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Do testosterone boosters actually work after 22 years in over 1200 patients.
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Here's what I know.
00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:11.919
Look, I get it.
00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:15.679
Using boosters means you don't need a prescription.
00:00:15.839 --> 00:00:17.679
No clinic gets involved.
00:00:17.920 --> 00:00:20.000
No conversation with a doctor.
00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:26.640
You just go online, find something that looks legit, and it shows up in your door in two days.
00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:29.440
And there's some research behind it.
00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:32.719
Zinc does matter for testosterone production.
00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:34.159
Vitamin D also.
00:00:34.479 --> 00:00:39.920
Ashwagandha has some legitimate research on cortisol, but here is the problem.
00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.640
And this is a thing nobody on that label is going to tell you.
00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:49.759
Those ingredients work on a very mild cases.
00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:55.759
They can help when you're a little depleted, a little stressed out, not sleeping great.
00:00:55.920 --> 00:00:59.359
In that situation, you might notice something.
00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:04.799
But for a body that has stopped producing enough testosterone, they won't do anything.
00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:06.480
Let me show you why.
00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:08.879
Testosterone drives dopamine.
00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:12.640
And dopamine is the system that makes you want things.
00:01:12.799 --> 00:01:18.560
It makes you want them enough to get up early, stay up late, push when it gets hard.
00:01:18.879 --> 00:01:20.799
Demand more from yourself.
00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:29.920
That hunger, that edge, that thing that made you a force in your 20s that runs on testosterone.
00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:34.239
When testosterone drops, the dopamine signal weakens.
00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:37.519
And things that used to fire you up just don't anymore.
00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:42.000
And here is what gets me every time I see it in the clinic.
00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:44.480
The man builds a story around it.
00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:53.359
He calls it stress, he calls it getting older, he calls it having more responsibilities, more on his plate, less time for himself.
00:01:53.519 --> 00:02:00.159
He has explained away his own decline so thoroughly that he can't even see it anymore.
00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:01.920
But the people around him can.
00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:06.000
His wife knows a version of him that showed up differently.
00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:09.599
His kids feel the difference even if they cannot name it.
00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:16.719
His business partners remember when he pushed harder, demanded more, had a standard he held himself to.
00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:20.560
Nobody says anything because nobody knows what to say.
00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:25.039
But the version of him they want to see stopped showing up years ago.
00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:31.439
And meanwhile, he is taking his supplement every morning, feeling like he is doing something about it.
00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:36.240
When we finally run labs on these men, the picture is always the same.
00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:37.840
The number is low.
00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:41.280
In a lot of cases, it has been low for years.
00:02:41.439 --> 00:02:48.479
The supplement never moved it because the supplement was never designed to fix what he actually had.
00:02:48.639 --> 00:02:54.400
So let's talk about TRT straight, because there's a right way and there is a wrong way.
00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:57.280
And the wrong way is everywhere right now.
00:02:57.439 --> 00:03:05.039
When testosterone enters the body, the brain sees it and tells the testes to stop producing naturally.
00:03:05.199 --> 00:03:08.400
That's just how the feedback loop works in our body.
00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:14.000
If nobody is paying attention to what happens after that, things go sideways.
00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:17.280
Estrogen climbs, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:21.599
Himatocrit rises, testicular function drops.
00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:35.520
A guy who gets a prescription from some online clinic that ships him a vial and never checks in again will feel great for a few months and then he'll start feeling off in a completely different way.
00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:39.039
And every single one of those problems was preventable.
00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:42.479
TRT without monitoring isn't men's health care.
00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:43.919
It's just a prescription.
00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:47.360
Done right, it's a different thing entirely.
00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:58.000
Full labs before you start, real monitoring throughout the entire process, a clinician who's actually watching how you respond and adjusting.
00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:02.159
Not a subscription box, a clinical relationship.
00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:06.159
And when it is done right, here is what happens.
00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:07.919
The energy comes back.
00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:10.159
And I do not mean you feel rested.
00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:16.879
I mean the hormonal engine that drives you to actually do things comes back online.
