Fuel Up, Feel Younger

A diet and supps plan to help you unleash your potential at any age.

- Steve Downs

​Whether you’re 31, 41, or 51—like our cover model—there’s a strong likelihood that you’re experiencing the effects of low testosterone and growth hormone levels. This dip in hormone levels can cause weight gain and fatigue, among other unpleasant things. However, you can combat these ailments by changing up your diet. Foods like oysters and fatty fish, such as salmon and tuna, can increase testosterone release, while onions and garlic can trigger the release of luteinizing hormone. Also, the cholesterol in eggs provides the building blocks of testosterone, as veggies rich in indole, like broccoli, flush out excess estrogen. What’s more, lean beef is a great source of the amino acids ornithine, arginine, and glutamine, which are critical to GH production, and lean protein and poultry trigger a GH release. Finally, nuts, seeds, and whole grains contain high levels of GABA, which stimulates GH release from the pituitary gland, and fruits like raspberries and pineapple, rich in melatonin and serotonin, are both GH boosters. 

Another option is to use supplementation. Although GH injections and topical testosterone creams can be obtained with a doctor’s prescription, upping your hormone levels can be as simple as a quick trip to your local Walgreens. 

A few nutritional supplement shave been scientifically proven to have a dramatic effect on both testosterone and GH production, without serious side effects. One of those is TestroVax, which contains clinically researched ingredients that promote testosterone production while reducing catabolic cortisol levels. (In a clinical trial, subjects who supplemented with the functional compound in Testro- Vax experienced a 42.1% increase in serum test levels in only 12 days.)