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Testosterone in the body

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Endocrinologist
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Last reviewed: 04.07.2025

When it comes to testosterone, our perceptions start with the idea that it is a purely male hormone. In fact, yes, it is male, but not absolutely male.

Testosterone, whose are you?

If you calculate meticulously and carefully, it turns out that the female body produces testosterone much more efficiently and in greater quantities than estrogen. The situation changes during menopause. Research shows that at the onset of menopause or when this condition is just approaching, a woman loses approximately 50% of testosterone.

Testosterone is an androgen. This is the name of the group of this hormone. Androgen is translated from Greek as "andros". Andros is a primitive word that personifies courage, in the original - manly.

Androgens are synthesized from cholesterol in the female body, and the male testicles work on a similar principle. They also produce androgens. Much less of this hormone is produced by both the male and female body by another organ - the adrenal glands.

Androgens are created from special building blocks found in fat deposits, kidneys, brain, liver, and all layers of the skin.

In women who are overweight, doctors observe an increased amount of this hormone - androgen. It is because of its increased synthesis that they suffer from excessive fat deposits. How to deal with this? Monitor the level of testosterone in the blood using hormonal tests.

Testosterone is inside us

Testosterone

Testosterone is vitally important because it helps to create new life. This hormone is equally necessary in the body of men and their other half – women. Testosterone helps to feel normal sexual (sexual) attraction more deeply and vividly, it is what causes attraction of both sexes to each other.

Testosterone regulates the ratio of fat cells in the body, and rightly so. Also, the amount of muscle mass directly depends on the level of this hormone.

The presence of testosterone in the body is especially important for women, as it helps us lose excess weight and build muscle mass faster. The effect is even more enhanced if a person regularly and actively engages in sports.

The hormone is anabolic, as it is called among specialists. Using fatty tissues, testosterone stimulates their growth and saturation with calcium, improving muscle functions, burning fat.

This is important!

Remember for the rest of your life – muscles work best to burn fat during physical activity. If the amount of fat increases over the years, muscles are your best friend in the fight against excess weight. Train muscle tissue, give them a load, develop your strength and beauty, and testosterone will play its role. It will help in achieving the goal of losing weight and improving the health of the body.

Testosterone Diet

The best diet for all times and ages. The testosterone diet is the choice of leaders. Exercise, actively burn excess fat, involve your loved ones in such methods. Love each other, what could be better than love? Good luck and health to you, dear readers.

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