Ten Ways to Naturally Increase Testosterone on a Diet

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In this video, I sit down with the Testosterone man himself - Christopher Walker, author of Test Shock, to discuss how to maximize testosterone levels on a diet.

It's no surprise that many men experience low testosterone levels when dieting to low levels of body fat! Thankfully, I've been able to completely side step these issues, with the nutrition and training advice I incorporate into my courses.

In this episode, we're taking things even deeper, and exploring ten evidence based protocols, you can utilize to up-regulate testosterone functioning! If you want to learn the entire system, Christopher is offering his Test Shock Program in physical book format free (all yah gotta do is pay for shipping).

Christopher used to have freakishly low testosterone levels that sent him down a downward spiral of depression and poor physical shape. So it's his mission to help as many men as possible, struggling with similar issues. In fact, he wants to get this advice in the hands of one million men!

As well, he wants to help men that may not have low testosterone, but who sure as hell want to experience the best of life by taking their testosterone levels to "Godlike" status naturally!

I've had the pleasure of reading the book and I can't recommend it enough! Not only is it incredibly well written and truthful... The advice, if applied, is also downright effective!

You can grab the book here.

Now without further ado, read the article that Christopher Walker wrote below, or you can watch the video/listen to the podcast above... The choice is yours :)

Take it away Christopher Walker :)
Thou Shalt Not Avoid Dietary Fats

This is commandment number one because it falls under a mistake that many men make when trying to cut body fat: avoiding fat. Maybe it has something to do with ingesting “fat” while losing “fat” but you should not avoid fats in your diet.

Testosterone is a lipid-based hormone. It NEEDS fat to be produced in the first place. (1)

In this study, 30 men were asked to switch from their regular diets to a low-fat diet. The results showed a significant drop in testosterone levels when the diet changed.

There are good fats and bad fats for testosterone production– keep that in mind. Stay away from polyunsaturated fats and trans fats and move towards monounsaturated fats and saturated fats.

Good foods to eat are avocados, nuts, and fatty fish. (2) You should get about 30% of your daily calories from good fats as a part of this commandment.
Thou Shalt Not Avoid Cholesterol

Many men also believe they need to avoid foods high in cholesterol in order to lose weight. The truth is, the Leydig cells need cholesterol to produce the testosterone you need. (3)

Interestingly enough, the final process of testosterone production is when the Leydig cells convert cholesterol into free testosterone.

There is a type of “good” cholesterol called HDL cholesterol. You can get this type of good cholesterol by eating foods like beans, shellfish, avocados, garlic, oats, and even red wine. (4)

Thou Shalt Eat Carbohydrates

Low-carb diets seem like the popular thing nowadays. Maybe that’s because these commandments hadn’t been revealed yet. While cutting carbs is a way to cutting fat, for men it seems that you need carbohydrates to maintain those testosterone levels whilst dieting.

In this study, testosterone levels were tested in 7 men in both a high-carbohydrate diet and a high-protein diet. Results showed that men on the high-carb diet actually had higher testosterone and lower cortisol than the men on the high-protein diet.

This is because GnRH, a precursor in testosterone production, is produced based on the amount of glucose in the body. A main source of glucose is carbohydrates, so less carbs means less glucose which means less testosterone production in the end. (1)