alright guys so in this video we're gonna be talking about the herb tongkat Ali and how you can
use it today in order to improve hormone function so let's dive right in alright so tongkat Ali is
actually an herb that is also known as Yuriko milanka folia and it's native to Indonesia and
has been used for thousands of years for hormonal health and vitality and just energy in general
so the six health benefits that we're gonna be talking about today are one tongkat Ali zabita
reduce stress the second one we're going to talk about is its ability to improve sexual health the
third one we're going to talk about is its ability to improve and increase fertility the fourth
thing we're going to talk about is its ability to decrease estrogen activity in the body the fifth
thing we're going to talk about is its ability to increase testosterone and then the sixth thing
that we're going to talk about is its ability to increase power output and lean mass so again the
number one health benefit of tongkat Ali is its ability to reduce stress and so this study right
here actually showed tongkat Ali zabid to reduce the effects and symptoms of stress by up to 15%
and specifically it actually showed the ability to reduce the symptoms of stress when it comes
to tension anger and confusion now the researchers of this study used kind of like a self reporting
system in order to measure these reduction in these symptoms so it's not the best study in
the world however there was a specifically marked reduction in cortisol by 16% and so for those of
you that are familiar with cortisol know that it's your primary stress hormone and so when
you're able to reduce levels of cortisol in your body whether that be through supplementation or
other lifestyle factors and lifestyle hacks you can actually reduce the symptoms and the
perception of stress in your life and so again with tongkat Ali being able to reduce the levels
of cortisol in the body by 16% which isn't to be honest a massive percentage however it is
technically relevant and so for those of you that are looking for a way to lower cortisol
tongkat Ali is a great option and I would say one of the best options just behind ashwagandha
and phosphatidyl serine now the second health benefit that is associated with tongkat Ali intake
is improvement in the markers of sexual health now this study right here that was performed
over a timespan of about 12 weeks and was a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study
of over a hundred participants showed a slightly statistically relevant increase in all parameters
of sexual health by 15 percent which again really isn't that remarkable when it comes to a relative
improvement in symptoms however the huge thing to note about this study in particular is that
it was actually performed in healthy participants now the reason this is such a big deal is because
most of the studies that are out there on specific compounds that have been traditionally used for
sexual improvement and hormonal health in general are usually used in infertile subjects and that's
because most of the time these researchers are trying to see if compounds and natural compound
and even pharmaceuticals for that matter have the ability to treat a known condition symptom
or disease but in this study in particular again they used healthy subjects and so when you see
a 15 percent increase in all parameters of sexual health and hormonal health it implies that there's
something special about what this herbal compound is able to do and how it's able to affect the body
now the third health benefit of tongkat Ali is its effects on increasing and improving fertility this
study right here showed a relative improvement in sperm quality by an average of forty five
percent and again the interesting thing here is that this study was also performed in healthy
subjects and so you have some participants that are going through the study that aren't deficient
when it comes to fertility however they went through the study and at the end of the study
had an improvement in sperm quality and motility so the fourth health benefit of tongkat Ali is
a decrease in estrogen activity now we don't have any clinical research at this point on tongkat Ali
Zafar inhumans Ryles however we do have a slew of in vitro studies and rodent models and what
you see in these models is a remarkable ability of tongkat Ali to actually bind to the estrogen
receptor and almost completely prevent the effects of estrogen once estrogen binds to those receptors
and so it essentially is preventing estrogen from carrying out its physiological effects in the body
now in this study right here the researchers actually compared it to tamoxifen which is one
of the kind of gold standard pharmaceuticals when it comes to treating breast cancer and fighting
breast cancer and so tamoxifen is a pharmaceutical grade selective estrogen receptor modulators and
so when the researchers actually compared tongkat Ali to tamoxifen in this study they found that
they were almost exactly comparable in their effects on breast cancer cells and so although
we don't have any clinical research on tongkat Ali Zafar in receptor once it actually gets into the
body so we don't have any in vivo clinical trials because tongkat Ali had such a potent ability to
block the estrogen receptor and rat models and in vitro models it leads me to believe that some of
the effects that we're seeing in these healthy participants when it comes to sexual health
fertility and anti-stress come down to its ability to block the estrogen receptor once it's actually
ingested and the reason I believe this is because when estrogen receptors actually get activated in
the body there's a cascade of events that happen physiologically speaking and some of the things
that are included in that pathway include a suppression infertility a suppression in sexual
desire and even a suppression in testosterone which actually brings me to my next point which
is that fifth health benefit of tongkat Ali is its ability to increase testosterone now
this study right here that was also performed in healthy subjects showed a modest increase
in testosterone by 37 percent now granted these individuals were stressed and so they did actually
report some level of stress before the trial however they were otherwise healthy men and so
the exact mechanism on how tongkat Ali increases testosterone isn't super super clear at this
moment but it does appear that there is a modest increase in testosterone in one individuals that
are under an abnormally large level of stress and then - it does appear that there is an increase
in testosterone because of its ability to block the estrogen receptor and to prevent estrogen
from lowering production of testosterone and now this study right here also showed an increase in
testosterone of 46 percent now these men were hypokinetic meaning that they did not already
previously have optimized testosterone production or testicular function however when you look at
these two research studies and then also kind of bring in some of the level of evidence of tongkat
Ali sibility to block the estrogen receptor it does appear that tongkat Ali might actually have
the ability to decrease estrogen and increase testosterone simultaneously independent of a
previous health state but again this hasn't been tested in clinical trials in healthy individuals
and so these are just kind of my conclusions that I'm drawing from the evidence that we
have available at this moment now the last health benefit that we're going to talk about is tommcatt
Ali's ability to actually increase lean mass and power output now this study right here actually
showed a remarkable ability of tongkat Ali that was given to the participants in the study when
compared to a control group the participants that took the tongkat Ali actually had twice as much
of strength gains and lean mass gains at the end of the study when compared to the control group
now this is a fairly remarkable result and in my opinion probably needs to be replicated in
some further studies however with the preliminary evidence that we have already that tongkat Ali is
able to reduce estrogen increased testosterone and reduce stress it's not out of the question
to assume that it would also aid in lean mass gains and power output now I will say that the
participants that went through this specific study were on a weight training protocol and so you're
not gonna be able to take something like this sit on the couch eat potato chips and gain a bunch of
muscle however tongkat Ali may be a great option for those of you that are out there that are
trying to optimize hormone production while also simultaneously going through a weight training or
any type of training for that matter in order to improve in to some degree quicken your results and
so though we don't have a ton of just phenomenal clinical research right now at this point on the
effects of tongkat Ali in the human body we do have some really promising clinical research and
in vitro studies at this point that lead me to be very optimistic about future studies and so for
those of you that are out there that are trying to optimize your hormones for whatever reason tongkat
Ali is a great option but other than that guys it's all half for you today I hope you enjoyed
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