How I Increased My Testosterone 97% in 30 days with 3 everyday supplements
Summary
TLDRIn this video, the creator embarks on a journey to restore testosterone levels, which were below the reference range. The video highlights how vitamin D, magnesium, and zinc deficiencies contribute to low testosterone and shares the supplementation regimen and results. The creator explains the role of each nutrient in testosterone production, presenting before-and-after blood test results showing significant improvements. He also touches on lifestyle adjustments, such as increased sun exposure, and offers insights into personal experiences with supplements like vitamin D3K2, magnesium, zinc, and Tonkat Ali.
Takeaways
- 🚹 The individual's testosterone levels were found to be on the lower side of the reference range for the first time, prompting a journey to recover to healthy levels.
- 🌐 Male hormone levels have been declining over the past 20-30 years due to various reasons, including vitamin and mineral deficiencies.
- 🩺 Initial blood tests revealed a vitamin and two minerals were outside the reference ranges, leading to further investigation and supplementation.
- ☀️ Vitamin D was found to be mildly deficient, with a level of 42 nanomoles per liter. The individual took vitamin D3K2 supplements and increased sun exposure, resulting in a significant increase to 212 nanomoles per liter.
- 💊 The benefits of vitamin D for testosterone production include regulation of gene expression and influence on luteinizing hormone levels.
- 🌟 Magnesium deficiency was identified, with a level of 3.9 mg/dL. Magnesium is crucial for enzyme activity and over 80 metabolic functions, and is linked to testosterone synthesis.
- 📈 The individual supplemented with magnesium glycinate and achieved an increase to 5.8 mg/dL, moving into the reference range.
- 🥜 Zinc was also supplemented due to its role in testosterone conversion to its more potent form, with a minor increase observed after supplementation.
- 📊 After the 30-day regimen, there was a significant increase in free testosterone (57%) and total testosterone (97%) levels.
- 🔋 The individual plans to continue the journey with monthly supplementation reviews, starting with Tongkat Ali, to further assess its effects on hormone levels and overall health.
Q & A
What was the speaker's initial reason for wanting to increase their testosterone levels?
-The speaker's initial reason for wanting to increase their testosterone levels was that their levels were on the underside of the reference range for the first time, and they wanted to recover them to those of a healthy 24-year-old.
What is one of the main reasons for declining male hormone levels over the last 20 to 30 years mentioned in the script?
-One of the main reasons for declining male hormone levels over the last 20 to 30 years mentioned is vitamin and mineral deficiencies throughout the global population.
What vitamin deficiency was the speaker found to have, and how did they address it?
-The speaker was found to have a mild deficiency in vitamin D, measured at 42 nanomoles per liter. They addressed it by taking two tablets of vitamin D3 and K2 per day and increasing sun exposure.
How did the speaker's vitamin D levels change after their supplementation regimen?
-After the speaker's supplementation regimen, their vitamin D levels increased from 42 nanomoles per liter to 212 nanomoles per liter.
What is the significance of vitamin D in relation to testosterone production?
-Vitamin D is believed to affect testosterone production through multiple pathways, including regulating gene expression for proteins involved in testosterone synthesis and influencing luteinizing hormone levels, which stimulate testosterone production.
What is the estimated percentage of the global population that is deficient in vitamin D according to the speaker?
-According to the speaker, studies suggest that around 50% of the global population is deficient in vitamin D.
What mineral deficiency was identified in the speaker, and how prevalent is it among Americans?
-The speaker was identified to have a magnesium deficiency. It is estimated that 45% of Americans are magnesium deficient.
How did the speaker supplement their magnesium intake, and what was the result?
-The speaker supplemented their magnesium intake with one and a half grams of magnesium glycinate per day. The result was an increase in red blood cell magnesium from 3.9 milligrams per deciliter to 5.8 milligrams per deciliter.
What is the role of magnesium in testosterone production, as explained in the script?
-Magnesium is required for the enzymatic processes that convert cholesterol into testosterone. A deficiency in magnesium can impair these processes, leading to lower testosterone levels.
What was the speaker's initial zinc level, and what changes did they make to increase it?
-The speaker's initial zinc level was 10 umoles per liter, at the reference range. They supplemented with one tablet of zinc and later increased to two tablets per day to increase it.
How did the speaker's testosterone levels change after their supplementation regimen?
