What Men Aren’t Being Told About Testosterone | Dr. Mike Israetel

What I will say is here Sierra as I'm on my here Dave I'm giving you good viral clips it'll go completely insane cuz I'm saying insane I think in the modern world, folks, women of pmenopausal age and post-menopausal age and men generally of any age, but especially over 35 and over 40 should be pretty interested in hormonal replacements there. [music] >> Talk to me about uh supplements and things like that. Everybody's on a gajillion supplements. I'm not on that much. I was on a little bit more. I've cut almost everything at this point. Just for the new year, I was like, let me just take a break on things. What's your general take on supplements? And again, not for someone that's trying to be as jacked as you, but just kind of like average average person trying to maintain. >> Yeah. Yeah. I would say like most supplements either don't do anything or you just don't need them. Multivitamin, multi-mineral, nice. It's like a little insurance policy. You take like one every morning. Creatine is pretty good. More and more health benefits all the time of creatine as well. >> The 10 milligrams on that >> uh grams. >> 10. Oh, 10 grams. Yeah. Not milligrams. >> 10 milligrams. >> Yeah. No, no, no. 10 grams on that, which I just I just upped the five on that because there's supposedly a lot of cognitive benefits. >> Yeah. So, most of that research is in people who are intentionally like um underslepted or something like that. We don't have a good body of data to say that there are like real big cognitive benefits for people that aren't very fatigued, but uh wouldn't rule that out. And creatine is like the opposite of poisonous. So like having 15 g, oh my god, absolutely not. Back in the '9s, like the school nurse would be like, "You're not on creatine, are you? It's going to kill your kidneys somehow by no mechanism known to man." So creatine is really dope. >> But if you want to take protein powders and stuff, that's cool. You can just eat all that protein anyway. People in northern climates who don't get a lot of sun, like everyone in Michigan where I'm from, uh, may benefit from vitamin D supplementation. And there are a couple odds and ends there that are very situational. But honestly, if you eat a mostly healthy diet and a multivitamin, multi-mineral, supplements become this thing that's like, man, like in some contexts it works, but it's not like a universal world. Like everyone has to be an expert. Like fish oil is really nice. Um, but its effects are like super small in the grand scheme. What I will say is here s here as I'm on my here Dave I'm giving you good viral clips it'll go completely insane because I'm saying insane >> I think in the modern world folks women of pmenopausal age and post-menopausal age and men generally of any age but especially over 35 and over 40 should be pretty interested in hormonal replacements there. >> So that's where I wanted to go next. So let's let's do it. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> So for females, a combination therapy of testosterone, estrogen, and progesterone is going to have usually phenomenal outcomes on everything. There again, the naturalistic fallacy comes in. And as a woman, let's say you're postmenopausal and someone's like, "Oh, have you tied, you know, talked about hormone replacement therapy?" Like, "No, like the changes going on in my body are natural and I'm just going to let nature take its course, right? Sweet. Go visit an old people's home. That's what nature looks like. It's brutal. There's no justice to it at all. Your genes care about their own replication into the into the generations. You are but a vessel for your genes. That's how your genes see you. And as soon as you've had some kids or as far as your genes are concerned exited the reproductive age, they're like, "Sweet, that coil we're throwing off. You are the mortal coil. They are the immortal coils." And then your body just starts to degrade in from mostly like planned obsolescence from the genetic perspective. And also just like uh there's no evolutionary pressure for the genes to keep you upright. And so if you want to feel amazing like you ever like if you're like if you're an older woman listening to this, you ever watch like like a 22 23 year old woman just vibe? She's just around just energy all that and you're like ah that that youth Well, that's nothing more than like physiology. And a lot of that is like that girl has progesterone, estrogen, testosterone in the right concentrations. Your uterus has stopped functioning. It no longer makes any of those hormones to nearly the extent that it should replacing will make you feel unbelievable. And for men, at least replacing testosterone to get it to a level where your blood work, your physique, your performance, your psychology all align for their best is like a really big deal. I had a friend who same friend is from the other story with the uncle actually. He um went to his doctor and he was like, you know, I've got injuries and all this stuff. I lift. And his doctor is like old school. He's like, well, that's just called getting over 40. And my friend's like, "And second opinion." And the other person was like, "Yeah, a lot of stuff we can do." He got on testosterone replacement therapy and like his numbers were not hypogonatal. They were just at the low end of the range. Low moderate. He got to high moderate. It revolutionized. I've had like five friends who have gotten on TRT. I've only like only one of these people was one I was like, "Hey, you should really consider it." Mostly they just went about it themselves. Every single friend was like, "This is a revolution." And they're like, "I feel like I'm 25." And Dave, that's not an accident. Like, why do you think 25-year-olds feel like they're 25? It's enough testosterone. And if your falls over time, you can raise it and just do better. >> So, you see no issue. I mean, everyone talks about all the side effects and your balls are going to disappear. For you're like, "Oh, I loved having huge balls." No more. >> People like having balls. I mean, pretty standard stuff. So, you concede the balls basically. >> Yeah. >> You'd concede the balls for the feeling good and looking good. able fraction of people have no meaningful testicular atrophy. Um I sit here before you with fulls size balls sir. >> Um they're giggling. The crew show where I guess >> they have seen my balls before. But when I walked in you weren't very I was like I just want to show you guys my balls. They were like well those are >> put them on the table. >> They're totally fine. >> They didn't say they were great. >> So you're not on >> Oh, I'm on more than TRT. >> No. No. So I want to get to I want to get to what you're on and I want to get to the steroid part of this. