Your Grandpa Had More Testosterone Than You

If you're a man and you're watching this, you have low testosterone. I'm not even kidding. In fact, the odds are that if you're a young, healthy man, you have less testosterone than your grandfather had 30 years ago. Something in our environment changed in about 1995, and the amount of testosterone in men and in women has gone down and down and down. Maybe it's your fragrances, maybe it's plastic. It's probably tied to pesticides. We're not sure why. But if you want to show up in the world the way that you want to, you've got to have enough testosterone. Because testosterone drives dopamine, and dopamine is what motivates you to do something that matters in the world. I would encourage you at any age, get your testosterone tested. If your free Testosterone is below 20, you have a problem. You should fix it with good sleep and with exercise and eating more saturated fat and animal protein. If that doesn't work, go on testosterone replacement. I know this because when I was 26 years old, I had less testosterone than my mom, and I had to fix it myself. It works.