What is the best way to boost your testosterone levels naturally?

[eliteandy]

For some reason i keep pronouncing tongkat "Cat tongue" in my mind....

 

[Unit 2005]

HCG or any post cycle drugs are not naturally raising test.

 

[centeroiler]

For some reason i keep pronouncing tongkat "Cat tongue" in my mind....

LMAO. You'd probably have better effects from that. And, you'd get a little pussy...

 

[SuperStrong]

I'm not sure that supplementing directly with DHEA would do the same thing as Tongkat.

Here's something I found about DHEA somewhat in this regard

DHEA - more hype than substance


Version 4.0, December 2004

When in the early nineties, US regulations regarding the sale of nutritional supplements were eased and alleged benefits could be claimed without having to be proven, DHEA was one of the first "wonder drugs" to hit the market.

Wild claims were made about its positive effects, and among the touted wide benefits of supplementing the hormone was nothing less than a general rejuvenation.

Because at that time, the American public had, for several decades, not been exposed to aggressive quackery, many people were easily deceived, and DHEA in many cases had a great placebo effect. It did on me. But I am more critical by now.

To start with, I do not doubt that the hormone DHEA has an important role in the human body. For example, if we completely inhibit DHEA synthesis, a wide range of unwanted conditions occurs in our bodies.

Sure, DHEA has many, many important functions. It may even be true that there is an age-related decline in the plasma levels of this hormone, and that this age-related decline is accompanied by a general decline in our functionality. But, please take note: that a general decline in functionality is accompanied by an age-related decline in DHEA plasma levels does not yet prove that the decline in functionality is caused by the decline in DHEA plasma levels. The decline of DHEA levels and our general functionality occur together, and they are both related to aging. But there are thousands of other aspects, which are also related to aging, and they do not disappear by just correcting the age-related decline of DHEA plasma levels.

And that DHEA has many useful functions does not mean that by just supplying more DHEA, all of these functions would be improved.

During the mid-nineties, I have taken DHEA for more than a year. I assume that this had a positive effect, not because the DHEA in itself would have done much, but because after reading exiting coverage on the supplement in Time or Newsweek, I was so convinced that it would have a positive effect. The DHEA perception, of that I am now sure, was more effective a medicine than the DHEA itself.

For philosophical reasons, my interest is primarily in sexual enhancement. That DHEA enhances sexuality is one of the strongest arguments of those who sell it. Better sex is the essence of better health. If there indeed is a way to enhance sexual pleasure and performance, who would not want to spare a few bucks?

I became critical of DHEA after I had experienced drugs that really work to that end: cabergoline, tongkat ali, yohimbine, sildenafil, bromocriptine, and a few lesser members of this family.

I have stopped taking DHEA, with no ill effect on my sex life, or my body composition, or my mood in general. The positive effects I would have ascribed previously to DHEA were all in my mind. When I had a great time while using DHEA, I did so because I was convinced that I should have a great time, having ingested DHEA.

I never had real proof of DHEA’s effect, and nor do those who still tout it. The effect is supposed to be subtle, developing over a prolonged period of use. Nothing dramatic, they say, just turning back the time a few years.

But with yohimbine, or tongkat ali, or sildenafil citrate, or bromocriptine, I don’t have to wait for subtle effects. The effects clearly manifest themselves after a few hours, and they are very measurable: erection firmness, erection duration, ejaculatory force, multiple orgasms.

I tried DHEA before I engaged in serious research on sexual enhancement medications. I have since tried on myself practically every substance that has been reported to have a positive effect on sexual function or sexual satisfaction. There have been many more placebos. Nevertheless, I have been able to engineer for myself a degree of sexual functionality that is much better than it was in the mid-nineties, even though I am now 10 years older.

