Did You Know? Studies Confirmed the Link Between Low Testosterone and Depression

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Did you know that clinical depression has been shown to have a direct relationship to low testosterone (“Low-T”)?

Older men are at especially high risk for depression. Older men also usually experience a dramatic decline in their testosterone levels. Coincidence? Perhaps. But perhaps not.

But it is not only older men who are at risk for depression. Men of all ages who have Low-T are also more apt to be depressed.

Which Came First: the Chicken or the Egg?

The connection between low testosterone and depression is similar to the age-old question of “what came first; the chicken or the egg”?

That is indeed a good question. To apply it to the Low-T and depression link, consider that testosterone levels begin a steady and inexorable decline in men starting at approximately age 30.

By the time men reach their mid-50s, approximately one-third of them suffer from Low-T.

Also, men who are overweight, diabetic, or have high blood pressure are far more prone to have unusually anemic testosterone levels.

Conversely, men who are battling the conditions mentioned above also often experience...you guessed it...Low-T.

So, does a lack of testosterone cause these afflictions? Or do these conditions cause testosterone to plummet?

Tough questions that are challenging to answer conclusively, since many of the symptoms of both conditions are nearly identical.

The research into this link has so far been inconclusive. There could be other factors at work that are precursors to these health problems. But currently, many signs point to a definitive relationship between Low-T and adverse health.