00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:20.079
The muscles start responding to training again.
00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:22.000
The mental clarity returns.
00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:25.360
You start caring about things you stopped caring about.
00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:33.759
You start looking at the life, the depleted version of you built and asking whether it is actually what you want.
00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:36.240
I know this because I lived it.
00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:38.480
I was a men's health practitioner.
00:04:38.639 --> 00:04:46.079
I was treating men for low testosterone, and I had no idea my own hormones were completely wrecked.
00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:52.560
I was running on empty, burned out, thought it was the job, the pressure, the stress, the pace.
00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:54.639
Built the whole story around it.
00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:59.759
When we finally identified it and corrected it, I got my edge back times 10.
00:04:59.839 --> 00:05:01.120
I raised my standards.
00:05:01.279 --> 00:05:04.079
I started getting out of life what I wanted.
00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:07.839
That is what properly managed TRT does.
00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:10.639
A supplement could never fix it.
00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:12.000
Quick pause.
00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:15.439
If this is hitting close to home, subscribe.
00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:22.720
Every week I put out straight answers on hormone optimization and men's health who are done getting the runaround.
00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:25.600
No fluff, just the clinical truth.
00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:31.519
Hit subscribe and stay with me because point four is where I give you the actual answer.
00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:43.279
So, do testosterone boosters work for a man whose testosterone levels are functional and who has a confirmed deficiency in one of those ingredients?
00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:47.920
Yes, but most of those guys don't even feel like anything is off.
00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:58.319
So if you're the man whose energy is not what it was, if your body stopped responding the way it used to, your drive has just disappeared.
00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:05.600
For you, a booster will cost you time and money and do nothing for your health.
00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:12.800
Every year you wait, you're losing muscle, losing drive, losing time with the people around you.
00:06:13.040 --> 00:06:16.079
The$60 a month is not the real cost.
00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:18.480
The time is the real cost.
00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:26.560
And here's what I hear from almost every man who finally gets on the right protocol after years of supplements.
00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:32.319
They don't say they feel superhuman, they say they feel like themselves again.
00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:37.040
And then almost every single one of them says the same thing after that.
00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:39.759
I wish I had done this sooner.
00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:42.319
Pull up your most recent lab results.
00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:48.560
Even if you have a testosterone number, that number alone tells me almost nothing.
00:06:48.800 --> 00:06:59.519
A real hormone panel includes total testosterone, free testosterone, SHBG, estradiol, LH, and a hematocrit at minimum.
00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:00.959
We need the complete picture.
00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:05.839
Free testosterone is often where the real story is.
00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:12.560
SHBG tells you how much of your testosterone is actually available to your body.
00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:16.000
Estrogen tells you what's happening with the conversion.
00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:21.759
LH tells you whether the problem is originating in the brain or the testes.
00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:25.199
Without all of it, you're flying blind.
00:07:25.439 --> 00:07:27.040
So look at your labs.
00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:28.720
Count what's there.
00:07:28.959 --> 00:07:38.720
If you're missing half of that list, your current provider hasn't given you enough information to make a real decision about your health.
00:07:38.879 --> 00:07:41.600
That's what we run at Action TRT.
00:07:41.759 --> 00:07:47.040
Full panel every time before we say anything about what comes next.
00:07:47.199 --> 00:07:50.480
The link to book a consultation is in the description below.
00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:53.120
Call us with your current labs if you have them.
00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:57.040
We'll tell you exactly what they mean and what's missing.
00:07:57.199 --> 00:07:59.199
You came in with a simple question.
00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:01.680
You deserved a straight answer.
00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:02.480
Here it is.
00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:07.920
If your testosterone is low, a booster is not treating what you have.
00:08:08.079 --> 00:08:12.079
The only way to know if your testosterone is low is to test it.
00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:20.399
And if you want to know more about what lab tests miss and what to look for, watch this video next.
00:00:00.239 --> 00:00:08.240
Do testosterone boosters actually work after 22 years in over 1200 patients.
