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This podcast is for you, the
Modern Man. I'm Dr Anne Truong,

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your host. I'm an intimate
health medical doctor and best

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selling author of the book,
Erectile Dysfunction Fix. I'll

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do a deep dive into sexual
health and performance and how

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it affects men of all ages and
backgrounds. So let's get

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started, and be sure to visit my
website at

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sexualhealthformenpodcast.com
for more information and

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resources from the show. See you
on the inside.

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Hey, Modern Man. Are you
struggling with erection and

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wondering if low testosterone is
the reason? You're not alone.

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Testosterone plays a big role in
your sex life. But the

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connection to erection is not as
simple as most people think. In

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this video, I'll break down the
real link between low

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testosterone or low T and
erectile dysfunction, and what

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you can actually do about it.
Now, men, low T can happen in

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your 30s, your 40s, even in your
20s. So it's not just a problem

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of getting older. And that don't
think when you get older, your

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testosterone level drop, not
necessarily. I've seen men in

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their 70s having testosterone
level at 700 and 800 naturally.

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I'll explain the science of what
really happened with your T as

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you get older, and what you can
do to increase your testosterone

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as well. So stay tuned to the
end. I'll talk about all the

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strategy that you need to do.

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What is testosterone and what
does it do? Testosterone is key

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in increasing your sex drive or
your libido, and it gives you

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energy. It also helps men with
their mood as well too, so you

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feel more stable. Men that have
low testosterone feel anxious,

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feel depressed, and if you have
low testosterone, also help

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build your muscles as well.
However, I want to stress that

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testosterone is not the only
factor for erection. There are

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other factors for erection that
I talked about, which is blood

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flow, nerve and hormone but they
all are part of the big pie.

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So what are signs of low
testosterone? Low testosterone,

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mean decreased sex drive, tired
or low energy, mood changes,

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such as anxiety, depression,
irritability. Muscle loss,

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meaning you go to gym and you
can't seem to build muscle. You

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could be working out three hours
every day, but testosterone

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level is low, you may not
develop the muscle that you want

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to develop, like your pecs or
your biceps and your triceps.

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And in fact, if you have low
testosterone, you tend to gain

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weight and you tend to develop
fat in the love handles and also

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fat in the breast. Now, however,
not every man with ED has low T,

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but if these signs are present,
you need to test your

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testosterone. It can be easily
tested in your blood, and I'll

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discuss about that as well. So
when you have low T, it can

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lower your desire or your
libido, will make it harder to

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initiate kind of like being in
the mood or arousal. Remember, I

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say that the largest sexual
organ is your brain, not your

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penis. If your brain isn't going
to get started, nothing going to

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get started. And that is the
essential part of our Get Hard

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System. It's focusing on
mindset, focusing on decreasing

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stress, focusing on the moment.
If this doesn't get moving,

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nothing will get moving below
the belt. So what happened is

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that when you have arousal, it
will stimulate the hormone to be

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released in the brain, which
will release testosterone. So

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there are the cascade of
hormones that happen in the

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brain, and then testosterone is
decreased. So if you are not

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aroused, then the hormone will
be released less and therefore

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weaker erection, because when no
hormones is released in your

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brain. So testosterone is
actually being released in your

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testicles. But there are father
of testosterone, which is LH, a

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luteinizing hormone, which is
then to release. But if it's not

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released well, then it's going
to affect the testosterone

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release. And then also releasing
of hormones in the brain will

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also affect other chemicals,
which then affect nerve to

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stimulate from the brain down to
the spinal cord into the penis.

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If the hormone is not being
released well, then the nerve is

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not getting activated either. So
that's why the whole chain is

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not happening to get an
erection.

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So testosterone also support
increased nitric oxide

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production. A nitric oxide is
important for blood vessel to

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open up so you can get more
blood flow down there. However,

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I want to stress that low T does
not equal, automatically equal

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ED. It increases your risk of
getting ED, along with other

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factors like blood flow,
lifestyle that I mentioned

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earlier. But it's not the only
reason. I want to stress that.

