Testosterone and Diet III

I've come across a number of articles about older men having low testosterone levels.  Usually, doctors prescribe some kind of external testosterone supplementation, such as injections, gels, or patches.  My inital thought is, why don't doctors first look at improving a person's internal production of testosterone (via diet)?

Dietary fat and cholesterol is crucial for testosterone production.  On one forum, I saw where a person had doubled their testosterone levels (verified by blood work) just by adding eggs to their diet.  This is only an unproven anecdote, but it doesn't seem too farfetched to me.  Dietary measures should be the first line of treatment in raising testosteroe levels, not pharmaceuticals.

Comments

[will]

But the mean fat intake was only 23% in this study, and the mean cholesterol was only 109 mg per 1000 calories.

[Matt Metzgar]

Hi Will,

Yes, but I have seen other studies that link fat and testosterone. I think Rob Faigin covered a number of these studies a few years ago.