Men are getting tested for testosterone, but are they getting tested for that other hormone?

Men are going to doctors in droves to have their testosterone levels checked. Often, these men receive the answer they expected, that their lack of sexual satisfaction is, in fact due to a low testosterone level.

Testosterone levels normally begin declining after age 40, and in some men, the decline is more rapid and extreme. But what most men don’t know is that another process is going on along with their declining testosterone, a process that may ultimately be responsible for more symptoms and problems than their low testosterone level. That other process is a steady increase in estrogen levels with age, that parallels the decrease in testosterone.

A recent study from one of the most respected medical schools in the United States shows that vitamin E can have dramatic protective effects against prostate cancer, but only if it is the right kind of vitamin E.

Vitamin E comes in several forms, and scientists have known this for decades, but the earliest research selectively focused on just one, called alpha-tocopherol. Consequently, when vitamin E supplements first became available, the alpha form was chosen, to the unfortunate exclusion of the others.