There are some vitamins, herbs, and other nutritional supplements that have been shown to raise testosterone levels.

There are many products on the market that claim to be able to “naturally boost” your testosterone levels. Most of these claims are dubious at best. However, there are some herbs, vitamins, and other nutritional supplements that clinical research has indicated do indeed boost testosterone to some degree.

Most hormone replacement specialists suggest that patients on testosterone therapy should take these proven testosterone-boosting herbs and vitamins along with their testosterone.

However, the herbs and vitamins that can help you increase your testosterone level should not be seen as a substitute for testosterone replacement therapy. The purpose of these supplements is to improve or help you to maintain the benefits your receive from testosterone replacement therapy.

Testosterone has various impacts on a man’s immune system.

Testosterone has interesting and varied impacts on the male immune system. In some cases, there is evidence that an increased presence of testosterone can have a bit of a suppressant effect on the immune system. In certain other ways, testosterone can increase or improve the immune response, and still, there is other research to suggest that in otherwise healthy men, testosterone has little or no impact on immune health.

Research has found that there is a definite link between your testosterone level and your levels of “good” and “bad” cholesterol.

Testosterone plays a critical role in maintaining a man’s health and vitality. Testosterone is essential for bone and muscle growth. It is also linked to sex drive and fat metabolism. That last one, the quintessential role that testosterone plays in how your body burns or stores fat, is at the root of the relationship between your testosterone level and your cholesterol level.

Cholesterol is a kind of fat in your blood. It serves a purpose in the growth and maintenance of certain tissues and cells. But, if you have too much of it, it can build up on the walls of your blood vessels and make them narrow. This is what is meant when we say someone has “high cholesterol.” When cholesterol builds up like that, it can make it harder for your blood to move through your body. This can lead to high blood pressure and an increased risk of heart disease.

Research has found that there is a definite link between testosterone, anxiety, and other emotional states.

It is well known that men need testosterone for their physical wellbeing. However, did you know that testosterone is also critical to your emotional wellness? There is a growing body of evidence that indicates how age-related testosterone loss can lead to feelings of anxiety and depression in men diagnosed with low testosterone.

For example, a 2016 study published in the journal, Psychoneuroendocrinology found that in older men, “low serum testosterone was associated with an 86% increased hazard of depression.”

People can be allergic to almost anything, and that includes testosterone. However, allergic reactions to testosterone are rare and usually restricted to inflammation, redness, or itchiness around the injections site.

Drinking alcoholic beverages definitely has an impact on your testosterone levels.

Anyone who is health conscious understands that consuming alcohol in more than social amounts is not good for you. Overindulging in alcoholic beverages negatively affects almost every aspect of your health – and that includes your testosterone level.

Alcohol use decreases the amount of testosterone in men. The heavier you drink, the greater the short-term and long-term effects of alcohol consumption will be on your testosterone level.

Even though testosterone is recognized as the most important male hormone or androgen, women’s bodies make and need testosterone as well.

While testosterone is a male hormone it plays a vital role in the health of both men and women. Women’s bodies make and need testosterone as well, however in significantly lower amounts than a male body does. Women’s bodies make and need testosterone, albeit in lesser amounts than men’s.

In fact, because women require only a small amount of testosterone to maintain good health, in a way, their bodies are even more sensitive to fluctuations in testosterone levels than men’s bodies are.

Some of the roles of testosterone overlap between the genders and some of the functions of testosterone are exclusive to either sex.

There is no such thing as “over-the-counter” testosterone therapy. Testosterone is a prescription medication, and real testosterone replacement is only available with a doctor’s prescription.

You need to ignore the countless emails you may have received or ads you see online for “over-the-counter testosterone.” There is no such thing! Testosterone is a drug prescribed by doctors for patients who have been diagnosed with a testosterone deficiency.

Total testosterone is the combination of free and bound testosterone.

Testosterone in the male and female body exists as either “free” or “bound” testosterone. Testosterone is the most important androgen or male hormone. However, females need and produce testosterone as well, albeit in smaller amounts than their male counterparts.

Most of the testosterone in your blood is attached to one of two proteins: albumin and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG). However, there is some testosterone in the bloodstream that is not attached to either albumin or SHBG.

This is what doctors refer to as “free testosterone.”

The combination of both your protein-bound testosterone and free testosterone is your “total testosterone,” sometimes also referred to as bioavailable testosterone.