00:00:08.480 --> 00:00:10.080
Here's what I know.
00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:11.919
Look, I get it.
00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:15.679
Using boosters means you don't need a prescription.
00:00:15.839 --> 00:00:17.679
No clinic gets involved.
00:00:17.920 --> 00:00:20.000
No conversation with a doctor.
00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:26.640
You just go online, find something that looks legit, and it shows up in your door in two days.
00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:29.440
And there's some research behind it.
00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:32.719
Zinc does matter for testosterone production.
00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:34.159
Vitamin D also.
00:00:34.479 --> 00:00:39.920
Ashwagandha has some legitimate research on cortisol, but here is the problem.
00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:44.640
And this is a thing nobody on that label is going to tell you.
00:00:44.880 --> 00:00:49.759
Those ingredients work on a very mild cases.
00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:55.759
They can help when you're a little depleted, a little stressed out, not sleeping great.
00:00:55.920 --> 00:00:59.359
In that situation, you might notice something.
00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:04.799
But for a body that has stopped producing enough testosterone, they won't do anything.
00:01:04.959 --> 00:01:06.480
Let me show you why.
00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:08.879
Testosterone drives dopamine.
00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:12.640
And dopamine is the system that makes you want things.
00:01:12.799 --> 00:01:18.560
It makes you want them enough to get up early, stay up late, push when it gets hard.
00:01:18.879 --> 00:01:20.799
Demand more from yourself.
00:01:20.959 --> 00:01:29.920
That hunger, that edge, that thing that made you a force in your 20s that runs on testosterone.
00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:34.239
When testosterone drops, the dopamine signal weakens.
00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:37.519
And things that used to fire you up just don't anymore.
00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:42.000
And here is what gets me every time I see it in the clinic.
00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:44.480
The man builds a story around it.
00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:53.359
He calls it stress, he calls it getting older, he calls it having more responsibilities, more on his plate, less time for himself.
00:01:53.519 --> 00:02:00.159
He has explained away his own decline so thoroughly that he can't even see it anymore.
00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:01.920
But the people around him can.
00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:06.000
His wife knows a version of him that showed up differently.
00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:09.599
His kids feel the difference even if they cannot name it.
00:02:09.759 --> 00:02:16.719
His business partners remember when he pushed harder, demanded more, had a standard he held himself to.
00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:20.560
Nobody says anything because nobody knows what to say.
00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:25.039
But the version of him they want to see stopped showing up years ago.
00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:31.439
And meanwhile, he is taking his supplement every morning, feeling like he is doing something about it.
00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:36.240
When we finally run labs on these men, the picture is always the same.
00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:37.840
The number is low.
00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:41.280
In a lot of cases, it has been low for years.
00:02:41.439 --> 00:02:48.479
The supplement never moved it because the supplement was never designed to fix what he actually had.
00:02:48.639 --> 00:02:54.400
So let's talk about TRT straight, because there's a right way and there is a wrong way.
00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:57.280
And the wrong way is everywhere right now.
00:02:57.439 --> 00:03:05.039
When testosterone enters the body, the brain sees it and tells the testes to stop producing naturally.
00:03:05.199 --> 00:03:08.400
That's just how the feedback loop works in our body.
00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:14.000
If nobody is paying attention to what happens after that, things go sideways.
00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:17.280
Estrogen climbs, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:21.599
Himatocrit rises, testicular function drops.
00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:35.520
A guy who gets a prescription from some online clinic that ships him a vial and never checks in again will feel great for a few months and then he'll start feeling off in a completely different way.
00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:39.039
And every single one of those problems was preventable.
00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:42.479
TRT without monitoring isn't men's health care.
00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:43.919
It's just a prescription.
00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:47.360
Done right, it's a different thing entirely.
00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:58.000
Full labs before you start, real monitoring throughout the entire process, a clinician who's actually watching how you respond and adjusting.
00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:02.159
Not a subscription box, a clinical relationship.
00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:06.159
And when it is done right, here is what happens.
00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:07.919
The energy comes back.
