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How to Eat to Increase Your Testosterone
Aging men and bodybuilders wishing to increase their testosterone levels often try various herbs and pills. However, too many of them ignore the impact of the most powerful "supplement" of all -- food.
A healthy diet is one of the most effective ways for men of all ages to naturally and safely increase their testosterone. Although nutritionists and medical researchers differ on the details, there's increasing evidence the high testosterone diet is the diet men (and women) ate for hundreds of thousands of years before the invention of agriculture -- large quantities of lean meat and fish, vegetables, and nuts.
Dr. Weston Price and Dr. Loren Cordain studied hunting gatherer societies around the world and found they all relied on animal protein. And their members did not suffer from obesity, heart disease, or cancer.
You increase your blood sugar levels when you eat lots of starchy and sugar carbohydrate foods -- all food with what's known as a high Glycemic Load. This forces the pancreas to release insulin.
The more sugar and starches you eat, the more sugar in your blood. The more sugar in your blood, the more insulin your pancreas releases. The more insulin release, the more it inhibits your cyclic AMP, reducing your testosterone.
Not only that, but insulin instructs your cells to store excess carbohydrates as fat. When your insulin levels are high it's nearly impossible to burn stored fat. So excess insulin increases your body's stores of fat. And fat cells produce inflammatory biochemicals that inhibit the pituitary gland's signals to the testes to create more testosterone.
The more sugar and starchy foods you eat, the higher your levels of insulin and the more fat your body stores, reducing your testosterone. Therefore, to increase or maintain your levels of testosterone, reduce or eliminate sugar and starchy foods from your diet. Eat protein, vegetables, nuts, and fruit in moderation -- just like our "primitive" ancestors.
