Testosterone levels in men have always been linked in one way or another to their sexual drive, appetite, or libido.  Men with low libido, or sex drive, often seek help because this is usually considered to be a sign that a man is not producing enough testosterone.  But libido is not the only thing that may be affected negatively by lower than normal testosterone levels, your overall health and especially heart health may be affected if your testosterone levels are low. 

Those men that naturally have higher levels of the male hormone testosterone circulating in their bodies often have a better chance at surviving heart attacks that otherwise may have proven fatal to other men, and also improves their risk factors for strokes, which is something that happens in both men and women when blood flow to the brain is interrupted and brain damage or even death often occurs.

The researchers who had headed up this ten year research on the links between testosterone levels and male health are quick to say that this does not mean men should immediately seek to supplement their diet with testosterone enhancers, which are administered medically, because they do not fully understand the link between higher testosterone levels as it relates to health, and even if it is overall beneficial or if it’s a wash when it comes to risk levels for certain diseases and disorders.

Not only that, but they fear that testosterone therapy may lead to it’s own separate set of problems.  By looking at this sort of research, it seems that the perfect level of testosterone for men may be actually a normal, or middle level, this way they are smack dab in the middle of the risk pool for certain types of diseases and disorders. 

They also do point out that it appears they have made a definite connection between higher levels of testosterone and mortality rates for cancer and strokes improvement in men.  However, higher levels of testosterone have also been blamed for fueling the growth of cancer cells in men with prostate and other types of hormonally related cancers, so this is kind of a catch 22 type of situation.