10 things you didn't know about testosterone

Testosterone is a hormone that is traditionally associated with the masculine, but which we also produce, as we explain in a very interesting article on Lifestyle .

In this post, we are going to talk about some characteristics of this super hormone that people may not know, but that are of great interest to everyone.

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10 facts about testosterone

1.In the first two weeks of gestation, the fetus is always female .After this time the development of the male reproductive organs begins (in if the baby is male).

10 things you didn't know about testosterone

This hormone is produced in the testicles, in the ovaries and in the adrenal glands of both sexes.

2.After birth, testosterone has a role important in the distribution of fat that goes to the production of red blood cells.

3.Long before the testosterone was discovered, sexual powers were already attributed to the testicles ; This is how Pliny the Elder noticed it, which studied the stimulating effects on libido by recommending hyena genitals for dinner (seasoned with honey).img/5d7befa604530.jpg "alt=" 10 things you didn't know about testosterone "> Sheep Testicules

4.In the 20s of the last century, a Kansas storekeeper, John Brinkley , applied slices of scrotum of goats in the testicles of his clients, arguing that thus increased virility and cured some other ailments...no doubt, it was preferable to eat the genitals of hyenas...

5.Sex hormones, including testosterone, evolved 500 million years ago from estrogens; Of course, we humans did not exist, and this happened even before dinosaurs.

6. Old age lowers hormone levels, although it is not the only cause. Obesity , for example, causes testosterone to become a estrogen called estradiol , which helps to further inhibit its production.Therefore, the more Fat accumulates the body less testosterone is produced.

7.Muscles and lean muscle mass is formed thanks, among other things, to the fact that testosterone stimulates the production of another hormone, which releases the hormone from growth (GHRH); then, having more fat decreases testosterone, and at the same time decreases muscle mass, forming a vicious circle that only gets thinner.

10 things you didn't know about testosterone

8.Testosterone was first synthesized in 1935 after isolating another hormone male, the androsterone , which was distilled from 4,000 liters of urine .The urine had naturally been donated.

9.The steroids Anabolic-androgens, those used without control or care to promote muscle growth, are all synthetic compounds that mimic the chemical structure of testosterone.

10.It has been said on some occasions, especially in research that are ahead of dangerous psychopathies, that aggressive behavior is related to very high levels of testosterone.However, although it has been evidenced, about t In killers and serial killers, an increase in this hormone, however, the results are inconclusive and some are even contradictory.

What is clear is that the correct levels of this hormone, in both men and women, they generate greater well-being and a fuller sexual life, in addition to more defined muscles.

Did you know all this about testosterone? Surely you would like to read some very interesting facts about sweat.

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