Top 10 Causes of a Small Ejaculation continued
Top 10 Causes Of A Small Ejaculation continued…
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5. Obesity
Obesity is a nationwide epidemic…and it’s growing bigger every year… (pun intended)
Case in point, statistics just released by the Center for Disease Control (CDC), found that obesity increased in EVERY single state last year. Not one state saw a decrease in obesity, and the “leanest” state in the Union right now, Colorado, has an obesity rate of 18.4% – that’s nearly 1 in 5! One out of every five people in Colorado is obese, and they are the most “in shape” state in the whole United States…sobering statistics, aren’t they?
So how does obesity affect you and your testosterone levels?
Well, one leading study on the effect of obesity and testosterone found that “obesity [was] the most important determinant of total testosterone over time, with levels 25% lower in obese men when compared to their non-obese counterparts.” (Emphasis mine)
Sounds like obesity is a huge testosterone killer to me…
4. Exercise
Wait a minute…so you’re saying that exercise is a testosterone killer?
Yes…and no.
Lack of exercise, overexercising, or the wrong kind of exercising will actually hurt your testosterone levels, not help them. See, a lot of people think they can simply go to the gym and “work out” and they’ll increase their testosterone levels…and they are sadly mistaken. Working out to increase testosterone levels takes a certain kind of workout and if you’re not doing it, chances are, you’re killing your testosterone…slowly but surely.
So what’s the perfect workout to increase testosterone?
I’m actually putting together a workout plan to increase testosterone right now, but until I get it ready, just try and focus on complex workouts – workouts that require a lot of different muscle groups, like squats, bench presses, military presses, etc.
Your best bet would be to keep checking back at ThisIsMyHealth.com, and pick up the testosterone workout plan and the testosterone diet plan when I release them. They’re both absolutely free and a great way to increase your testosterone and your semen volume.
3. Dieting
Dieting is a good thing, right?
Yes….if you do it right.
If you’re on a diet right now, let me first say “Congratulations!” You’ve taken a great step forward in staying healthy and living longer. Just make sure you remember one very important fact – don’t starve yourself!
Starving yourself, cutting too many calories, going on a “crash” diet – all these cause your body to go into “starvation” mode, and when that happens your body responds by cutting off all non-essential productions, including…you guessed it, the production of testosterone.
Diets are okay, in fact they’re more than okay, they are great! Just make sure you take it slow and diet wisely…don’t lose more than a pound or two a week. Six-pack abs are great, but not if you have to sacrifice your testosterone to get them.
Fact is, if you want to keep your testosterone high AND lose some weight, there’s really only one diet plan that can help you accomplish that. It’s called the Mediterranean Diet and you can learn more about by “Google-ing” it, or by picking up the free testosterone diet plan I’m currently putting together. It will feature recipes and a breakdown of the best foods to eat to increase your testosterone levels. Look for it at ThisIsMyHealth.com.
2. Lack of sleep
Compared to some of the other testosterone killers on this list, lack of sleep might look pretty tame…but don’t let appearances fool you – lack of sleep is one of the biggest testosterone killers out there.
Why?
Simply because it affects so many people – bodybuilders, businessmen, blue-collar, white-collar, single, married – no one escapes its grasp. In fact, a sleep study conducted in 2002, found that 74% of adults did not get enough sleep every night…that’s 3 out of 4 adults and that was 9 years ago! I’m guessing those statistics haven’t gone anywhere but up since then.
Lack of sleep, or sleep problems, was estimated to be the #1 health problem in the States ten years ago, and that was before “terror alerts”, a failing economy, hurricanes and everything else that has happened in the last ten years…
So how does sleep, or the lack of it, affect your testosterone?
In a LOT of ways.
Your body does most of its testosterone production while you are sleeping, so if you aren’t getting enough sleep – enough uninterrupted sleep – your body isn’t able to produce as much testosterone as it should be able to. This means decreased testosterone levels, decreased sex drive, and increased erectile dysfunction…all bad things for a man who wants more semen volume and more sex.
I’ll be writing a separate post on the importance of sleep and the consequences of not getting enough very soon, so keep an eye out for it. For now, just realize that one of the quickest ways you can increase your testosterone, semen volume, and sperm volume is by getting a good night’s sleep.
1. Stress
Last year the American Psychological Association released a statistic stating that 1 in 3 Americans were “extremely stressed”, meaning they experienced so much stress that it interfered with their work, productivity, and even their eating habits. I’m no expert, but I’m willing to bet those numbers have gone up since last year…and I’m guessing that the number of people experiencing moderate to extreme stress has probably gone up substantially as well.
Fact is, we all experience stress at one time or another, and I’m sure we’ve all experienced “extreme stress” at some point in our life, many of us probably more than once. So why is stress the number one testosterone killer?
Because it’s the hardest to spot…because honestly, when we as guys are faced with stress, we usually gloss over it, or refuse to deal with it, and so it builds up inside of us, slowly killing off all of our testosterone, and most of the time we don’t even notice.
What happens is this: when your body experiences stress, it causes what is commonly referred to as the “fight or flight” syndrome, and your body releases adrenaline and cortisol to prepare. Cortisol increases blood sugar and blood pressure in response to stressors and it also shuts down certain non-essential productions, including…..testosterone. Prolonged stress can actually damage your immune system and your entire health, not to mention leaving your testosterone in the gutter.
I will be discussing more about stress and testosterone in a separate post, including where stress comes from and how to deal with it best, so keep an eye out for that post.
So where do you go from here? Well first off, take an honest look at what bad habits from this list you see in your own life and decide which ones you’re willing to get rid of…then start getting rid of them. A couple great choices to start with are (a. adding ZMA and/or Semenax to your daily regimen and (b. starting to eat a more “ejaculation friendly” diet, like the Mediterranean diet (which you can find here).
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Weirdest Testosterone Killer – Recent research indicates that licorice lowers testosterone levels in men…how’s that for a testosterone killer? Hahaha!