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But so you are on TRT. >> Oh yeah. >> And so and Okay. And do you see any downside to TRT? Isn't there a bunch of stuff related to >> numerous downsides to TRT and that you have to basically be on it forever? Although now that sounds like maybe that's not exactly >> No, you can take some drugs that keep your balls going and then when you come off of TRT your balls are like totally fine. Um if you insist on having balls, then you can never lose your balls uh with TRT. For sure. That's a solved problem. Um TRT is here's here's how I would look at TRT. It introduces a certain level of testosterone into your body. If your testosterone is too low, you'll have problems. If you have certain kinds of genetics and your testosterone is on a is an average range, then that's too high or too low for your genetics and you're going to have problems. If you're at the very top end, way above the normal range, you're probably going to have problems. But for pretty much every single human male on Earth, there is a level of testosterone that will optimize your health as far as testosterone can. Whether that comes from your balls or that comes from the needle is almost completely irrelevant on the effects for your body. Proper TRT isn't just being like, "Oh, the doctor gave me TRT and it drove me nuts or it caused XYZ." It is titrating the dose, communicating to your doctor over time to get to the level where your blood work is the best it's been. you feel the best and you're dealing with all the ancillary effects because like testosterone by itself for some males will cause bald neck, right? I wouldn't know anything about this. I have a full head of hair. But [laughter] I mean, speaking of which, god damn they've got >> working hard over here. I take Neutrifall. That is one of the supplements that I still take. >> So, and I do PRP for my hair. >> My man. So, there's like if you really want a full head of hair and you're prone to baldness, >> that even the small amount of testosterone you have naturally will continue that process. If you raise your testosterone to where everything else in your life is amazing, but you're losing your head of hair, there's stuff to do about that. Or just say yolo and look like Jeff Bezos. No big deal. So testosterone supplementation is no different than naturally produced testosterone. It's just finding the right level for you that's a big deal. For more insightful conversations on how to live the good life, go check out our lifestyle playlist. And if you want [music] to watch full interviews on a wide variety of topics, watch our full episode playlist all right over here. [music] And to get notified of all future videos, be sure to subscribe and click the notification bell.

Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to Dr. Mike Israetel of Renaissance Periodization about hormone replacement therapy for women and men; testosterone replacement therapy (TRT); supplements, creatine, protein powder, vitamin D, and fish oil; why most supplements are unnecessary beyond a multivitamin; creatine’s safety and limited cognitive data; optimizing levels of testosterone vs “natural” decline; risks, dosing, blood work, and side effects; aging, performance, and feeling younger through evidence-based health strategies, and much more. Watch Dave Rubin's FULL interview with Dr. Mike Israetel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJdX8u9kZS8&list=PLEbhOtC9klbC2YRtDs9vM2Vjx7f_G2eOh&index=1&t=114s&pp=iAQBsAgC Check out the NEW RUBIN REPORT MERCH here: https://daverubin.store/ ---------- #RubinReport #drmike #drmikeisraetel #TRT #testosterone #testosteronereplacement #testosteronereplacementtherapy #hormonereplacementtherapy #daverubin Looking for inspiring individuals to give you helpful life strategies? Curious about increasing your self-awareness to change to a more intentional living approach? Do you want to learn how the power of habit and a personal development plan can lead to dramatic self improvement? These speakers help put their audiences on a path to lifelong learning to improve both body and mind. To start learning check out this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbhOtC9klbC2YRtDs9vM2Vjx7f_G2eOh To make sure you never miss a single Rubin Report video, click here to subscribe: https://shorturl.at/Z6B5u Looking for honest conversations about current events, political news and the culture war? If so, then you’re in the right place because on “The Rubin Report,” Dave Rubin engages the ideas of society's most interesting thought leaders, authors, entertainers, and politicians. Dave lets his guests speak their minds and his audience to think for themselves. The Rubin Report is fan-funded through monthly and one-time donations: https://rubinreport.com/support ****** Buy Copal tequila here: https://drinkcopal.com/ Stay up to date on our Instagram: @drinkcopal Check out Dave's new "Actual Friends" Podcast with Russell Brand, Jillian Michaels, and Sage Steele here: https://www.youtube.com/@actualfriends Join Dave's Locals community: https://rubinreport.locals.com/ Order “Don't Burn This Country” the follow-up to Dave Rubin’s NY Times bestselling “Don’t Burn This Book” here: https://daverubin.com/book/ Dave Rubin's book, "Don't Burn This Book" is available at: www.dontburnthisbook.com LISTEN to The Rubin Report podcast: www.rubinreport.com/podcast Subscribe to Dave’s Newsletter The Rubin Recap: https://rubinrecap.beehiiv.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rubinreport Buy tickets to see Dave Rubin Live here: https://daverubin.com/events/ Rubin Report Merchandise: https://shorturl.at/1GQE5 All art on the set are original works by Caylin Rose Janet. Get a print here: https://www.caylinrosejanet.com/rubinreportart.html For advertising inquiries please email: sponsorships@rumble.com ****** Dr. Mike Israetel Co-Founder of Renaissance Periodization Dr. Mike on X: https://x.com/misraetel ****** Follow Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RubinReport Follow The Rubin Report on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rubinreport Follow Dave on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daverubin Follow Dave on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rubinreport/?hl=en About Dave Rubin: http://daverubin.com/