Boost Libido and Protect Your Heart.
Wendy (name has been changed) and her husband used to make love at least three times a week. But for the past six years, she’s lost interest. “All of a sudden I didn’t have any desire,” she says.
She’s not depressed and she loves her husband. “But after our second child was born, I just lost interest in sex,” Wendy says.
Ever since Viagra and pills for male sexual dysfunction hit the market, drug companies have been searching for a female version. However,
sexuality is very different for women.
“Attempting to treat low libido with a pill ignores the fact that many women’s level of desire is deeply affected by everyday life stresses and interpersonal relationships,” says Judy Norsigian, executive director of the women’s health advocacy organization, Our Bodies Ourselves.
That’s not to deny a biological basis for low libido in women, says Debby Herbenick, PhD, MPH, at Indiana University’s Kinsey Institute. Clearly, hormones play an important, if not complex role in sexual desire.
That explains why more women experience loss of libido during perimenopause and menopause, as their hormone levels decline. As if hot flashes, night sweats, and vaginal dryness weren’t enough to spoil their pleasure.
While levels of the female hormones decline dramatically with the change, estrogen is not the only hormone at play here. New research points out powerful benefits of the male hormone testosterone on libido—even for women.
Unlike female hormone replacement therapy that’s been linked to cancer and cardiovascular disease in women, a little testosterone also seems to support women’s health overall. The Multiethnic Cohort Study, which followed diverse populations of women, shows that testosterone—as opposed to female hormones—was inversely linked to breast cancer.
And a recent Swedish double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial shows that adding testosterone to the female hormone estradiol lowers an inflammatory marker for cardiovascular disease, C-reactive protein, helping to protect a woman’s heart.
Dr. Ann Louise’s Take:
I’m glad the research is finally reporting what I’ve recognized for years—women need testosterone too!
After menopause, women’s testosterone levels are about half what they were before the change. Low levels of testosterone are also found in women with high levels of cortisol, a stress hormone.
Sure, it’s important for vaginal health to counteract the effects of low estrogen levels. But it’s equally important to boost your testosterone levels if you want to keep the fires of sexual desire burning into menopause and beyond.
A little testosterone not only supports a woman’s libido but also relieves fatigue, irritability, depression, joint pain, and dry, thinning skin. This male hormone has even been found to strengthen women’s bones, preventing osteoporosis that’s so common with menopause.
Trouble is, oral testosterone dosage is tricky in women, and the testosterone patch produces adverse side effects like acne, irritated skin, and weight gain in 75 to 80 percent of females who use it. Even too much testosterone cream can cause unwanted facial hair, belly fat (linked to heart disease), agitation, and other unwanted symptoms.
Instead, I recommend Hot Times Testosterone Creme for Women, a unique blend of 11 homeopathic ingredients that have been safely used for more than 150 years. These ingredients stimulate testosterone in the body—increasing sex drive and energy levels, enhancing mood, and helping maintain muscle tone—without the negative effects of this hormone in women.
Sources:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19906002
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19903744
www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1939884,00.html?artId=1939884?contType=article?chn=sciHealth
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Ann Louise,
I love your hot times testosterone cream, but I have a question. Is it okay for me to use it if I have PCOS and hirsutism because of it? It won’t stimulate more body hair growth will it?
Suddenly my hair is falling out (well it has always fallen out a lot, I am huge shedder ever since my 20′s) but I always had tons of hair. Now suddenly the re-growth is not keeping up with the loss. I just did your TMA test, and the iodine loading test (results pending) and I use your Progestakey. Using the hot times testosterone won’t cause male pattern baldness either will it (a PCOS symptom in some people, though I have never had a problem with it in the past). I still don’t have bald patches on top, just thinning hair all over.
I still have regular periods and just turned 50.
Thanks,
Laurie
You will need to be careful, Laurie. If you choose this homeopathic variety, use it at 1/2 the dose every other day in light of your PCOS and hirsuitism. ‘Kay?
I would also recommend the Biotin 5 mg that UNI KEY sells – I have been using it for years on my clients with falling or thinning hair. Works like a charm.
Last but not least, I would definitely get a TMA done to see how your glands are doing…. Just a thought
What is a TMA and where do u have it done?
I have heard that women can get testosterone in her system by simply kissing a man. Some of his hormones enters her through his saliva. Any truth to this?
Hi Ann Louise,
Thanks for the info on the hot times cream in light of my issues.
I have been taking biotin 5 mg for years (ever since I did your Fat Flush Plan for a year)…it hasn’t seemed to help at all. Is the Unikey biotin different in some way?
