The Testosterone Edge - The Healthy, Safe, and Effective Way to Boost Energy, Fight Disease,

Informationen zum Autor Brian E. O'Neill Klappentext The ultimate guide to boosting your sex drive! fighting fatigue! and getting your best body-now in paperback. It's testosterone! not tattoos! that make a man a man. Everyone knows that the hormone is responsible for the male sex drive and for years! bodybuilders have tried to boost testosterone to build muscle. Now scientists are uncovering the role testosterone plays in erectile dysfunction! depression! osteoporosis! and even heart disease. As we age! testosterone levels begin to drop dramatically. But it's not just age that can cause the decline in this important hormone. Hypertension! diabetes! treatment for prostate cancer! even stress and anxiety can cause severe testosterone loss to men (and women). The Testosterone Edge gives readers everything they need to know about boosting testosterone levels both naturally--through herbs! diet! and exercise--and medically--through testosterone replacement therapy. In addition! the book includes: ·the latest scientific studies on testosterone pills! injections! and gel patches ·a simple diet and exercise program to combat heart disease! osteoporosis! Alzheimer's! and other diseases linked to low testosterone ·a primer on the best ways to manage symptoms of low testosterone! including depression and low libido ·the truth about andropause and the need for testosterone replacement therapy With the secrets of a dynamic sex drive! toned muscles! and high energy! The Testosterone Edge is guaranteed to keep readers stimulated. Introduction In 2001 a young police officer checked himself into the emergency room at a local hospital in the middle of the night, bleeding and considerably weakened. His breath was heavy and labored, while a profuse sweat covered his face and body. He had the frail, gaunt look of a man three times his age. As the doctors crowded around him they were able to stop the bleeding, but the harm may have been permanent: his liver had been hit hard and badly damaged. Had he been shot or stabbed in the line of duty? Had he suffered injuries in a car crash resulting from a high-speed chase? No. He had been abusing synthetic testosterone, better known as anabolic steroids. The bleeding was due to the abscesses on his arms at the injection sites. The liver damage was due to the damaging effects of a tidal surge of a hormone that the body produces in only relatively small amounts. The officer had been abusing steroids since 1993, and was 27 at the time of his first hospital visit–but he looked like he was an unhealthy 65. Doctors eventually had to put him on a respirator and perform surgery to remove blood clots and to attempt to repair his liver. They were stunned that a young, strong, and seemingly intelligent man could be so dramatically weakened by the very hormone associated with strength and virility. They were even more stunned when he came back to the emergency room nine months later with the same problems, due to continued abuse. Massive amounts of testosterone had had the precise opposite effect to what he had expected. You don’t need to abuse steroids to get swept up in our national obsession with testosterone. It doesn’t take much more than a daily sweep of unsolicited e-mails to know that supplements, gadgets, and gizmos guaranteeing higher testosterone levels have flooded the Internet marketplace and health-food store shelves. It doesn’t take a Sherlock Holmes to deduce that it’s pretty suspicious that so many records have been broken in professional sports over the last two decades. You don’t even need to be an athlete or body builder to know that testosterone is responsible for muscle mass, libido, bone strength, mood, and more. But many men may not realize that the very chemical essence of their manhood is produced in increasingly short supply with each passing year after ab...

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• Autori: Brian E./ Schlegel neill, O&apos, Brian O'Neill, Brian E. O'Neill, Brian E./ Schlegel O'neill, Peter N. Schlegel
• Editore: Hatherleigh Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 16.10.2007
• EAN: 9781578262533
• ISBN: 978-1-57826-253-3
• Pagine: 208
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Categoria: Guide e manuali > Salute