-After the speaker's supplementation regimen, their free testosterone levels increased by 57%, and total testosterone levels increased by 97%.
Outlines
🩺 Understanding My Testosterone Deficiency Journey
The author begins by sharing that their blood test showed low testosterone levels for the first time, prompting them to embark on a journey to recover their testosterone to a healthy 24-year-old level. They emphasize the widespread issue of declining male hormones and identify vitamin and mineral deficiencies as one potential cause. After conducting additional tests, they found deficiencies in one vitamin and two minerals. The video will explain these deficiencies, how they affect testosterone, and the supplement regimen undertaken, with before and after results.
🌞 Vitamin D Deficiency and Testosterone
The author discusses their vitamin D deficiency, measured at 42 nanomoles per liter, which is classified as mildly deficient. Despite frequent sun exposure, they explain how vitamin D deficiencies affect a large portion of the global population, especially in regions with limited sun exposure. Vitamin D's role in testosterone production is explored, including its regulatory effects on gene expression and hormone production. They detail their supplementation regimen with vitamin D3 and K2, alongside increased sun exposure, which raised their levels to 212 nanomoles per liter, marking a significant improvement in just one month.
🧠 Importance of Magnesium for Testosterone and Overall Health
Magnesium, a crucial mineral involved in hundreds of metabolic functions, is explored in detail. The author notes that 45% of Americans are magnesium deficient, largely due to soil depletion and processed food consumption. Magnesium plays a key role in testosterone production, as it's required in enzymatic processes that convert cholesterol into testosterone. The author was initially deficient at 3.9 mg/dL but raised their levels to 5.8 mg/dL after supplementing with magnesium glycinate. They plan to continue supplementation to reach the expert-recommended level of 6 mg/dL for optimal health.
🦾 Zinc's Role in Testosterone and Deficiency Causes
Zinc is highlighted as an essential mineral for testosterone production and overall health. The author explains how zinc helps in wound healing, immune support, and testosterone conversion. They were initially on the lower end of the reference range with 10 µmol/L and saw a modest improvement after a month of supplementation, raising their levels to 12 µmol/L. By increasing their dosage, they eventually reached 15 µmol/L, which is a more optimal level for testosterone production. Zinc deficiency is linked to various factors, including poor diet and conditions affecting absorption.
📈 Results of Testosterone and Hormone Changes
The author presents the results of their hormone levels after supplementing with vitamin D, magnesium, and zinc. Their estradiol increased by 17%, luteinizing hormone rose by 38%, and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) increased by 66%. Most notably, their free testosterone increased by 57%, and their total testosterone nearly doubled, from 260 ng/dL to 511 ng/dL, marking a 97% increase. The author expresses satisfaction with these results and plans to continue their journey by testing other supplements, starting with tongkat ali, which they briefly review as effective for improving low testosterone symptoms.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Testosterone
💡Vitamin D
💡Magnesium
💡Zinc
💡Deficiency
💡Luteinizing Hormone
💡Supplement Regimen
💡Serum Chemistry
💡Estradiol
💡Free Testosterone
Highlights
The speaker discovers his testosterone levels are below the reference range for the first time and begins a journey to recover them.
The global population experiences significant vitamin and mineral deficiencies, contributing to issues like low testosterone levels.
The speaker’s initial blood test reveals one vitamin and two minerals outside of their reference ranges.
Vitamin D deficiency is the first issue identified, despite the speaker living in a sunny environment.
The speaker explains how vitamin D deficiency affects testosterone production by regulating gene expression and influencing luteinizing hormone levels.
Supplement regimen begins with 10,000 IUs of vitamin D3K2 per day, resulting in a dramatic increase in vitamin D levels from 42 nmol/L to 212 nmol/L.
The speaker emphasizes the importance of sunlight exposure and how vitamin D deficiency is widespread, affecting up to 50% of the global population.
Magnesium is identified as the second deficiency, with a blood test result of 3.9 mg/dL, slightly below the optimal range.
Magnesium plays a crucial role in testosterone synthesis by aiding in enzymatic processes that convert cholesterol into testosterone.
The speaker supplements with magnesium glycinate, improving his levels from 3.9 mg/dL to 5.8 mg/dL over the course of a month.
Zinc deficiency is the third issue identified, which also plays a role in testosterone production by affecting the enzyme 5-alpha reductase.
