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Found this article at: http://www.elitefitness.com/

Foods that Boost Testosterone

"Here's a really simple way to get more of the "He-hormone": eat more of the foods that boost testosterone.

Food that increases testosterone is not just for men, by the way, since women also naturally produce some testosterone in their bodies and it plays a vital roles for them as well, not the least of which is keeping a healthy libido.

Without further ado, let's discuss the best foods that increase testosterone...

The general rule to keep in mind is that you want to focus on foods that contain more protein and fats and less carbs.

Despite what common wisdom claims, eatings fats doesn't make you fat, as long as they are natural fats, and not trans-fats. In fact. natural fats help keep you lean. Our bodies were evolved to metabolize natural fats readily.

And together with rich protein sources, natural fats also help your body manufacture more testosterone hormone.

Foods that Boost Testosterone

Having given you the general rule to follow in selecting foods, good specific choices for foods that increase testosterone would include:

Beef -- Yep, enjoy that juicy steak, and don't trim off the fat on the edges either.

Chicken and Eggs -- Both are great sources of protein. And make sure you don't throw out the egg yolks as many folks do.

The yolks are loaded with important vitamins like B1 and B2 and nutrients like lutein which maintain healthy eyes. But, they are also a good source for cholesterol, which -- believe it or not -- testosterone is produced from.

And by the way, egg yolks will not appreciably raise your cholesterol levels either. In fact, almost 90% of your body's cholesterol is manufactured by your liver, not from the foods you eat.

Seafood -- Especially Oysters. Seafood is high in protein, contains basically no carbs, and oysters in particular are loaded with the mineral zinc. Zinc has many functions in the body and just a couple of those are aiding in muscle manufacture and increased testosterone levels.

Vegetables and Herbs to Boost Testosterone Hormone

Believe it or not, there are also solid non-meat sources that should top your list of the foods that boost testosterone.

Just a couple of these are broccoli and cabbage, and both for the same reason -- that is, because they contain something called Indole-3-carbinol.

Indole-3-carbinol, in simple terms, helps to reduce estrogen. Estogen is the hormone that females produce more of (just like men produce more testosterone). However, men also naturally produce some estrogen.

If you have too much estrogen, it can result in more fat and less muscle, which is all bad for testosterone production.

Garlic is a wonderful herb that contains a potent active ingredient called allicin that helps to increase testosterone.

For a double whammy effect, slice fresh garlic thinly, then crisp lightly in a pan with a bit of butter or olive oil; finally, crack some eggs in the pan for garlic sunny side eggs. Delicious!

This is one of the editor's favorite food that increases testosterone, which he regularly eats for breakfast and helps keep his energy, vitality, and testosterone levels at peak levels.

Finally, an herb called Tribulus terrestris is something that elite athletes and bodybuilders use to boost their testosterone levels.

Tribulus terrestris is both a libido enhancer (and has been proven in multiple clinical trials in this regard) and has an ability to increase testosterone.

How does it work?

Well, our bodies contain something called luteinizing hormone. One of luteinizing hormone's functions is to command the production of testosteron in our bodies.

As we age, the level of luteinizing hormone gradually diminishes.

Tribulus terrestris helps by naturally boosting the levels of luteinizing hormone which, therefore, can help our bodies produce more of the testosterone hormone again."

I never saw anything about this around here so I thought I would post it up for people to read because it was a very interesting read for me. (Sorry if it has been said before)

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Protein, magnesium, zinc. The latter two essential, and generally lacking in most people's diets.

(Oysters aside) the best source of dietary zinc is meat. Lamb, pinenuts and pumpkin seeds are exellent sources. 100g of cheese contains approx 4mg.

Magnesium is actually very hard to get sufficient amounts from diet. Many people don't even close to the RDI. 28g of pumpkin seeds contain approx 150mg. Grains are pretty shit sources as fibre inhibits absorption. Calcium competes for uptake.

Vitamin A is also essential for the normal function of the reproductive organs. Yay for salmon.

Any article that spends a third of it's space telling you to take a questionable herbal 'test booster' instantly loses credibility IMHO.

Wonder why anabolic diets are successful aye? :wink:

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Nice post dontrunwithknives.

Many dont realise that before the early 1900s a standard breakfast for most people in the western world was a classic fry up of bacon and whole eggs, often with some form of red meat as well as kidneys or liver.

But in the early 1900s along came Dr Kellog (yes the original founder of kellogs cereal ) He was a doctor who performed numerous studies on diet and nutrition. He was the first ever person to discover that the typical western breakfast (mentioned above) did indeed increase testosterone levels in both males and females. At the time this was not socially acceptable and did not benefit of society as a whole. It was concluded by Dr kellog and others that this would lead to increased sex drive! (or course), which would lead to all sorts of immoral behaviour!! Some of the things that were listed at the time were infidelity, pre marital sex, and masturbation!

Thus it was decided by himself and the powers of the time that society would better be served if we all ate a low fat, low protien, high carb breakfast!! And thus the billion dollar breakfast cereal buisness beagan!

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Nice post dontrunwithknives.

