Testosterone for Women: Anabolic Benefits Beyond Sex

14 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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Short talk emphasizing that testosterone in women has important anabolic (growth and protective) roles beyond sexual function; clinician advocates optimizing testosterone to protect bone and muscle and support regeneration and rejuvenation. The speaker frames testosterone as one of multiple hormones women should maintain.

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Anabolic means growth, regeneration. Catabolic means breakdown, degradation. And so between the two, that's why you want to optimize more of the testosterone. The women, most women will come and see me for hormones. Oh, I don't care about testosterone. I don't care about libido. You know, we're not doing hanky panky anyway. My husband got issues. But I said no, you need your testosterone. You need your testosterone. Protect your bone, protect your muscle. It's not just about sex. You know as well too, you need it as an anabolic. Meaning it's protective. It help you help growth, it help renewal, it help rejuvenation. So I'm all about maximizing that for women. It's not about sex. When I explain that to them and they go, okay, that makes sense why I need all three.