The speaker’s zinc levels improved from 10 μmol/L to 15 μmol/L after supplementing with two tablets of zinc per day.
The speaker’s total testosterone increased significantly from 260 ng/dL to 511 ng/dL, a 97% improvement, over the course of the supplement regimen.
The free testosterone levels showed a notable 57% increase from 229 pmol/L to 392.4 pmol/L.
The speaker plans to continue experimenting with different supplements over the coming months and encourages viewers to follow the journey.
Transcripts
after saving my blood test it showed my
testosterone levels on the underside of
the reference range for the first ever
time I decided to embark on this journey
of attempting to recover my levels to
those of a healthy 24 year old but what
was the cause of it yes we all know male
hormones have been plummeting over the
last 20 to 30 years for a multitude of
reasons but one that stood out to me was
the vitamin and mineral deficiencies
throughout the global population now
because I just got a basic blood test
that was just serum chemistry plus a bit
of hormones I didn't really know what I
was dealing with so I had to get more
blood tests that came back and told me
that I had one vitamin and two minerals
outside of their reference ranges for
each of the vitamin and minerals I'm
going to explain what it is raisins you
and I might be deficient how it affects
testosterone within the body and my
30-day supplement regimen with before
and after results so that brings us to
the first efficiency identified which is
vitamin D vitamin D measured at 42
nanomoles per liter which put me in the
mild deficiency category this was pretty
surprising to me because I'm always in
and around the beach and we're just
coming off a pretty hot Australian
summer studies do suggest that around 50
of the global population is deficient in
vitamin D so I guess it shouldn't be
that much of a surprise flip a coin and
it could be you too vitamin D is a fat
soluble vitamin that is produced by the
body when the skin is exposed to
sunlight or obtained through food or
supplements it is associated with
various diseases including cancer
cardiovascular disease diabetes
autoimmune diseases and depression there
are two main factors that contribute to
vitamin D deficiencies first certain
malabsorption syndromes such as celiac
disease and a multitude of others that
can block the absorption of vitamin D or
decrease their body's ability to
synthesize it second decrease sun
exposure levels approximately 50 to 90
percent of vitamin D is absorbed through
the skin via sunlight while the
remainder comes from the diet hence
populations with higher skin melanin
content and those who extensively cover
their skin particularly in Middle
Eastern countries are more prone to
deficiency in the United States 35 to 61
of the population is deficient in
vitamin D while deficiency rates in
countries like Pakistan India Bangladesh
exceed 80 vitamin and day is believed to
affect testosterone production through
multiple Pathways although not all of
them are fully understood it regulates
gene expression leading to increased
production of proteins involved in
testosterone synthesis additionally it
influences luteinizing hormone levels
which stimulate testosterone production
vitamin D is also crucial for immune
cardiovascular and brain functions all
of which can play a role in testosterone
production so that brings me to my
supplement regimen which just consisted
of two tablets of vitamin d3k2 per day
it's recommended to take one one tablet
is 5000 IUS approximately so two tablets
was 10 000 IUS per day I also took a
more conscious effort into getting more
sun exposure throughout the month and
you'll see in these results here that it
went from 42 nanomoles per liter to 212
nanomoles per liter which is quite an
astounding increase especially just in a
month it either tells me that these bad
boys are super powerful and I could
definitely just drop it back to one
which I actually did and on a subsequent
blood test still sitting around the 189
miles per leader Mark which I think is a
very healthy range or it might have been
the K2 in the supplement or it might
have been one of the other minerals that
we'll talk about later that helps
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let's get back to the video and talk
about our first mineral which is
magnesium magnesium is a crucial mineral
that plays a vital role in human health
and nutrition governing the activity of
hundreds of enzymes and encompasses
around 80 of known metabolic functions
despite its importance magnesium is
still one of the least understood and
unappreciated elements in human health
it's estimated that 45 of Americans are
magnesium deficient and 60 of adults do
not reach the recommended dietary
allowance 320 milligrams for women and
420 milligrams for men two of the main
known reasons for the increase in
deficiency include the depletion of
magnesium and soil over the past Century
and the rise in consumption of processed
foods soil depletion occurs when the
same land is farmed over and over each
time degrading the levels of nutrients
given to the plants throughout their the
growth life cycle processed food also a
strong culprit there is evidence to
suggest that common additives in food
