Another Surprising Cause for Low Testosterone - Dr.Berg On Hemochromatosis & Hormone Levels | DrEricBergDC

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so in this video we’re going to talk

about another cause of low testosterone

now in other videos I talked about how

high estrogen can inhibit testosterone

high insulin will also shut down your

testosterone this is very very common

high cortisol from stress can decrease

testosterone if you’re on a cholesterol

medication a statin that can reduce

testosterone because you’re not making

the amounts of cholesterol needed to

make that hormone it’s a sex hormone and

the precursor is cholesterol having

liver damage can lower your testosterone

being on a low-fat diet can lower your

testosterone again because of the

cholesterol needed to make that hormone

and the symptoms produced would be low

libido impotence erectile dysfunction

and even atrophy of the testicles so

here it is high amounts of iron now it’s

interesting about iron is as you age you

accumulate more and more iron our body

has a very difficult time getting rid of

iron and so if you’re getting iron from

a supplement or from the fortification

of certain foods like in grains breads

pastas or own crackers and things like

that you could be accumulating way too

much iron so you should get it tested to

see if it’s within a normal range

there’s also a condition quite common

it’s a genetic condition called

hemochromatosis which a person has a

real big problem of regulating iron and

they just start accumulating way too

much here are the symptoms inflammation

in the joints excessive oxidation like

I’m talking about in the arteries which

is going to then set the person up for

heart problems in the brain which is

gonna set the person up for dementia and

Alzheimer’s so it’s a very dangerous

thing to have too much iron iron is very

corrosive on your body you can look at

it as a mineral that can create some

serious free radical damage because iron

generates a type of free radical called

the hydroxyl radical and this is a very

destructive thing in the body especially

to your liver

so too much iron in liver will cause

cirrhosis it will make you tired it

affects your memory blood sugar problems

diabetes etc etc so if you suspect any

one of these symptoms the next time

you’re at your doctor’s office get this

checked if it’s high here are some

natural things that you can do to

actually remove the excess amounts

there’s a supplement called ip6 I’m not

recommending any brand you’re gonna have

to do your own research good IP 6 is a

phytic acid it’s an antioxidant key

later which actually helps pull iron out

of the body it pulls excessive iron

there’s another key later too called

EDTA which is very very powerful I would

recommend starting with ip6 you may not

need this but some people take both but

if you take this watch my video on it

because you want to take both of these

on an empty stomach because you don’t

want to be consuming iron as you’re

taking it trying to pull it out it’s

gonna neutralize the effect if you take

this on the empty stomach and it’ll

remove certain minerals and other times

a day you can take back in the minerals

that you want in your body and focus on

the eliminating the ones you don’t want

and EDTA will pull out other minerals

too like Cal success of calcium

especially if you have calcification in

the arteries things like that but ip6 is

a really good potent nutrient to help

heal a or pull out excessive amounts of

iron green tea will also help donating

blood will reduce your iron avoiding

iron pills and foods that are enriched

with iron and that definitely includes

the bread the pasta the cereal the

crackers

those intimate fasting would be very

important to start number-5 increasing

zinc now maybe you’ve heard that

increasing zinc will help increase

testosterone now you see one of the

strategies of why it does it it actually

helps lower iron in the body alright

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