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Some statistics show a decreasing level of testosterone in men over the past few decades. To be honest, I did not assess the validity or whether or not such findings were reported or replicated in the scientific literature. A hunch would tell me it is likely so. 

Regardless, central adiposity (belly fat) has been shown to be positively correlated with testosterone levels: thus, bellyfat => lower testosterone levels. And I would say that it's quite uncommon today to see men with little or no bellyfat. 

Lower testosterone is not preferred in men; higher than normal is not either. To be proactive with this post, here's what I suggest.

If you suspect you're lower in T (due to your bellyfat, low libido, no morning erection, etc), the first thing I'd do is to get a blood test. Then, I would wait a few days, and repeat the test once or twice to ensure data consistency (looking forward for the days of smartphone continuous biomarker tracking). 

If T is lower than normal and/or at the lower end of the normal, I'd do the following interventions first (to correct the low T) before reaching to more specialized medical care:

- make sleep one of the top priorities (optimize for both quality and quantity) 
- correct your diet - eat good fats, protein, and increase your vegetable intake concomitant with reducing low-nutritious foods
- do strength training - gym or bodyweight exercises
- consider practicing intermittent fasting
- experiment with cold showers 

Additional to these, I have a couple more that I've detailed in my testosterone book, which is free Kindle today. Since writing the book, I've updated many of my 'beliefs' (if I have any), but I can't take back the fact that the 9 interventions in the book, synergistically may have helped increase my T levels as I documented with the blood tests taken during that experiment.

In practice, the bulletpoints above should help a lot of men with low T. If you want to read the details of my experiment, you can grab the free Kindle today August 15, 2017 here:

<center>[[T-(Rx) - The Testosterone Protocol](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PQXDAJY)]</center>
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[Cristi Vlad](http://cristivlad.com), Self-Experimenter and Author