Testosterone

Testosterone isn’t just for men. Women produce more of it than estrogen by midlife. When it drops in perimenopause, the symptoms are real — and fixable.

🎧 Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Testosterone peaks around age 20, then drops roughly 1-2% per year. By 40 you’ve lost 20-30% of what you had at 20; by 50 it’s worse. A 2022 systematic review in Sports Medicine confirmed that resistance training increases basal testosterone in both men and women over 40, making it the single most effective natural intervention on this list. ...

Cardio vs Weights After 40 — Which Changes Your Hormones You’ve been told to exercise more. Run. Spin. Hit the treadmill. Burn calories. But after 40, the rules change. What you do in the gym doesn’t just affect your weight — it reshapes your hormones. And the wrong kind of exercise can make your hormonal situation worse, not better. ...

Why you can’t think straight after 40 You used to walk into a room and know why you were there. Now you stand in the doorway, staring at the wall, trying to remember if you came for your phone, your keys, or something you can’t name at all. ...