Your grandpa has more testosterone than you.

Ahhem… Gentleman. 

As processed meat consumption rises, testosterone levels decline.

If you haven’t passed the age of 35 you wouldn’t understand but for those of us that have passed the mile mark; things start to change.

Feeling tired and less energetic? Going out with family seems like a chore? Falling asleep watching the series on vikings?

It’s not that we want to sit around, it's that our testosterone is almost depleted. 

Sad thing is our grandfathers have higher levels of testosterone than us. And I’m talking about this very second your grandfather is more of a beast than you. 

So how did all of this happen? Why do we have less testosterone than our salty, gray-haired grandfather?

It’s in our diet.

You wouldn’t put water in your gas tank would you? You'd fill it with fuel, right? 

Your body needs fuel but you're putting in artificially flavored, nutrition-less fast fuel.

No wonder you don’t feel like going to the gym. 

Your body has no fuel to go, much less get off the couch.

Another culprit for low T in men is potential hormones in processed meats.

The science is not totally settled on estrogen or other hormones in chicken or beef production.

The hormones in meat debate is ongoing. Google it. Read for yourself. 

However there have been links discovered between estrogen in processed meat (hotdogs, chicken nugs, battered fish, bologna) and health problems including low testosterone.

Yet some in the commercial meat industry are not 100% forthcoming about their feeding practices. 

Rest assured; it's against US Federal law to administer chickens or any meat stock with synthetic hormones since 1950.

Regardless, the difference is undeniable, chicken size has exploded.

Today broiler chickens grow larger and gain weight more quickly. 

Chickens normally grow in 8 to 10 months but it only took 1-3 months to grow those chicken tenders you bought at the grocery store.

This is good news for the processed meat industry but bad news for your dude boobs. 

The average American eats about 90 pounds of processed meats per year. In 1960 average annual American processed meat intake was 28 pounds.

Cook your future.

Instead of opting for the low fat chicken breast for the 4th time this week, it might be time to grill up 2/3 pound burger patty or maybe a Buffalo steak.

Boosting your testosterone doesn’t need to stop with a delicious steak.

It’s customary to eat a salad with steak.  

Continue eating your testosterone boosting ways by adding onions, sliced hard boiled egg, spinach and cheese; garnished or mixed in. (Cholesterol, found in cheese, aids testosterone production.)

Living a healthy life starts with the fuel we put in our body.

Understand that energy in doesn’t equal energy out. 250 cal soda isn’t the same as a 250 cal Buffalo burger. 

It's easy to find hot (or cold), delicious smelling processed meats but it's also easy to pick up some healthy food (like 90/10 beef burger or rib steak) and stock it. 

Your testosterone levels are almost completely in your control so fuel you body with foods that boost testosterone instead of foods that rob your edge. 

Follow your grandfather's way of the carnivore.

For more nutritional advice and meal planning check out the next blog coming out shortly.

If you don’t feel comfortable shopping for food, I have you covered. 

Fuel your primal edge.

Couch potato you - bug off.

Stay salty and healthy,

Lars