Your Health POWERHOUSE...TESTOSTERONE

WHERE DOES T COME FROM? As its name indicates, testosterone is mostly produced by the testicles. However, few guys realize that a tiny amount is also made within the outer portion of the adrenal glands ( the adrenal cortex ), located on top of the kidneys. Even though the bulk of your T production takes place down south, it's actually your brain that triggers the process from up above. It starts with your hypothalamus, the part of your brain that's considered its "command centre." Responsible for mediating many of your endocrine, autonomic, and behavioural functions-including controlling your body temperature, determining how hungry or thirsty you feel, and even what type of mood determination how hungry or thirsty you feel, and even what type of mood you're in- your hypothalamus steers your ship by sending signals via hormones to your pituitary gland, the part of your brain that controls your body's balance of wide variety of hormones (including testosterone). WHATS CONSIDERED A NORMAL LEVEL? The average amount most men have flowing through their veins is between 300 and 1,000ng/dl ( nanograms per decilitre of blood ), depending on how old they are. But after you hit 40, your body hits back by reducing the amount of testosterone it produces by about 1-2 percent each year. Anything below 300ng/dl is not only considered low, but it could be in indicator that your likely a candidate for hypogonadism, a medical condition in which the sex glands produce few or no hormones. THERE'S NO "T" IN AGGRESSION If your worried that turning up your testosterone will turn you into a self-centered, antagonistic, antisocial brute? Despite testosterone's long-standing bad boy reputation, there's no concrete evidence that the male hormone is the root of all aggression or violent behaviours. According to new research by Swiss neuroscientist Christoph Eisenegger, Phd, testosterone may actually cause people to act more fairly and behave more altruistically in certain situations. P.S. Go to Bodynriched.com for your Best kept Secret! Thanks, Richard Gayle