And some thoughts on tongkat's hormonal pathway

Tongkat Ali's likely hormonal pathway


Version 2.1, March 2005

Tongkat ali increases testosterone tone, but is not a testosterone agonist. Anabolic steroids are testosterone agonists. They cause a negative feedback reaction of the pituitary and hypothalamus (the two glands secrete a series of hormones that signal Leydig and other testosterone synthesizing cells to stop testosterone production). The result is a definite shrinkage of the male genitals, especially the testes. The medical term for the condition is "tesicular atrophy".

Tongkat ali is the opposite of a testosterone agonist. But no, it’s not a testosterone antagonist. Tongkat ali stimulates testosterone production by interfering with the testosterone negative feedback loop. Even when tongkat ali raises testosterone levels, the upstream pituitary and hypothalamus do not respond by signaling that testosterone synthesis should be tuned down.

The above is part abstract, part model. Tongkat ali has not been fully researched yet. While there is ample evidence that it raises testosterone, the exact mechanism by which it achieves this hasn’t been established.

However, there is educated speculation not only by this author.

Stated Lie-Chwen Lin (National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Shih-Pai, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.) and Chen-Yuan Peng, Hsing-Shun Wang, Kuo-Wu Lee, and Paulus S. Wang (all of the Department of Physiology, National Yang-Ming University, Shih-Pai, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.) wrote in a scientific study into the Chemical Constituents of tongkat ali (Eurycoma longifolia by scientific name):

"A preliminary screening demonstrated that the ethanolic extract of Eurycoma longifolia could… increase the human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)-induced production of testosterone by … Leydig cells."

For an abstract of the above-cited article, please see:

Abstract

Again, the test results of users show a great increase in testosterone. I've personally tested it myself and can verify that it does increase libido and upon a saliva test my DHEA levels doubled though my testosterone remained the same, I did not do an immediate following third test to check on testosterone increase.

SS

 

[needtogetaas]

You could just use Dermacrine which has pregnenolone and DHEA already in it. Tongkat is way overpriced.

ding ding ding. Throw in some unleashed good to go.

 

[enlightened one]

Hello everyone,
I am from Australia and clinically have low testosterone levels.I have tried every herbal and testosterone increasing supplement.These are my blood tests after using 1:50 and 1:200 tongkat ali three capsules of each from Sumatra Pasak Bumi for one month:
Total testosterone 7.2 nmol/L (11.5-32.0) Free testosterone 17.0 pmo/L (43-138) as you can see tongkat ali is a scam.21st century snake oil,it didn't increase my testosterone at all.
If you want to increase your testosterone guranteed with an over the counter use 6oxo, Novedex xt or DHEA .The only other supplements i was on was fish oil and creatine.My question is how can tongkat ali increase testosterone when it does not first convert to DHT or estrogen?Tongkat ali belongs in the same category as tribulus( JUNK).How can the lj100 website and Sumatra tongkat ali website get away with claiming tongkat ali increases testosterone with their fake blood tests.Now tongkat ali may help with fertility but that is about it.Patrick arnold is correct in saying there is not enough scientific studies to back up the use for tongkat ali.
If you look at all the scientific studies of tongkat ali done on Pub Med not one of them claims to increase testosterone.These are all rat studies and they only claim that tongkat ali is an aphrodisiac+most of the scientists are Malaysian.So there you have it the truth,my blood tests do not lie!Stop wasting your money

 

[the_alcatraz]

Squats

 

[C.K.]

I dont know why but everytime i eat my daily 2 handfull of almonds or 8 hard boiled eggs before bed i wake up with the most insane morning wood

 

[Nelson Montana]

I dont know why but everytime i eat my daily 2 handfull of almonds or 8 hard boiled eggs before bed i wake up with the most insane morning wood

It's the fat. The old timers thought eggs were anabolic because of the cholesterol. There's something to that. It's also why BIG BLAST has WHOLE EGG.

This is an old thread. One difference I'd mention since hten is the Tongkat Ali. I found it inneffective until I realized I was using commercial TA. Once I checked out the real stuff that has a 100:1 extract ratio, it works quite well.

 

[RADAR]

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