Testosterone for Weight Loss?

Getting too thick in the middle, and regaining weight loss are the two biggest complaint I hear from women who struggle with weight in the menopausal transition. For some it’s its a gradual worsening, but others take a decade or slightly longer through premenopause, to perimenopause, and finally in menopause.

Although many steroid and peptide hormones factor into how lean you are, we know testosterone level is a very important in a variety of metabolic driven conditions including obesity.

Low testosterone levels are associated with increased fat mass in the abdomen (particularly the VAT adiposity) and reduced lean mass, and this holds for males and females.

There are reasons beyond just muscle building that testosterone deficiency is associated with increased fat mass. Testosterone can affect energy imbalance, impaired glucose control, reduced insulin sensitivity, the health of muscles and joints which determines effectiveness of movement, and elevated cholesterol.

The more obese you are the worse it is on your testosterone levels and the worse your testosterone levels are, the more obese you get.

Male hormones, not just testosterone affect all these physiological pathways. And these physiological effects can possibly account for different regional fat depots like those in the abdomen, or organs like the liver.

For dieters, some research says that testosterone replacement therapy demonstrates beneficial effects on measures of obesity that are partially explained by both direct metabolic actions on adipose and muscle; and also potentially by increasing your ability to work out by enhancing motivation, vigor and energy allowing obese individuals to engage in more active lifestyles.

Come in and get a check on your levels and discuss whether this could be right for you.