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So you know that you can test
your testosterone level in the

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blood test, go get your total
testosterone, because total

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testosterone attach your
testosterone that is free as

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well as the one that's bound to
protein or albumin. But the free

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testosterone is what is
bioavailable that actually goes

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into the cell to initiate for
cellular response. So that's

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free testosterone. So you gotta
make sure you get total

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testosterone, free testosterone,
and sex hormone binding globulin

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or SHBG, because you don't get
SHBG, then we don't know how

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much free testosterone you have.
You want to check your thyroid,

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so get a TSH level. You want to
check prolactin. But you also

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want to check to see if you're
predisposed for diabetes, so get

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a chem 14 panel. And you also
want to check your cholesterol

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level, so you want to get a
lipid panel as well. And you

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also want to get a CBC, which is
your blood count level. So these

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are the complete hormone panel
that you need to be getting to

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evaluate the whole picture of
testosterone.

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Now, one of the most important
hormone is the cortisol.

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Cortisol is very important
because cortisol is released

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when you are stressed. But
unfortunately, cortisol cannot

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be measured in the blood. And
cortisol is best measure in the

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saliva, where you measure
cortisol level four times, in

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the morning at 7am, and at noon,
at 3pm, and also at 10pm. It

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should see the level. It goes up
in the morning, but then it

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gradually goes down to almost
nothing at the end of the day.

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If it stays high, then you have
stress, and that high cortisol

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will actually decrease
testosterone level. So that's

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one thing to consider as well,
too.

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Now testosterone levels arrange
it and how it's measured.

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Sometimes it's measured in
nanogram per deciliter, and

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sometimes it's measured and
picogram. Gotta make sure that

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you look at the numbers and you
go to the same lab every time,

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and the ranges are usually
between 300 to 900 a nanogram

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per deciliter. So you need to do
a comprehensive health panel,

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not just one number, and that's
it.

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Let's say you have low
testosterone, what can you do?

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You can do some lifestyle fixes,
such as sleep, optimizing your

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sleep seven hours at night,
because when you're sleeping is

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when testicles start making more
testosterone. Losing weight or

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exercise. Because when you
follow the Mediterranean diet

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and exercise, you actually will
lose weight. So when you lose

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weight, your testosterone level
will increase. When you sleep,

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your testosterone level will
increase. When you decrease your

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stress, testosterone level will
increase. And if you eat a

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Mediterranean diet, your
testosterone level will

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increase. If you exercise 30
minutes, three or four times a

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week, your testosterone level
will increase.

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Okay, modern man. If you're
struggling with weak direction,

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low energy, the food you eat
could be the big part of the

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problem. One of the best
research pathways to boost

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circulation, support healthy
testosterone and improve sexual

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performance is the Mediterranean
diet. It's packed with food that

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open up your blood vessel, lower
inflammation, and fuel your

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hormone, naturally. I've seen
men notice real improvement in

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both energy and erection within
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testosterone and better
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And think about taking
testosterone supplement. My

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libido plus supplement here has
the D, the zinc and the

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magnesium that will help boost
your testosterone. And I usually

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help combine that with nitric
oxide, which will help with

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increasing blood flow. So the
other option is getting

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testosterone replacement
therapy, which I advocate if you

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are no longer thinking about
having children, because one of

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the side effects of testosterone
replacement therapy is that it

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decreases sperm count, and also
the side effect is that it does

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make your testicle smaller, and
it will also increase your red

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blood cells level. But that's
easy to correct. You just go

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donate blood about every two
months, and that should be taken

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care of. My husband's on
testosterone replacement

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therapy. In fact, he takes
pellets, and when he have high

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red blood cell count, he just
schedule himself to go donate

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blood about every two months or
so. And as good as that, he had

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all negative blood, so he's a
universal donor. So you're not

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only helping yourself, but
you're also helping other people

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that need blood as well. So
check out my video here I did in

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the past on blood test for
testosterone.

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So if you're dealing with low T,
know the symptom and know your

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option, what you need to do. You
don't have to live with it.

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You're not doomed. With the
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