Dietary Zinc Deficiency Testosterone

One of our posters on the peak testosterone forum listed a thread from a bodybuilding forum where a man took 25 mg of zinc for a couple of months and almost quadrupled his testosterone from 170 to 635 ng dl.

Dietary zinc deficiency testosterone. Dietary zinc deficiency alters 5α reduction and aromatization of testosterone and androgen and estrogen receptors in rat liver ae son om. Zinc zn is a metal and is called an essential trace element because zinc is necessary for human health in very small amounts over 300 enzymes require zinc for their activation and nearly 2000 transcription factors require zinc for gene expression 15. No difference in the concentration of serum follicle. A zinc deficiency and low testosterone.

Dietary zinc deficiency alters 5 alpha reduction and aromatization of testosterone and androgen and estrogen receptors in rat liver j nutr. Having a zinc deficiency can lead to low testosterone. The mineral may affect the cells in the testes that produce. 5 j nutr 1996 apr 126 4 842 8 dietary zinc deficiency alters 5 alpha reduction and aromatization of testosterone and androgen and estrogen receptors in rat liver 6 neuropharmacology 2009 56 531 540 zinc regulates the dopamine transporter in a membrane potential and chloride dependent manner.

Exactly why a lack of zinc impacts testosterone levels isn t fully understood.