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Testosterone Levels and Fat Burning

Testosterone Levels and Fat Burning
Testosterone and Fat Burning


Testosterone Levels and Fat Burning


  • Overview
  • Testosterone: Defibition and Function
  • Levels of Testosterone and Body Fat

Overview

Testesteone is proved to assist the process of fat burning and maintaining or increasing muscle mass, depending on how much of this hormone is produced in humans.


Testosterone: Definition and Function 


Testosterone is the male sex hormone number one that determines fertility. It also has an ababolic nature, in other words, it boosts growth and prevents muscles from breaking down. 


All male characteristics, like well developed testicles, strong dense bones, and healthy body hair, are hugely dependent on this hormone. 

 However, not only males have this hormone; females also have it but in less amounts. 


In both genders, testosterone is responsible for fat distribution and fat burning in the body. 

 In males testosterone is produced in the testicles, and in females it is produced at the level of ovaries. 

It is natural that this hormone is siginificany higher in men than it is in women. 

Testosterone starts declining as we age, and that explains why older people get weaker with decreased muscle mass, and may experience hair loss or baldness. 


Levels of Testosterone and Body Fat 


Optimal levels of testosterone suppress fat buildup in the body.

People with normal amounts of this hormone tend to have more muscles than others with a deficiency. 

More muscles are believed to burn more calories for the energy needed for maintenance and growth; hence, men with less muscle mass tend to gain belly fat faster. 


Being obese, people obviously have lower levels of testestrone. 

Their belly fat has a compound that converts testosterone into the female hormone estrogen. 

So, basically you need to boost your testosterone to burn fat, and you need to lower your body fat percentage to increase your testosterone

This can be done by both exercising and eating healthy for keeping optimal amounts of the hormone and minimum amounts of body fat. 

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