![]() You talk to your doctor about T levels, and he looks at you like you’re a flake. The thing that bugs me most about the whole thing is that no one seems to notice. Which is why these four apparently healthy, young BuzzFeed reporters whose T levels are ‘dangerously low’ should be concerned. Have high blood pressure and high cholesterol.In fact, men with low testosterone are more likely to: The second issue is that low testosterone levels = less healthy. As one doctor put it, “Without adequate testosterone, men become infertile, impotent, docile and weak.” He’s less muscular, he’s less assertive, and he’s less powerful. I’m just going to say this bluntly, when a guy’s T levels decline, he starts acting kind of like … a girlie man. One reason … and probably the most important to you personally … is that testosterone is the hormone responsible for manliness. Why does it matter if your T levels go down? Low Testosterone Turns You into a Girlie-Man This probably doesn’t come as a huge surprise to most of us, right? We see it play out every day. ![]() So, if you’re a 46-year old man, your T levels (along with your sperm counts) are lower than your dad’s were at the same age, and significantly lower than your granddad’s. The entire population is shifting downward. What that means is a greater proportion of men in 2004 have below-normal testosterone levels than in 1987. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2007. The downward trend was seen in both the population and in individuals over time.” …testosterone concentrations dropped about 1.2% per year, or about 17% overall, from 1987 to 2004. Doesn’t sound all that significant until you run the numbers and realize T levels declined by about 17 percent from 1987 to 2004, even after adjusting for lifestyle factors like age, obesity, and smoking. T levels are declining by roughly 1.2 percent each year. Men today actually have less testosterone than they used to. Testosterone Levels Declining Worldwide Every Decade It has nothing to do with chem trails, but we do know that testosterone levels are going down world-wide. There is actually something kind of wonky going on with testosterone levels. I don’t think George Bush caused 9/11, I think we really did walk on the moon, and I don’t think chem trails are turning the freakin’ frogs … well, hold on a sec … You know, I’m not really a conspiracy theorist.
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