A small disclaimer before starting the video
It's not like, today, a non-medical student
has become a medical student who is giving medical advice
... It's not that.
It's basically that a non-medical student
after gaining knowledge, experience
and after validating and clarifying from an American doctor,
is sharing the knowledge with you.
So it's not that I am talking on my will..
I am just sharing what I've learnt
through my experiences..
I had even started reading a book about testosterone..
Now let's start the video.
So the reason why I am making this video is
basically, teenagers are facing many problems
.. Basically if you see, a 17 year old kid is saying
that his testosterone is very high.
And on the other side, an 18 year old is saying
that my testosterone is low..
So this is really strange.
If you talk
back in the 90s or 80s
when we didn't have cars or bikes,
everyone used to go by walk.
or running or cycling.
Then, in that era no one imagined
that these problems like diabetes, cancer and testosterone could exist.
So it's all because of our lifestyle changes.
Now, starting with my experience.
Before sharing my report, I want to share my experience.
When I had this report, I shared with my friends and family in India.
I was asking them that my Vitamin D is low. So what can I do?
The first answer I got was
that I should eat vitamin D3 tablets..
Just take that medicine blindly.
If you search on YouTube,
that you want the solution of Vitamin D deficiency,
a random YouTuber will most likely show you this medicine.
So this is the reality of people and doctors in India.
Every solution starts with medicine.
But when I was talking to my doctor.. I will even show you the recording.
I asked him what the solution is.. And "In which cases you recommend the medicine?"
So your vitamin D level being in that range
is what we call vitamin D insufficiency
okay.. That's not vitamin D deficiency.
So he says that if my Vitamin D was lesser than 20,
they wouldn't have recommended me medicine directly.
They would have first given me two months
that I should eat salmon or mushroom 2-3 times a week at first.
So similar things that you saw in the last vlog.
And then, after two months of analysis,
with Vitamin D and diet given,
you have another test
and if after all of that, my Vitamin D would still be less,
then they would think of giving me medicine.
My range was less but he never thought of it. Not once..
He didn't take the name of medicine
...that whether I should be given any supplements.
Look at my MyProtein endorsements. I myself use MyProtein products frequently.
But I have never used their supplements like Magnesium or Vitamin D3 tablets..
Neither I have used nor recommended
because I myself believe that without prescription,
no tablets should be recommended.
And you should never trust any random YouTuber when they tell
you to take medicines or this and that.
You should never do this.
I listened to the doctor and didn't take any Vitamin D supplement.
I am just sticking with my diet.
And I will have another test after 6 months as my range isn't that outside.
It's just insufficient rather than deficient.
Now let's talk about testosterone.
In my age what's the highest it should be?
Like, you know, sometimes the range is not just fine.
So what you see generally like, the good number?
So now let's talk about my testosterone result finally
When I told my friends and family that I am thinking of doing the test..
They immediately reacted, "What happened to you? You are not even married!"
"How can you have sexual problems?"
But that's completely wrong thinking.
Because brother Jeetu said that we should do blood tests.
And in a complete blood test, testosterone comes as well
because this lets you know a lot about your body
like, the same thing brother Jeetu told...
Many of us may be ill. Not me but the studies says it.
Who knows you are feeling fit but you actually aren't
...which you will get to know from your blood test.
Similarly, in testosterone you get SHBG.
Even if your SHBG is more, maybe your liver pump has problem..
If your testosterone is low, you muscle strength may be low.
What if you can't even lift a bottle at some point of time?
What if your muscles are that weak?
Who knows if your beard doesn't grow later on?
So this information is very important to be tracked.
Because I talked to my colleague..
I got to know that
pretty much every American who is educated
gets his blood-work done once every year
to keep everything analysed and keep a record of it.
I see may people has excel sheets made
like.. In 2020 my testosterone was this much and in 2021 it became this much...
Such detailed testosterone and Vitamin D.. such detailed
records they keep, these Americans.
I didn't know about this.. I have just learned.
So here is my testosterone report.
First of all I wasn't taking the test during fasting
because that creates a difference in the numbers.
And the range that they have told me
They have said that the range should be between 264 to 916
which is very very misleading.
I talked to the doctor
"What is the right range for teenager
20s, 30s, what's the range nowadays?"
Because I searched for it online and saw this graph..
