pasta, soda, and sweet coffee drinks chronically over stimulates the production of insulin. This triggers an enzyme called aromatase that synthesizes estrogen. It also leads to insulin resistance; when insulin cannot get into the cells to deliver glucose and vital nutrients, we cause hormonal imbalance.
Treatment:
Addressing andropause is not as simple as using testosterone cream to boost testosterone levels. This may lead to testosterone excess and hormone resistance, exacerbating symptoms.
We recommend reducing stress on the body, nutritional therapies to address deficiencies and imbalances, complimenting with our organic coffee infusions to address the effects of andropause on liver, heart and brain health.
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