actually impede the levels of magnesium
that can be absorbed by the individual
in their body low magnesium levels are
associated with hypertension coronary
heart disease diabetes osteoporosis and
and multitude of neurological disorders
so how does it affect testosterone this
is cholesterol and this is testosterone
in their molecule forms and you can see
just how similar they are and for
cholesterol to actually transition into
testosterone it has to undergo a bunch
of enzymatic processes and steps that
all require the use of magnesium so if
you lower magnesium or magnesium
deficient this process doesn't work as
well and therefore it's theorized that
you end up with low levels of
testosterone in your body my red blood
cell magnesium blood test showed I was
only just deficient at 3.9 milligrams
per deciliter where the reference range
is 4.2 to 6.8 with experts recommending
a minimum of above six milligrams per
deciliter for Optimal Health so I then
started supplementing with one and a
half grams of magnesium glass in it per
day I've used cheap forms expensive
forms of magnesium magnesium 3 and 8
which everyone talks about now is the
Messiah of magnesium but a lot of those
seem to either give me gastric distress
or a multitude of other side effects
that weren't really worth the price tag
so for me this form works well and it's
what I've stuck with for this month
that's definitely something everyone's
got to try for themselves to see what
they like and what they don't like
nevertheless my red blood cell magnesium
now sits at 5.8 milligrams per deciliter
so it is in the reference range but it's
definitely something I'm going to
continue supplementing with not going to
increase the dose keep the same dose and
see if it will get me maybe in a month
or two into that expert recommended six
milligrams per deciliter range that
brings us to our final mineral which is
zinc zinc is a mineral that is essential
for many important functions in the body
it helps with wound healing supports the
immune system and is important for
proper growth and development it can be
found in many foods such as meat
shellfish legumes and nuts zinc
deficiency can lead to weakened immunity
delayed wound healing hair loss and
other problems and like magnesium it's
commonly deficient due to the exact same
reasons condition is preventing
absorption and lower levels in the food
we eat zinc is required for the activity
of the enzyme five Alpha reductase which
converts testosterone to its more potent
form the hydro testosterone tht one
study conducted on men with low
testosterone levels found at
supplementing with zinc for six months
increased testosterone levels by 74
another study conduct on athletes found
that supplementing with zinc for four
weeks increased testosterone levels by
26 my zinc results on my first blood
test was 10 umoles per liter which sat
right at the reference range of 10 to
18. I then supplemented one tablet of
nootropic deposing for the entire month
and my zinc went to 12 units per liter
so it's only plus two and because that
was only a minimal increase I then
continued to do two tablets per day and
I hit 15 new mole by the next month so
the moment we've all been waiting for
how much did it affect my testosterone
levels and my broader hormone levels
throughout my body well my estradiol
went from 128 PMS per liter to
149 PMS per liter which was a 17
increase which doesn't necessarily mean
it's good it's probably bad I'd rather
see it decrease a little bit my
luteinizing hormone levels went from 3.2
IUS per liter to 4.4 I use per liter
increasing 38 my shpg went from 17
nanomoles a liter to 28 nanomoles per
liter which was impressive 66 percent
increase my levels of free testosterone
went from 229 pmls per liter to
392.4 P miles per liter which is a
pretty staggering 57 increase which is
an increase I'm super happy about even
though it's now just sitting kind of at
the average level and my total
testosterone levels went from 260
nanograms per deciliter to 511 nanograms
per deciliter which was a 97 increase
which I'm pretty ecstatic about but for
me the most important thing is to have
begun the journey have a look at my
cabinet here you can see there is a lot
to come I'm going to be doing one
supplement per month for the next few
months starting with tonkad Ali which
I'm going to actually do for two months
to give it a really thorough review and
Analysis to see if it actually works so
be sure to subscribe to the channel to
make sure you don't miss that video and
because I'm coming from the future and
my tonkad Ali bottle is actually already
empty I can actually say that that stuff
works pretty well
yes it didn't go to 900 plus like
everyone wishes it would but I
definitely did see a reduction in kind
of common Low T symptoms I felt like my
training ability improved like I was
struggling to train for more than 20
minutes in a workout it definitely
improved over the period just general
levels of motivation also seemed to
increase a little bit if you guys got
anything interesting from this video
wanted let me know anything I reply to
most of the comments so put them down
below let me know your experience of
these supplements and I will see you in
the next video next week
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