Raising Testosterone — by naturally increasing its precursors

Progesterone is a building block for Testosterone and has also been successfully used to restore sperm count and fertility in men.

Progesterone is a downstream hormone of Pregnenolone, which is produced from cholesterol in the mitochondria (see diagram).

To keep things simple; when everything functions properly, cholesterol is synthesized into steroid hormones.

What to do when things don’t function properly?
After a certain age it might help to supplement with pregnenolone, progegesterone, DHEA or even testosterone directly (don’t).

But first we might want to try to raise T by raising its precursors.

As you can see in the diagram, synthesizing progesterone
essentially requires:
1. Nutrients: Cholesterol, Vitamin A and T3 (good thyroid function).
2. A functioning metabolism (meaning your cells utilize Oxygen + Glucose properly and convert them into hormones and energy).

So here’s a list of things that can source you that:
Cholesterol ➤ Eggs
Vitamin A ➤ Liver
Thyroid ➤ Thyroid & Energy
Metabolism ➤ Ray Peat index

Ofcourse each individual is in a different place.
Perhaps you lack minerals or eat too much slop or your liver is full of flukes.
Many things can impair thyroid function and metabolism thus reducing your ability to synthesize steroid hormones properly.
For all these things I refer you to the Nourish & Cleanse sections in the Main Navigation menu.

There are many more components to hormone optimization.
Things as simple as Sunlight and adequate sleep but if access to these basic things has been limited for a while I think this is a good place to start.


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