Testosterone and Maxogen

What is testosterone?

In short, testosterone is the male sex hormone.

Hormones are chemical messengers of the body. Directed by the brain, hormones serve to regulate body function on a cellular level. Most hormones circulate in the blood, coming into contact with virtually every cell in the body. However, any given hormone usually effects only a limited number of cells, (called "target cells.") A target cell responds to a hormone because it bears a receptor "key" for a particular hormone. It is the binding of hormone to a receptor that triggers a cascade of reactions within a cell, altering its function.

Because hormones impact virtually every major organ in the body, optimum hormonal health is essential for looking, feeling and performing your best. Each and every hormone found in the body has a unique and specific role. Steroid hormones are a particular class of hormones, primarily produced by the adrenal glands and testes. Steroid hormones are classified as "anabolic" (i.e. testosterone, DHT, DHEA) or "catabolic" (i.e. estrogen, cortisol) based on their specific effects (i.e. cellular growth, maintenance and/or repair).

Anabolic hormones are essential for healthy muscle growth, tissue repair, immune response and metabolism. Catabolic hormones have just the opposite effect. They promote muscle and tissue breakdown, decreased immunity and reduced metabolism. It is not surprising, then, to learn that anabolic hormone levels reach their peak during a man’s twenties and decrease with age. Catabolic hormone levels increase with age, stress and illness. While small amounts of catabolic hormones are essential for health, the process of aging can be kept "in check" when anabolic hormone levels are high and catabolic levels are low.

How does testosterone help sexual health?

Suppose someone told you there was a magical substance that could do all of the following:

• Increase your sex drive
• Strengthen your bones and muscles
• Decrease your body fat
• Improve your ability to concentrate
• Boost your energy
• Guard against the onset of depression and heart disease as you age

You might be skeptical. Or, you might be tempted to go out and buy a whole truckload of this stuff. In reality, these effects are a real possibility. And they are made possible by a substance that is naturally produced by your own body—the male sex hormone, testosterone.

Testosterone is both a powerful anabolic and an androgenic hormone. As an anabolic hormone it stimulates and controls the development, growth and repair of muscle, bone and skin. As an androgenic hormone, it controls the development and activity of sex organs and most other masculine, physical features. Recently, scientists have discovered that testosterone also enhances mental activity; it improves both visual and perceptual skills.

Male testosterone is produced in the testes by a group of cells known as the Leydig cells. These cells begin secreting high doses of testosterone during puberty to trigger increased lean muscle mass, sex organ development, bone formation and higher energy levels. Testosterone levels peak during a man's early to mid twenties.

As a man ages, both the amount of testosterone produced by the Leydig cells and the amount of testosterone that is active in the body decrease. In fact, "free" or bio-available testosterone** levels fall at an alarming rate of 2% each year. By age sixty, the average man will have lost nearly 60% of his active testosterone supply. Testosterone levels may decline sharply (as early as age 25) due to stress, lack of sleep, physical inactivity and/or medication and alcohol use.

Common symptoms of low testosterone include fatigue, low sex drive, impotence, muscle loss and weakness, weight gain, irritability and depression. Testosterone imbalances can also lead to more serious disease. Chronic deficiencies in testosterone can disrupt the body's blood sugar metabolism causing obesity and diabetes as well as heart disease and osteoporosis.

** 97 to 99 percent of testosterone in the blood stream is bound to a protein called SHBG (sex hormone binding globulin) which renders it inactive. Therefore, only 1 to 3 percent of testosterone, not bound to SHBG, is "free" or bio-available to act upon the cells. As we age levels of SHBG increase decreasing the amount of bio-available testosterone.

Maxogen helps with testosterone replacement therapy.

In order to regain your sexual vitality, it is necessary to make changes to your lifestyle to promote good circulatory and neuro health. In addition to diet and exercise and a positive attitude, Maxogen can play a role in aiding your sexual dysfunction by replacing the testosterone you lose as you age.

Maxogen contains a proprietary blend of all-natural ingredients designed to replace what the body loses as a result of aging, illness, injury or lifestyle factors. With natural extracts of saw palmetto, Swedish pollen, red clover and other ingredient, Maxogen works to stimulate desire and help you achieve longer, stronger erections. The less polluted your body is, the better for your circulatory system. The stronger your circulatory system is, the better the blood flow into the genital area, thereby leading to better sexual health.

More than thirty million men in the U.S. suffer from low testosterone, and the vast majority of them don’t even know it. There are three primary reasons why:

1. Neither men, or their doctors, know how to recognize the symptoms of low testosterone.

As the tremendous popularity of erectile medications suggests, many men experience symptoms of male sexual dysfunction. However, physicians typically do not recognize the link between erectile dysfunction and low testosterone. Other commom symptoms of low testosterone are fatigue, loss of muscle tone, abdominal obesity, poor recovery from exercise, emotional symptoms (such as depression, irritability and anxiety) and insomnia—are similarly overlooked or attributed to aging or stress.

2. Lab testing is inadequate.

Even when low testosterone is suspected and laboratory tests are performed, most doctors will only assess total testosterone levels. But since total testosterone is made up almost completely of inactive testosterone, it is not a reliable indicator of testosterone activity. Rather, physicians should be testing “free” or bio-available testosterone levels. In addition, lab assessment is usually incomplete and inadequate because the important male hormones; DHT, estradiol and DHEA are not usually assessed.

3. Modern medicine is disease, not wellness, oriented.

Even when symptoms of low testosterone are present and total testosterone levels have declined from their youthful levels, physicians in the United States do not recognize or treat symptoms of low testosterone unless laboratory tests show that total testosterone levels are dangerously low. Unfortunately, if you are one of the millions of men whose quality of life has been compromised by hormonal imbalances (low free testosterone, DHT and DHEA and/or high estradiol levels), you will not be recognized as suffering from a “disease” and will not qualify for any kind of medical treatment.

To regain your sexual happiness, it is necessary to be educated. We invite you to browse the Maxogen website and learn more about the positive effects Maxogen can have on your sexual health. Don't forget to find out how to try the product for only the cost of shipping and handling.