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The Importance of Supplements for Healthy Hormone Production
3:15:50 - 3:27:36 (11:46)
Taking supplements to support healthy hormone production, such as Tonga Ali, is not the same as taking hormones or bioidentical hormones that can reduce the chance of fertilization and healthy pregnancy. While the egg and sperm determine the chromosomes, there are factors that can bias which sperm will fertilize the egg and therefore determine the offspring's sex.
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Testosterone production from the lytic cells of the testes is essential for spermatogenesis, which is supported by androgen-binding protein from sirtoli cells.
3:15:50 - 3:17:29 (01:39)
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Testosterone production from the lytic cells of the testes is essential for spermatogenesis, which is supported by androgen-binding protein from sirtoli cells. When men take exogenous testosterone, their pituitary gland registers this and stops making luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone.
ChapterThe Importance of Supplements for Healthy Hormone Production
EpisodeHow to Optimize Fertility in Males & Females
PodcastHuberman Lab
Taking supplements to support healthy hormone production is not the same as taking hormones, which can reduce the chance of fertilization and healthy pregnancy.
3:17:29 - 3:27:36 (10:07)
Summary
Taking supplements to support healthy hormone production is not the same as taking hormones, which can reduce the chance of fertilization and healthy pregnancy. While supplement-based approaches to increase testosterone are not shown to disrupt ovulation or endogenous testosterone production, they cannot determine which sperm will fertilize an egg to produce an XX or XY offspring.