Just as women go through menopause and a decline in the hormones estrogen and progesterone around the age of 50, men go through a more gradual but equally age-related decline in hormones which is sometimes called 'andropause'.

By the age of 50 many men have had some degree of prostate problems and by the age of 75, more than 50 percent of men have impotence problems. Taking in consideration that some of these problems may be caused by poor circulation as well as many other factors we cannot deny the fact that another factor is what we eat.

Anything that increases estrogen levels in men will create a corresponding drop or suppression of testosterone and other important hormones secreted by the adrenal glands. Some ways that men may unwittingly create a rise in estrogen levels include excessive alcohol, using pesticides and solvents, eating a lot of non-organic red meat from livestock that has been fed estrogens. Lack of libido is most often due to a decline in male hormones or sometimes caused by taking prescribed drugs. Cocaine, marijuana, alcohol and smoking can all contribute to impotence. Marijuana can actually cause a drop in testosterone levels.

Because fat cells make estrogen, obese men will also tend to have higher estrogen levels which leads to an imbalancement.

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