It says, if you are below 25, your range should be from 376-1008
So if you take an average, you will think that it has to be 600-700.
But this is very very misleading.
So nowadays, because people in 2021
do not workout a lot..
Average man in the US, average man in the whole world
is working out less and doing more of a sitting job.
So that's why according to recent studies,
I talked to them. They said
an average man, who is healthy...
"Moreover some researchers suggest that healthiest man have
testosterone levels between 400-600.
So that's why you don't have to worry whether your numbers are in that range
because I was very tensed after seeing my number as well.
And my number is.. 624.
I felt shocked! I thought it should be around 1000 to be normal.
But it is not less. He told me that it is right.
So now talking about free testosterone, that is 93, that is also in the range...
So if you follow the smart and fit channel,
that is one of my favourite fitness channel by the way.
Great information given..
Because all the information that I got from doctor
was matching with his channel's information as well.
So he said, according to him,
if you want to be natural, your free testosterone should be between 1-3%
of your testosterone level.
For example, if my free testosterone in 93,
if you convert this in the same measurement,
then this should be within 1-3% of testosterone.
Let's convert it.
The unit of free testosterone is picogram per millilitre.
We will first convert it to nanogram per decilitre
to match with testosterone.
Picogram per millilitre to nanogram per decilitre.
And I am gonna type in my information- 93.
And if you calculate 1% of 624, i.e my testosterone level, that is 6.24
That means 9.3 is definitely in the range of
1-3%
So that's why it can be concluded- I am
most likely natural according to smart and fit analysis.
Since I was tensed, I asked so many questions to the doctor
related to testosterone,
how is it made,
they gave me detailed answer for everything.
We talked for an hour.
And he told me that my testosterone is low.. There are two reasons for it.
Number one, I didn't do the test in the best time.
Ideal scenario should be, when you wake up in the morning,
when you wake up, you usually have a boner, then your testosterone
is in peak.
And when in the afternoon-
I did it at 4 p.m. in the evening.
I took this test during the evening.
I am talking about yesterday's vlog.
So, at that time, my testosterone could be at bottom.
So it can be a difference of upto 30%
So that's why it was 624.
The second thing that the doctor told me is-
when I was 16, I told him.. When you are a teenager
your testosterone is at the peak.
Given two individual,
if a guy of 16-19 years is standing next to me,
or I am 23, okay.
If we both take the same diet and do the same workout,
the 17 or the teenage boy can gain
more muscle as compared to me.
Because when I was in my tenth grade, I worked out for a month
my arm was petite and I got big gains!
Thanks to teenage testosterone boost.
So it has many benefits.
So if you are a teenager-
In India they tell us to stop going to the gym.
This is genetics.. So you can go to the gym in your teenage as well.
And the second thing,
the interesting thing was, if I want to increase testosterone,
... If I want to go to the maximum level,
which is around 800 for my age..
If I have to go to that point, the doctor has given me tips for that...
You can implement these as well. But the doctor gave me non-veg tips..
He said that testosterone is made from cholesterol.
If I take 2 or 3 egg yolks, I can take upto 4.
Because at the end of the day, it is made from cholesterol..
If you work out, the extra calories that you eat will be burned out.
So if you are tracking calories and everything,
extra egg yolk or saturated fat..
in ghee, whole milk can boost your testosterone.
Next, he told me a very good thing.
The leg workout I do - squats, deadlifts,
my overall leg workout has a significant affect to testosterone.
I was really surprised by that.
He showed me an analysis that if a guy does good leg workout,
.. So he gave me an example.. He said he had a patient.
He was not a urologist by the way.
... There was a patient who neither had a boner or
he had some problem in erectile that he was not able to get it up.
He did a leg workout for 7-8 days
and the next day he was able to you know-
fly! You understood the context..
So if you exercise regularly,
-leg workout not necessary- But it has benefits.
If you do overall exercise and have a good diet,
then you may see a significant difference in your testosterone level.
You can live a normal life.
So that'll be my analysis and my conclusion.
..after my discussion with the doctor.
If you think that something is not correct..
I said what the doctor told me, right?
Or if you want to give any suggestions to my vegan subscribers
please comment down in the comment section.
And that will be it for today's vlog.
Thank you so much for watching.
And I'll see you guys in the next one.
Goodbye!