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raising testosterone levels

enriq415 Posts: 4 Joined: 2002/01/23	2002/01/27, 01:03 PM how can i raise my testosterone levels with my diet?
rev8ball Posts: 3,081 Joined: 2001/12/27	2002/01/27, 02:22 PM The best way to raise your body's own testosterone levels naturally is to ensure your body is getting more than ample quality protein intake, as well as busting your butt on heavy (but strict!) compound movements such as the squat and deadlift. If you do this hard enough and correctly, your body will have no alternative but to manufacture more testosterone in order to combat the stress you will have created on it. There is no easy way to do it. You must dedicate your self to training like a lunatic. Good luck...........Michael
rpacheco Posts: 3,770 Joined: 2001/12/13	2002/01/27, 08:10 PM You can also supplement (pro-hormones, ZMA, etc.). However, stick to Michael's advice about doing it naturally.
MuscleRage Posts: 203 Joined: 2001/12/09	2002/01/27, 08:37 PM I recommend trying Pennacle's Androstat150 Cyclo-poppers. The only side-effect that I experianced is having a low tolerance level.
Slim-Daddy Posts: 45 Joined: 2002/01/17	2002/01/28, 01:45 AM I have heard that peanuts raise testosterone. I dont know about other nuts but ive read in several magazines that peanuts do raise T Levels.
rickgarvia Posts: 60 Joined: 2001/11/22	2002/01/28, 06:32 AM Men's Health magazine ran a huge article in the February 2002 issue on raising testosterone. They're behind a new book called The Testosterone Advantage Plan by Lou Schuler. I'd say to give that a read, since it details healthful ways to accomplish this goal.
ltroisi Posts: 764 Joined: 2001/11/06	2002/01/28, 07:19 AM Try the ZMA. It is not expensive and it is mineral supplement. Works for my husband.
jbennett Posts: 1,558 Joined: 2001/02/28	2002/01/28, 09:33 PM ZMA is the best thing out there for naturally boosting testosterone. You can also try tribulus (natural herb). Any foods with a high zinc and/or magnesium content should do the trick. Believe it or not, oysters are excellent testosterone boosters.
yunior_18 Posts: 44 Joined: 2006/04/03	2006/07/26, 12:20 PM What about super AKG???
maxcdc Posts: 180 Joined: 2005/02/26	2006/07/26, 01:32 PM AKG is a short way to say arginine no? If so... It will not increase your T level
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2006/07/26, 01:39 PM Diet can well raise testosterone. To wit this study as an example...diet can indeed change test levels. Decrease of serum total and free testosterone during a low-fat high-fibre diet. Hamalainen EK, Adlercreutz H, Puska P, Pietinen P. The concentrations of serum total and free testosterone were studied in 30 healthy, middle-aged men during a dietary intervention program. When men were transferred from their customary diet to an experimental diet, which contained less fat with a higher polyunsaturated/saturated ratio (P/S-ratio) and more fibre, there was a significant decrease in serum total testosterone concentrations (22.7 +/- 1.2 vs 19.3 +/- 1.1 nmol/l SEM, P less than 0.001). Furthermore, serum free, unbound testosterone fell from 0.23 +/- 0.01 to 0.20 +/- 0.01 nmol/l SEM (P less than 0.01). The hormonal changes were reversible. This observation suggests that testosterone activity in plasma can at least partly be modified by changing the composition of the diet. Ok....nice reading, huh? Many things in diet can influence test levels. Total calories, as well as the types of dietary fats. Insufficient calories have been shown to cause marked reductions in test levels via reduction in LH pulsatility. In other words, the signal for test production gets shut down on a severe calorie restricted diet. But as the study shows, this is reversable. If you note in this study(this is just the abstract), full reading available for those that care, middle aged men were fed a low fat(less than 25%), high fiber diet for 6 weeks....and experienced a significant decrease in free test and test. (free test is considered "unbound", thus biologically active. But, they experienced a return of test and free test to baseline when they were reassigned to the moderate fat diet(37%). -------------- Maximus from Gladiator....Strength and Honor!
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2006/07/26, 01:41 PM By the way, some examples of polys if trying to raise test levels to stay away from... Safflower Sesame Soy Corn and sunflower seeds Nuts and seeds -------------- Maximus from Gladiator....Strength and Honor!