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Effect of Tongkat Ali on stress hormones and psychological mood state in moderately str... - 0 views

  • At the age of 60, testosterone levels are typically only 40-50% of youthful levels and may be lower
  • Eurycoma contains a group of small peptides referred to as “eurypeptides” that are known to have effects in improving energy status and sex drive in studies of rodents
  • The effects of tongkat ali in restoring normal testosterone levels appears to be less due to actually “stimulating” testosterone synthesis, but rather by increasing the release rate of “free” testosterone from its binding hormone, sex-hormone-binding-globulin (SHBG)
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  • The current study found that daily supplementation with tongkat ali root extract (200 mg/day) improves stress hormone profile (lower cortisol; higher testosterone) and certain mood state parameters (lower tension, anger, and confusion)
  • tongkat ali supplementation (100 mg/day) improved lean body mass, 1-RM strength, and arm circumference to a significantly greater degree compared to a placebo group.
  • In a recent 12-week trial [46] of Eurycoma longifolia supplementation (300 mg/day), men (30–55 years of age) showed significant improved compared to placebo in the Physical Functioning domain of the SF-36 quality of life survey
  • sexual libido was increased by 11%
  • In men with low testosterone levels (average age 51 years), one month of daily supplementation with tongkat ali extract (200 mg/day) resulted in a significant improvement in serum testosterone levels and quality-of-life parameters
  • rise in cortisol and drop in testosterone is an early signal of “overtraining”
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    Tongkat Ali, commonly known as long jack, is found to reduce stress and increase Testosterone.  Stress is one of the common causes of low T in men.  It appears that long Jack functions as an adaptogen.
Nathan Goodyear

Exercise-Induced Responses in Salivary Testosterone, Cortisol, and ... - PubMed - NCBI - 0 views

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    Meta analysis of salivary Testosterone and cortisol finds mixed results.  The results are by no means uniform, but resistance training appears to trend to an increased salivary Testosterone and salivary Testosterone to salivary cortisol ratio.  Cardio trends the opposite.  This fits with prior literature on the types of exercise and hormone results.
Nathan Goodyear

Life events are positively associated with luteinizin... [Stress. 2014] - PubMed - NCBI - 0 views

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    Elevated Cortisol, life events as this study refers to, is associated with low Testosterone.  The authors found a positive association of cortisol with LH.  The result is elevated cortisol, low Testosterone, increased LH.
Nathan Goodyear

Salivary and plasma cortisol and testosterone r... [J Sports Sci. 2013] - PubMed - NCBI - 0 views

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    Plasma and salivary cortisol and Testosterone levels correlated in small study that looked at post-training hormones changes in athletes.  Cortisol and Testosterone peaked in all experimental groups. 
Nathan Goodyear

Behaviour of saliva cortisol [C], testost... [Eur J Appl Physiol. 2003] - PubMed - NCBI - 0 views

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    salivary hormone evaluation reveals cortisol increases during athletic  competition due primarily to a increase in salivary cortisol production.  The result is a decrease in T:C ratio during competition.  In the recovery phase, cortisol decreases to baseline, but the testosterone rises above baseline, thus increasing the T:C ratio in the recovery phase.  This lasted up to 5 days in this study.
Nathan Goodyear

Changes in cortisol and testostero... [J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2000] - PubMed - NCBI - 0 views

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    long endurance competitive events associated with catabolic hormone balances found in a low T:C ratio.  This occurs primarily through an elevation in cortisol and small drop in Testosterone.  The recovery phase is anabolic through a rise in T:C, primarily through a return to baseline by cortisol and an increase in Testosterone.
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http://www.biomed.cas.cz/physiolres/pdf/prepress/932627.pdf - 0 views

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    good discussion of the effects of resistance training on Testosterone and cortisol in obese men.  The literature is more more clear on the effects of resistance training on healthy men, but the evidence in obese men is less clear--likely due to the disrupted metabolism.
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Testosterone Suppression of CRH-stimulated Cortisol in Men - 0 views

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    Testosterone inhibits CRH and thus cortisol production in men.  This has implications in men with low T and low Cortisol.
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Thieme E-Journals - International Journal of Sports Medicine / Abstract - 0 views

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    competition versus recovery period in wrestling reveals different salivary hormone ratios. Competition results in low Testosterone to cortisol ratio versus the recovery phase which was found to be associated with a high testosterone to cortisol ratio.
Nathan Goodyear

Dose effects of caffeine ingestion... [J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2014] - PubMed - NCBI - 0 views

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    high caffeine intake found to be associated with increased Testosterone and cortisol pre and post resistance work out times.  An elevated Testosterone would be good at both points.  However, an elevated cortisol would be catabolic during the recovery phase.  The study also found a decrease in insulin sensitivity with high caffeine intake.  This was improved with moderate and low intake.
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Blood Hormones as Markers of Training Stress and Overtraining | SpringerLink - 0 views

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    Older article, but good one still on hormones and overtraining.  Look to the Testosterone/Cortisol ratio.  OTS will lead to decreased Testosterone and increased cortisol resulting in chronic catabolic state.
Nathan Goodyear

Influence of dietary carbohydrate intake on the free testosterone: cortisol ratio respo... - 0 views

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    excessive carb restriction in athletes can lower Testosterone levels and negatively impact Testosterone to cortisol ratio. This will limit performance and hinder recovery.
Nathan Goodyear

The Effects of Soy and Whey Protein Supplementation on Acute Hormonal Responses to Resi... - 0 views

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    Recovery is key to muscle growth in resistance training. New study finds soy protein supplementation blunts Testosterone response in recovery and Whey protein blunts cortisol response in recovery. Conclusion: Whey protein to blunt cortisol response in recovery will aid anabolic recovery.
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Testosterone and Weight Loss - the Evidence - Nebido - Testosterone Undecanoate - 0 views

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    great review on Testosterone physiology and obesity.
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Salivary cortisol and testosterone responses to resistance and plyometric exercise in 1... - 0 views

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    Study of 12-14 y/o boys found increased Testosterone after resistance training and plyometric exercise.  Cortisol did increase after plyometric, but not resistance exercise.
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Diet-hormone interactions: Protein/carbohydrate ratio alters reciprocally the plasma le... - 0 views

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    small study, but complex carbs found to increase Testosterone more than high protein diet.  That goes against most marketing.  In contrast, cortisol was the opposite.
Nathan Goodyear

Saliva cortisol, testosterone and T/C ratio... [Int J Sports Med. 1999] - PubMed - NCBI - 0 views

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    this study looked at salivary testosterone and cortisol in exercise recovery.  They found a low T/C ratio in this athletes.  This is a catabolic state.  A normalization of the a low T/C ratio will increase muscle recovery and should improve performance.  Testing was with saliva
Nathan Goodyear

Diagnosis of overtraining: what tools do we have? [Sports Med. 2002] - PubMed - NCBI - 0 views

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    Testosterone to cortisol ratio can help to identify overtraining.
Nathan Goodyear

Liquid Chromatography-tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) Assay for Simultaneous Measur... - 0 views

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    MS-LS show to be highly sensitive in the dual identification of testosterone and cortisol in saliva. These hormones were found to be stable up to 28 days at room temperature. This disproves the argument that saliva, as a test medium, has a very short shelf life.
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Neuropsychopharmacology - Testosterone Suppression of CRH-Stimulated Cortisol in Men - 0 views

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    Testosterone inhibits CRH and thus cortisol.
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