"Birds Born in a Cage Think Flying Is an Illness.”
― Alejandro Jodorowsky
A customer recently asked our customer support if we could help with erectile dysfunction (ED) too. We can. I’m more than happy to jump on that one. It’s quite in line with some experiments I have been doing. So, I made a little list.
Reclaiming Violence
“Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.”― E. Joseph Cossman
I’ll publish the full protocol eventually on Marco’s Grounds Blog, but now without further ado, find the natural ways to increase testosterone below.
Without further ado (this time for real), here are the 7 Natural Ways to Increase Testosterone Levels Quickly.
1. Stand Straight With Your Shoulders Back
Don’t crumble in front of adversity. Don’t crack. Take it on. Your life changes if you don’t see problems as problems anymore; all you see is the opportunity to solve things. All you see are occasions for displays of skill.
2. Despise Agricultural Foods
You can’t have it all. Life is about choices and the willpower to carry them through.
3. Sleep in a Cold, Dark Place
An article published in Jama showed that sleeping only two hours less a night reduced testosterone levels significantly [2]. Unfortunately, researchers only measured total testosterone. I suspect the effects on free testosterone are even more dramatic. You don’t need me to tell you that you should sleep more. You should. You know it. The only question is, why don’t you do it?
4. Become One With the Ice
5. Worship the Sun in All Its Glorious Incandescence
New research published in Maturitas has shown that natural sunlight in the morning (sunrise) and in the evening (sunset) is particularly beneficial to hormone levels, dopamine, mood, and general life outlook [4]. This makes perfect sense.
Ashwagandha (also in Maximum Mind and here’s standalone) is also notorious for destroying cortisol (the major stress hormone).
Cortisol is a well-known testosterone destroyer. The less cortisol in your blood, the more testosterone you have. When choosing an Ashwagandha supplement, be mindful of the source. Whole-plant extracts are cheap and rubbish. The active ingredients (withanolides) are in the root. You want to choose a root extract only. If you choose a standalone supplement, look for standard daily doses of active ingredients at around 10mg per day. Active dose is the total content times the percentage of active.
6. Perform Minimum Amounts of Violent Exercise
7. Do Your Cardio
If you suffer from ED, the usual suspect is a weak heart. Cardiovascular exercise guidelines say 70-90 (insert-your-national-heart-association here) minutes of moderate cardiovascular exercise are the weekly minimums for health. Apply it. It doesn’t matter if you have a penis that could cut through a diamond if you can’t keep the rhythm. They say it’s not the boat; it’s the motion of the ocean …
Extra Credits: Consume Foods High in Cholesterol Before Bedtime
If I’m going for times of increased activity, I eat about four (whole) eggs daily before bedtime. That’s about 550mg of cholesterol before going to sleep. If you feel that dietary cholesterol might be detrimental to your health, researchers have shown that it has no discernible effect in a systematic review published in Current Atherosclerosis Reports [7]. Of course, the data applies to averages. Individual experiences always vary.
Literature
- Dreher, J. C., Dunne, S., Pazderska, A., Frodl, T., Nolan, J. J., & O’Doherty, J. P. (2016). Testosterone causes both prosocial and antisocial status-enhancing behaviors in human males. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(41), 11633-11638.
- Leproult, R., & Van Cauter, E. (2011). Effect of 1 week of sleep restriction on testosterone levels in young healthy men. Jama, 305(21), 2173-2174.
- Rodriguez-Cuenca, S., Monjo, M., Frontera, M., Gianotti, M., Proenza, A. M., & Roca, P. (2007). Sex steroid receptor expression profile in brown adipose tissue. Effects of hormonal status. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 20(6), 877-886.
- Smith, R. P., Coward, R. M., Kovac, J. R., & Lipshultz, L. I. (2013). The evidence for seasonal variations of testosterone in men. Maturitas, 74(3), 208-212.
- Ambiye, V. R., Langade, D., Dongre, S., Aptikar, P., Kulkarni, M., & Dongre, A. (2013). Clinical Evaluation of the Spermatogenic Activity of the Root Extract of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) in Oligospermic Males: A Pilot Study. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine: eCAM, 2013, 571420.
- Bull, F. C., Al-Ansari, S. S., Biddle, S., Borodulin, K., Buman, M. P., Cardon, G., … & Willumsen, J. F. (2020). World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behavior. British journal of sports medicine, 54(24), 1451-1462.
- Djoussé, L., & Gaziano, J. M. (2009). Dietary cholesterol and coronary artery disease: a systematic review. Current atherosclerosis reports, 11(6), 418–422