Do cell phones affect a man's testosterone production?

[Matt]

Originally posted at: http://www.vitanews.net/Archives2008/PoliquinCellPhones.html

I found the following, rather important, factoid buried in one of Charles Poliquin's columns over at Testosterone.net. For those who don't know who Poliquin is, he's the guy you go to if you're a professional athlete, aspiring olympic medalist, or member of royalty and have $10,000 to spend on 1-hour consult. In other words, he knows his stuff:

. . . based on blood work collected at my own centers, the age when it all starts to go downhill is 31. That's a lot earlier than 20 years ago. I've been doing this for 26 years, and we know for a fact that Testosterone levels are 30% lower than they were 20 years ago for any age group. And that study is five years old! I'd say that since 9/11 it's gotten worse.

We have 100 times more stress than our grandfathers. One study showed that just wearing your cell phone on your hip lowers androgen levels by 31% due to what's probably a combination of stress and low-level radiation and cell phones weren't as popular when that study came out. A few months ago I dropped having a cell phone. My stress levels probably went down by fifty percent.

Source: http://www.t-nation.com/readArticle.do?id=1257805&cr=

[sucker_rally]

Hi I use 25 mg of DHEA as a way to help supplement my testosterone production (it beats injecting human growth hormone). But any natural ways to prevent it's reduction with age like avoiding cell phone is a plus.

A good article Matt.

[Matt]

Thanks. There are other things you can do too. Poliuquin recommends Flax LIGNANS not the Flax Oil. I use the lignan powder from http://www.montanaamber.com The only downside is it is so tasty I tend to just want to eat it but it's too expensive for me to do that.

From Poliquin a while back:

Q: With supplements like Flameout and your own EPA/DHA blends, is there any reason to keep using flax seed oil?

A: No, not flax seed oil. But flax seed hulls are good for detoxification of xenoestrogens.

I've never been a fan of flax seed oil because if you're obese anyway, you don't have the enzymes to elongate the molecule to turn it into the omega-3s. So what's the point of using it?

Another problem is that flax seed oil is usually rancid in most stores, with 40 out of 42 store-bought brands shown to be rancid in one study. And even if you can get it fresh, it goes bad very rapidly once you open it, sometimes in less than two weeks. Plus, I just found that flax oil never really worked.
Flax Seed

But flax seeds can be used for the anti-estrogen effects and for adding fiber to your diet. You can buy them whole or pre-milled, but I'd rather grind them myself.

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance/question_of_strength_april&cr=

[sucker_rally]

Thanks will look into that - the downside of course in using supplements is the relative cost, but DHEA and Flax oil are fortunately relatively cheap - for those who are watching the cents. On the HGH side of things the site http://www.hgh.tv is a reasonable source of information there.

http://www.hgh.tv/first-steps/media/hrt-html/top-25-foods-to-heal/

This lists the top ten foods which heal and top ten foods to avoid.

** By the way, if you believe in a peak energy world, or are environmentally aware, some synthetically produced hormones are best avoided as they are very energy intensive to manufacture.

[Matt]

Thanks will look into that - the downside of course in using supplements is the relative cost, but DHEA and Flax oil are fortunately relatively cheap - for those who are watching the cents.

Although the benefits may (almost certainly) outweigh the costs, assuming one's program is an intellilgent one and they shop around and buy in bulk in order to save.

[sucker_rally]

True. I was wondering if there is any connection between testosterone production and overhead power cable - via electromagnetic radiation ? If there is such a connection it must be a loose one at best.

**** I am rolling on the floor laughing at how stock brokers are trying to play up on the so called $800 billion stimulus. I for one cannot see the logic.. let me get this straight. Government last year lends banks roughly $1 trillion dollars to re-capitalize them, remove bad assets, then last week borrows from the bond markets (and hence international banking system) $800 billion for a stimulus. So surely that means in total the bail out of the banks is only $200 billion or am I missing something here ($1000 billion, minus $800 billion equals $200 billion).