Lower Testosterone Increases Aging Symptoms

The simple one is a man because we have predominantly testosterone which is much, much richer in our body than estrogen, although we do make estrogen as well and progesterone. And with a man he never really goes through a true menopause type thing. We might call it andropause. But over time that testosterone just sort of dwindles down. And the faster it goes down, the more aging symptoms the man will typically have. So guy will that has a lower testosterone at 40 than other men, will act a little older, won't put muscle on as fast, won't be as fast, won't be as confident, be more tired, maybe some depression, some erectile dysfunction, some decreased energy, falling asleep in the afternoon. And the guy that's 80 years old and still active and playing golf and logging and cutting wood and he seems like he's really good shape, he measures testosterone levels usually like that of a 40 year old guy. So it's higher, but between 20 and 40 it drops and 40 and 60 it drops but there's generally not an abrupt change.