00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:10.159
And I do not mean you feel rested.
00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:16.879
I mean the hormonal engine that drives you to actually do things comes back online.
00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:20.079
The muscles start responding to training again.
00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:22.000
The mental clarity returns.
00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:25.360
You start caring about things you stopped caring about.
00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:33.759
You start looking at the life, the depleted version of you built and asking whether it is actually what you want.
00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:36.240
I know this because I lived it.
00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:38.480
I was a men's health practitioner.
00:04:38.639 --> 00:04:46.079
I was treating men for low testosterone, and I had no idea my own hormones were completely wrecked.
00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:52.560
I was running on empty, burned out, thought it was the job, the pressure, the stress, the pace.
00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:54.639
Built the whole story around it.
00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:59.759
When we finally identified it and corrected it, I got my edge back times 10.
00:04:59.839 --> 00:05:01.120
I raised my standards.
00:05:01.279 --> 00:05:04.079
I started getting out of life what I wanted.
00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:07.839
That is what properly managed TRT does.
00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:10.639
A supplement could never fix it.
00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:12.000
Quick pause.
00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:15.439
If this is hitting close to home, subscribe.
00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:22.720
Every week I put out straight answers on hormone optimization and men's health who are done getting the runaround.
00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:25.600
No fluff, just the clinical truth.
00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:31.519
Hit subscribe and stay with me because point four is where I give you the actual answer.
00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:43.279
So, do testosterone boosters work for a man whose testosterone levels are functional and who has a confirmed deficiency in one of those ingredients?
00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:47.920
Yes, but most of those guys don't even feel like anything is off.
00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:58.319
So if you're the man whose energy is not what it was, if your body stopped responding the way it used to, your drive has just disappeared.
00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:05.600
For you, a booster will cost you time and money and do nothing for your health.
00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:12.800
Every year you wait, you're losing muscle, losing drive, losing time with the people around you.
00:06:13.040 --> 00:06:16.079
The$60 a month is not the real cost.
00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:18.480
The time is the real cost.
00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:26.560
And here's what I hear from almost every man who finally gets on the right protocol after years of supplements.
00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:32.319
They don't say they feel superhuman, they say they feel like themselves again.
00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:37.040
And then almost every single one of them says the same thing after that.
00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:39.759
I wish I had done this sooner.
00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:42.319
Pull up your most recent lab results.
00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:48.560
Even if you have a testosterone number, that number alone tells me almost nothing.
00:06:48.800 --> 00:06:59.519
A real hormone panel includes total testosterone, free testosterone, SHBG, estradiol, LH, and a hematocrit at minimum.
00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:00.959
We need the complete picture.
00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:05.839
Free testosterone is often where the real story is.
00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:12.560
SHBG tells you how much of your testosterone is actually available to your body.
00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:16.000
Estrogen tells you what's happening with the conversion.
00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:21.759
LH tells you whether the problem is originating in the brain or the testes.
00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:25.199
Without all of it, you're flying blind.
00:07:25.439 --> 00:07:27.040
So look at your labs.
00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:28.720
Count what's there.
00:07:28.959 --> 00:07:38.720
If you're missing half of that list, your current provider hasn't given you enough information to make a real decision about your health.
00:07:38.879 --> 00:07:41.600
That's what we run at Action TRT.
00:07:41.759 --> 00:07:47.040
Full panel every time before we say anything about what comes next.
00:07:47.199 --> 00:07:50.480
The link to book a consultation is in the description below.
00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:53.120
Call us with your current labs if you have them.
00:07:53.279 --> 00:07:57.040
We'll tell you exactly what they mean and what's missing.
00:07:57.199 --> 00:07:59.199
You came in with a simple question.
00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:01.680
You deserved a straight answer.
00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:02.480
Here it is.
00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:07.920
If your testosterone is low, a booster is not treating what you have.
00:08:08.079 --> 00:08:12.079
The only way to know if your testosterone is low is to test it.
00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:20.399
And if you want to know more about what lab tests miss and what to look for, watch this video next.
