Optimization for women is a hugely underserved area, leading to a lot of people feeling overlooked and discarded by the healthcare system. A lot of changes happen with female hormones as women age, but you don’t have to be doomed to live in misery after menopause. ...
How to Lower SHBG: Bodybuilding, TRT, Males & Females
Many of my readers are fully aware of why getting blood work 1-2 times a year is critical for fully optimized health, especially if you are using therapeutic testosterone. On top of monitoring your symptoms, you have to ensure your critical biomarkers are within an...
Testosterone Optimization Therapy Cost: What Should You Expect?
Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) or what I have better coined Testosterone Optimization Therapy has changed the lives of millions of men, and many more are awakening to its awesome life-enhancing power. Whether for enhanced immunity or better body composition,...
Everything Mainstream Medicine Gets Wrong About the Side Effects of Hormone Optimization w/Dr. Kenneth Wilgers
We’ve been led to believe by the mainstream medical authority that hormone optimization therapy can lead to dangerous side effects. However, what if the studies actually show the opposite? A lack of awareness around hormone optimization is leading people to fear...
Dispelling Testosterone Optimization Therapy Myths Part 2 with Keith Nichols MD
For decades, men have been deprived of the best testosterone optimization because doctors constantly misinterpret the literature. They make assumptions that aren’t backed by evidence and concern themselves with issues that aren’t even there. These myths don’t just...
Dispelling Testosterone Optimization Therapy Myths Part 1 with Keith Nichols MD
Over the last few years, the entire hormone optimization space has unraveled, and there’s a huge fear that restrictions will crack down on everyone, including the doctors who are doing it right. Between the mess with T-mills and the prescribing community, there are a...
Ball Sunbathing: Does Sunlight on Testicles Increase Testosterone?
Does exposing your testicles to sunlight increase your testosterone levels? Out of all the methods I've encountered for tackling the issue of low testosterone, this one is by far the most bizarre. And this is coming from a 30-year veteran of successful therapeutic...
Desiccated Thyroid: How To Optimize The Body’s Most Powerful Gland
Desiccated thyroid remains one of my all-time top 3 medications I take every day for fully optimized health. Unlike the constant changes seen with testosterone therapy or Metformin, I haven't made any updates to how I use desiccated thyroid since 2015. And there's a...
How Gender Bias In Healthcare Prevents Women From Achieving a State of Total Optimization w/Dr Angela DeRosa
Hormonal optimization is the key to greater health, but unfortunately, hormone treatment is so regulated that not everyone has access to it, and for women, that access is nearly nonexistent. What is it that makes hormone treatment so controversial, and why do women,...
Optimization and Higher Vibration ALWAYS Go Hand In Hand…Here’s Why w/Dr Rudy Eberwein
The fact that we’re seeing an astronomical increase in everything from obesity, to cancer and depression should come as no surprise. Nearly every part of our lives has been contaminated, and our hormones are out of whack as a collective because of it, paving the way...
How Higher Testosterone Levels Lead To Better Natural Immunity
In The TOT Bible, I outline numerous physical and mental health benefits of using therapeutic testosterone. However, one area I failed to dive deep into was the connection between testosterone and the immune system. As we come closer to the end of 2021, we now live in...
There’s No Time Limit On Embracing Your Truest Self: Ted Bach On Coming Out In His 80s
Many of us can relate to ‘going along to get along,’ especially when it comes to our identities, but by denying ourselves the opportunity to step into our truest, most authentic selves, we’re only hindering our own quality of life. Just how much of our lives has been...
Therapeutic Testosterone and Cardiovascular Training: The Necessity of Both At The Same Time
A while ago, I received this question from a reader about cardiovascular training ("cardio") and therapeutic testosterone: "My normal resting heart rate is about 56 but when I am on TRT, my RHR [resting heart rate] and average heart rate both increase by 5 to 8 beats...
How Inhibiting DHT And Estrogen Will Shorten Your Lifespan
We often talk about the deleterious short-term and long-term side effects when it comes to drugs, i.e. how the QUALITY of our lives are affected. But rarely do we stop and think about how these drugs affect our longevity -- the QUANTITY of years we have to inhabit our...
The 4 Best Peptides for Injury, Healing & Recovery (Wolverine Stack)
Have you ever watched Marvel's X-Men and wished your body had Wolverine's healing ability? As a long-time fan of the franchise back when kids were actively engaged in reading comic books, I know myself - and many other pro-level athletes - would love to have that...
Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: The Secret Health Problem Destroying You
When you look at all the causes of disease, many of them are "silent killers". They are invisible to the naked eye and you have no idea they've been affecting you for years on end. In fact, they could be affecting you right now and charting you on the fast path...
Can You Get Rid of Gyno Without Surgery?
Let's get real: For a man, there's nothing more unattractive than having gynecomastia, also known as "gyno", "man boobs" or "b*tch tits". It cripples men to the point where they avoid dating or swimming in public pools. But it's no longer a rare condition: In Denmark...
Pregnenolone for Men: Benefits, Dosage & Side Effects
I AM bringing back the "testosterone bro" to talk about Pregnenolone, one of the most vital hormones you should be tracking if you're on testosterone optimization therapy (TOT). It plays a critical role in your overall cognitive health, and any physician specializing...
So You’ve Had Your Thyroid Tested…Should You Believe the Results? w/Dr Amie Hornaman
Total optimization is wholly dependent on our hormones functioning properly, but how can we begin to treat a problem if we don’t even know it’s there? How can we be sure if our hormones are unbalanced, so we can begin treating ourselves accordingly? Are our GPs a good...
Optimization 101 With Dr Brandon Chastant: Why This Men’s Health SPECIALIST Is an Advocate for Estrogen
If it wasn’t already clear, the days of working with GPs and PHPs for optimization are done. Now is the time to head straight to the specialists. What are specialist healthcare professionals doing for patients that conventional practitioners aren’t - or can’t? Where...
How (And Why) To Stop Using DHT Inhibitors Finasteride & Dutasteride
When I wrote the ULTIMATE guide to stop hair loss forever, my main focus was on exposing drugs such as Finasteride and Dutasteride that inhibit dihydrotestosterone (DHT). The intention was to get people off medications that were both ineffective and came with some...
hGH and Peptides: Are Peptides as Effective as hGH?
Human Growth Hormone (hGH) has been a vital element of every bodybuilder's toolbox since the late-20th century -- one of the magical items that seemingly doesn't get mentioned alongside the phrase "eat clean and train hard" But perhaps there's a new way to use it......
Performance-enhancing Agents: Dangerous Territory or the Trick to a Longer, Healthier Life? w/Victor Black
For years, mainstream medical research has suggested that DHT and androgens are dangerous to our health, but we now know that not to be true. That being said, we do need to ensure we're using performance-enhancement modalities correctly if we want to see the best...
CJC-1295: Benefits, Dosing, Side Effects & Ipamorelin Combo
Human growth hormone (HGH, or commonly abbreviated as just GH) is a vital hormone in men and women responsible for bodily growth as you age. But it also comes with other performance benefits: "...boosts protein production, promotes the utilization of fat...larger...
Melanotan 2: The Best Peptide for Tanning
Let's face it: There are a lot of superficial benefits to having a slightly darker yet glowing skin complexion: Tanned people are perceived as more physically attractive Better defenses against antimicrobial disease and skin cancers Competitive bodybuilders can make...
The Importance of Raising Our Wellness Vibration to Combat COVID-19 w/Heather Smith Fernandez
COVID-19 is an unprecedented global health crisis that has completely shifted life as we knew it before, and it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. We need to be operating and taking action from the perspective that this is going to be a part of our world and...
Are Estrogen Blockers Harmful for Bodybuilding?
Professional and Competitive Bodybuilding has to be one of the most dangerous sports in existence, and a large part of that is due to estrogen-blocking. What other sport has a 34% HIGHER death rate than the average American male? “Daniel Gwartney, MD, and colleagues...
The Harm of Aromatase Inhibition aka Blocking Estrogen w/Dr. Scott Howell
Check out this incredible episode full of knowledge bombs from Scott Howell, Ph.D here. Check out this incredible episode full of knowledge bombs from Scott Howell, Ph.D here.
How To Receive Fully Optimized Health Care During The Coronavirus Pandemic
With stay-at-home lockdowns being ruthlessly enforced across the world, many patients are left wondering if they can receive the healthcare they need. Unfortunately, the answer isn’t so straightforward. Many doctors are forced to provide telemedicine options to...
Effective Hormone Balancing for Female Patients with Maryann Simpson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNYDe1CT328&feature=youtu.be Women are just as much in need of hormone optimization, and they’re practitioners who actually know what they are doing. Who is a good candidate for hormone optimization? What are the best protocols for...