But in the early 1900s along came Dr Kellog (yes the original founder of kellogs cereal ) He was a doctor who performed numerous studies on diet and nutrition. He was the first ever person to discover that the typical western breakfast (mentioned above) did indeed increase testosterone levels in both males and females. At the time this was not socially acceptable and did not benefit of society as a whole. It was concluded by Dr kellog and others that this would lead to increased sex drive! (or course), which would lead to all sorts of immoral behaviour!! Some of the things that were listed at the time were infidelity, pre marital sex, and masturbation!

Thus it was decided by himself and the powers of the time that society would better be served if we all ate a low fat, low protien, high carb breakfast!! And thus the billion dollar breakfast cereal buisness beagan!

Wanker!!! :evil:

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Do pumpkin seeds taste nice? I havnt tried them before, might get some this weekend if they are good

Heh. I eat them because they have shitloads of magnesium, not because of how they taste. They don't taste bad. In fact I can't really describe how they taste now I'm trying to? :shock: :pfft: You could toast them. But as with most things, cooking either destroys or reduces some/all nutrients so I'd stick with roar. In the case of magnesium, cooking pretty much destroys all of it, rendering it useless.

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Reference for that statement please young lady...

My particular source was a nutrition almanac. Cooking renders organic inorganic (e.g. magnesium oxide) = poor absorption/retention (or in Rose terms "useless"). The longer something is cooked and the higher the temp, the more oxidation takes place etc.

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Do pumpkin seeds taste nice? I havnt tried them before, might get some this weekend if they are good

Heh. I eat them because they have shitloads of magnesium, not because of how they taste. They don't taste bad. In fact I can't really describe how they taste now I'm trying to? :shock: :pfft: You could toast them. But as with most things, cooking either destroys or reduces some/all nutrients so I'd stick with roar. In the case of magnesium, cooking pretty much destroys all of it, rendering it useless.

point :nod: you can add seeds/nuts as a topping to most foods if you have trouble picking at a handful like a budgie. You can buy LSA mix (ground up Linseeds, Sunflower seeds and Almonds with some good clean high cals to boot) at most fruit shops, supermakets and that too is a healty test boosting sprinkle for ya oatmeal :lol: 8)

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Yeah it would appear pumpkin seeds are a superfood. 100g contains:

iron: 9.1mg (51 rdi)

mg: 398mg (100 rdi)

potassium: 863mg (25 rdi)

zinc: 8.9mg (59 rdi)

also contains 4.2g arginine

26 g of protein

Seems anyone could benefit taking it, however its 34g carbs, so not very helpful on a keto diet

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however its 34g carbs

:-s Dunno what your source was, none of my sources differ significantly from 18g carb per 100g (4g of that is fibre). That's pretty good as far as raw nuts/seeds go, considering they're such an awesome mineral powerhouse...

Protein 25g

Fat 46g (sat 9g)

Calcium 43mg

Iron 15mg

Magnesium 535mg

Phosphorus 1174mg

Potassium 807mg

Sodium 18mg

Zinc 7.5mg

Compare with almonds for shits and giggles:

22g carbs (12g fibre)

Protein 21g

Fat 49g (sat 4g)

Calcium 264mg

Iron 3.7mg

Magnesium 268mg

Phosphorus 484mg

Potassium 705mg

Sodium 1.0mg

Zinc 3.1mg

All values approximate. Note that the protein in pumpkin seeds is also higher quality than most other nuts/seeds. It's a complete protein, whereas most other nuts/seeds are lacking in one or two amino acids. Almonds are low in lysine and methionine/cystine. Creatine synthesis depends on methionine so yeah, blah blah blah etc.

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Heh, a division of Dell Inc :pfft: Interesting, given their list of sources, whack computation :crazy: Ah well.

"Background sources and references:United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. "USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21." 2008. »

About, Inc. Calorie Count. 2009. »

CalorieKing Wellness Solutions, Inc. CalorieKing. 2008. »

CondéNet, Inc. NutritionData. 2008. »

Heslin J. and A. B. Natow. The Most Complete Food Counter. (2nd ed.) Pocket, 2005.

Kurtzweil, P. "'Daily Values' Encourage Healthy Diet." United States Food and Drug Administration. 2007. »

Merriam-Webster. "Food and Kitchen." Visual Dictionary Online. 2008. »

New Calorie Counter. Calorie Counter. 2009. »

Northwestern University. "Northwestern Nutrition: Nutrition Fact Sheets." 2007. »

Nutrition.gov. Nutrition.gov. 2009. »

United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library. Food and Nutrition Information Center. 2009. »

United States Department of Agriculture, National Agriculture Library. "Dietary Guidance." Food and Nutrition Information Center. 2009. »

United States Department of Health and Human Services. "Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets." National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements. 2009. »

United States Department of Health and Human Services. "National Center for Health Statistics." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2009. »

This list is intended as a guide to sources of further information. The inclusion of an item in this list does not necessarily mean that its content was used as the basis for any specific Wolfram|Alpha result."

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:huh: Never seen any, ever. Ceres make a wide selection, alas green pumpkin seed slime is not one of them. Good luck. If you find some, let us know :nod:

quick google search found this site.

'>http://www.healthy.co.nz/product/6751-pumpkin-seeds-tamari-roasted.html

selling 90gm for 5$

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