{"id":9802,"date":"2026-01-07T16:57:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T22:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tcmetabolism.com\/?p=9802"},"modified":"2026-01-16T02:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T08:21:08","slug":"nobodys-in-the-mood-for-low-sex-hormones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/nobodys-in-the-mood-for-low-sex-hormones\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobody\u2019s in the Mood for Low Sex Hormones"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]You\u2019ve got hot flashes, night chills, and you\u2019re never \u201cin the mood.\u201d Sounds a lot like menopause\u2014but wait\u2014you\u2019re only 30! While aging certainly affects our sex hormones, something more serious, and treatable, may be lowering your levels.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Signs Your Sex Hormones Are Low<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>When you\u2019re not busy standing in front of a fan, wrapping yourself in a blanket, or giving intimacy the cold shoulder, you may find yourself experiencing the following symptoms if your sex hormones are low<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Loss of ability to lose weight<\/li>\n<li>Loss of ability to gain muscle mass<\/li>\n<li>Menstrual cycle abnormalities<\/li>\n<li>Decrease in vigor or energy<\/li>\n<li>Loss of sexual function<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, you\u2019re overweight, under stimulated, and completely exhausted. It\u2019s no wonder all you want to do is <em>sleep<\/em> in your bedroom. But what\u2019s causing the decline? It could be any number of the following.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Metabolic Adaptation<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>When sex hormone output is low and you\u2019re under 40, metabolic adaptation is usually in full swing. Just ask our friendly baboons from a few <a href=\"\/is-metabolic-adaptation-holding-you-back\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>blog\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/a>posts back. Researchers found that their hormones, like humans\u2019, are brilliantly adapted to turn off everything that\u2019s not essential to surviving when under stress. If you\u2019re suffering from <strong><a href=\"\/stop-metabolic-damage-before-it-starts\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">metabolic adaptation or damage<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, your adrenal glands get pushed to their limit (known as adrenal gland suppression), creating a stress response that shuts down the production of estrogen and testosterone.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9809\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/nobodys-in-the-mood-for-low-sex-hormones\/synthetic_chemicals\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9809\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9809\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9809\" src=\"https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/synthetic_chemicals-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Fumes rising from the ground on a city street\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/synthetic_chemicals-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/synthetic_chemicals-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/synthetic_chemicals-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/synthetic_chemicals-680x1018.jpg 680w, https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/synthetic_chemicals.jpg 1202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Synthetic chemicals affect hormone production (Photo by Ethan Hoover via Unsplash)<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Synthetic Chemical Exposure<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>As mentioned in our last <a href=\"\/are-you-high-on-hormones\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>blog post<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, plastics, resins, and pesticide interfere with hormonal processes. The intense chemical stress placed on the body causes the adrenals to fail, which trickles down to the sex hormones, often decreasing their production. Add to this any increased inflammation caused by biochemical issues like food allergies and yeast overgrowth, and your adrenals don\u2019t stand a chance.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Missing Precursors<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Just like prerequisites in school, if you\u2019re missing \u201cprecursors,\u201d your hormones aren\u2019t going to function very well. Take DHEA, for instance. Your body uses this precursor hormone to make estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone\u2014so without it, you\u2019re operating at a loss. Other precursors like vitamins, minerals, and nutrients are also needed for the body to make sex hormones. If you have nutritional deficiencies, you simply may not have the raw material needed to make them<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Age-Related Decline<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_9807\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/nobodys-in-the-mood-for-low-sex-hormones\/age_affects_hormones\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9807\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9807\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9807\" src=\"https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/age_affects_hormones-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"Elderly man's arm holding a ball with younger person's arm assisting\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/age_affects_hormones-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/age_affects_hormones-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/age_affects_hormones-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/age_affects_hormones-680x383.jpeg 680w, https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/age_affects_hormones.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hormone levels naturally decline as we age (Photo: Matthias Zomer via Pexels)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We\u2019d all love to find that elusive fountain of youth, but until we do, aging is inevitable. Everyone has a natural slowdown of hormone production as get older\u2014especially women entering menopause. For men, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4190174\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">testosterone<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0peaks at about age 18 and falls from there, until it appears to plateau for good around age 40. So, yes, age does affect hormone levels, but should you put too much stock in that? No. Far too many people abandon their health too soon with the justification that, \u201cI\u2019m getting older\u2026there\u2019s nothing I can do.\u201d But there are plenty of people who are incredibly healthy, vibrant, and amorous well into their 70s.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Getting a Hold on Your Hormones<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Nobody should have to live with the symptoms of hormonal imbalance. High or low, there is hope for your health. Check back next week as we dive deeper into diagnosis, treatment, and maintaining a hormone-balanced life.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve got hot flashes, night chills, and you\u2019re never \u201cin the mood.\u201d Sounds a lot like menopause\u2014but wait\u2014you\u2019re only 30!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hormonebalance","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9802"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11639,"href":"https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9802\/revisions\/11639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serprofas.com\/tcfse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}