Alcohol Consumption And Low Testosterone Levels – Explore Relationship
Testosterone
The word “testosterone” is enough to set the bells ringing for a majority of the male population that has grown increasingly conscious and informative about it, courtesy to the information media, particularly the internet. However, there are still many areas regarding the impact of testosterone on male health (sexual and otherwise) that need to be thoroughly explored.
Testosterone and alcohol
Some of you might not respond very pleasantly over mentioning both these words together, because the majority of people declare their right of choice and privacy as far as these two issues are concerned. However, for those who try to explore the relationship between both of these; will surely end up harvesting positively for their sexual health.
Most males do not want to relate alcohol consumption with their testosterone production, just like they do not want to believe the fact that smoking can harm any of their male characteristic features (which it does very well, in fact). In this case the bitter truth is that alcohol consumption affects some of your masculinity, and that too, quite adversely.
Medical Findings
With the fact established that alcohol consumption causes low testosterone levels in your body, the next logical question you should ask is how much it really does that. While there is still a lot of research and development needed to determine the extent of alcohol affecting the production of testosterone in male human specimens, some significant studies on animals already give you the statistics.
- Animal studies conducted on rats revealed the fact that alcohol or ethanol diminished the testosterone production in them by about 40%. Now, that is really worth considering, because 40% reduction in testosterone production means slashing the masculinity by half as far as human counterparts are concerned.
- For humans, it is already known that heavy drinkers (not suffering from liver disease) are reported to have considerably lower sperm counts, in addition to sperm mortality coupled with free testosterone.
- Additionally, alcohol is also held responsible not only for lowered testosterone production, but it also affects growth hormone levels in human beings.
Possible reasons
As described earlier, the complex relationship between alcohol consumption and sexual characteristics needs to be explored more; acetylaldehyde is held responsible as the short term reason for lowered testosterone production. This primary breakdown product (alcohol) that ethanol produces affects the Leydig Cells, causing diminished testosterone production.
The exact extent of damage caused to testosterone production by consuming alcohol, though not fully comprehendible for human beings, proves quite devastating for the male rat population. Studies reveal that rats, when fed with 5% ethanol diet turn out to lose their testicle weight by half, i.e., 50%. (It is quite amazing to see people pursuing alcohol consumption so passionately even after such findings).
The choice is yours
Sexual life and sexual pleasures are quite a cherished part of one’s life. The argument that such findings are not yet authenticated for human beings sounds quite lame under such circumstances. Putting your sexual life at stake for temporary relief is by no means a doable act. So, for the people considering alternatives like testosterone therapy, altering their habits might prove more effective. The choice simply lies in one’s own hands.
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