Testosterone

Testosterone is the hormone which doubles as an anabolic steroid from the androgen group. It is the hormone which fuels sex drive/libido, provides energy, helps keep the body’s immune system strong and also protect against the degenerative bone disease osteoporosis.

Of course it is produced in large quantities in the male body, usually within the testes – however it has also been known to produce in small amounts within the adrenal glands located slightly above the pancreas.

Not only men produce the hormone – the hormone is also found within the female body, usually located in the ovaries and also the placenta during and after pregnancy.

However, testosterone in the female body is produced in significantly smaller quantities, the average being approximately nine times less than the male body.

Testosterone in women is used to also boost the immune system and help protect against osteoporosis but does not have the same sexual impact on the brain as it does with men.

The hormones, testosterone, like most other naturally produced steroids that are located within the body, are derived from the healthy amount of cholesterol that is needed for a balanced diet.

While it seems that the hormone within men is most active during the puberty years of males, it is quite often found shortly after birth as the body needs it to help the body grow, and have effects on the brain and the eventual sexual development of the male body.

This level for males stays at this way until they reach puberty, to boost their bodies into the next stage of development.

Testosterone is a hormone that also signifies and starts the body growing during puberty. The levels are also found in girls just as they start to reach puberty, although not in the same quantity. Testosterone helps develop the body, enlarge many organs (Not only the penis, but hearts and lungs also), as well as bring on the occurrence of pubic hair, bodily odour and some facial hair.

After the initial stage of puberty has begun, and the body continually grows during the teenage years, testosterone also influences spurts in body heights, as well as enlargement of the penis for males, and clitoris in females. During this stage, testosterone also increases male fertility and starts to increase the stability and strength of muscle.

During some point in the adult life, testosterone will begin to slowly decrease as age continues on. This is due to the fact that the body may not be as sexually active (read: in the context of testosterone needed for reproduction and not needed to produce sperm or sex drive); this is sometimes what is known as male menopause, as just like in females the sex hormone level starts to decrease which lowers sex drive as well as bone an muscle mass.