I did just do your TMA test through Unikey last week, but due to the holiday, I have not received results yet.
Thanks!
Laurie
Ann Louise,
WOW! I just looked at my biotin bottle and realized I have been taking 600 MCG not mg, all these years. No wonder it hasn’t helped, huh? I am going out to buy more and start taking the proper dose immediately. thank you so much for bringing it up, which made me double check my dosage!
Laurie
Laurie,
I just double-checked this with my pharmacist husband. You need 5 mg/day which is 500 micrograms (MCG). You have been taking 6 mg/day, which should be okay. It’s just 1 mg more than the 5 mg recommended by ALG.
Cathy
Cathy,
Thanks for your help but my understanding is that 1 mg (or milligram) is equal to 1000 mcg (or micrograms). So, for example, 5 mg = 5000 mcg, rather trhan 500 mcg. I don’t think that biotin is sold this high, so the best bet is still the UNI KEY 5 mg(5,000 mcgs) at one dose, I would think:) Anyways, it really works for hair.
It seemed that my once-healthy libido sank like a stone in water last spring. An alternative doctor took thorough hormone levels–and I didn’t have much of anything left! (I’m 54.) I’m using bioidenticals now (an estrogen cream, testosterone cream, and oral progesterone — among other things) and feeling much better. More energetic, with no vaginal dryness and a restored libido. The only “negative” is I will have my period as long as I’m using the estrogen. (And I trust what I’m reading about bioidentical estrogen not increasing my cancer risk.)
Love the idea of kissing to boost testosterone, but somehow that was never quite enough, once I hit my 50s!
When I commuted from Maine to Boston, I’d drive in at least once a week to boost my testosterone. That did wonders for my sex life (at least on the weekends when I had time to think about something other than work)!
I’ve read, though, that high achieving women expend more testosterone. But somehow I still believe that having a job you love and that fulfills you is useful as taking synthetic hormones or (god forbid) Viagra (didn’t Kissinger say something along those lines? That dirty old man!)
I have hair loss and have been taking the Unikey biotin for several years and still find that the growth is not keeping up with the loss. Any recommendations?
The hot times testerone cream if I take will it cause more facial hair to appear or more head hair loss?
Maria,
You may want to check out how your thyroid is performing. Low thyroid function has hair loss as a symptom.
How do you feel about bio-identical hormone treatment through your doctor? Recently found a D.O. who has been on this for about 18 years. Any thoughts? By the way, love your articles. They are quite enlightening! Thank you for taking the time to do that!
Thanks, everyone. Bio-identical hormone treatment can be great for many women; others, not so. This testosterone creme is very effective – sometimes less is more, however…… I wish one treatment worked for all. Sometimes it is trial and error but luckily I have a base of thousands of women and have some idea of what works for most
Thanks for all of your support.
I am the poster child for everything that can go wrong. I have hair loss, low libido,hyptetention and to top matters all off i found out a year ago I am type 2 diebetic. I exersise 1 hour a day. I am 50 years old and stressed awhole bunch I am 70lbs over weight and have trouble loosing weight I eat about 700 cals. a day. I tryed the fat flush diet last year and had very little success. I’m at a loss as what to do. My doctor says to eat less and Exersise, exersis, exercise. It would be a great thing if I had the time but I have a husband, an 8 year old son, and just got coustody of my 2 year old granddaughter. My Dr. says part of my problem is that I had my son an 41 years old and that slowed my motabolisim way down. I thought you might have some advice for me. Thank you for your time.
Hi Linda,
A TMA is a Tissue Mineral Analyses done with hair. The report is a real eye opener and great for reference material too. You can order the kit thru Uni Key Health.
Anyone have any adverse effects from this??
On Average how long do you apply Hot Times for women before you feel the effects?
I am very curious why any one would take any bio-identical without blood levels prior to doing so. There is a ratio, a balance of hormones for both male and female. The endrocrine system is a symphony that rhymically must minic the natural rythms of our bodies/ There is only one researcher that has successfully measured these levels and duplicates natural hormones as closely as possible).
Be warey Not all practioners know something about the endrocrine system, even endocronologists
well maybe can work, but the hormonal disorder caused by this treatment can lead women into a real mustache nightmare.
I cannot find how to order the Testosterone cream on your website – when i click on the link I am taken somewhere else – ??
Is it safe for me if I had breast cancer 4.5 years ago?
Thanks.
The Testosterone Creme will be back in stock in about 2 weeks. It has been back ordered, so that is why you haven’t been able to find it. Since it stimulates the production of your own testosterone and does not actually contain testosterone, you should be fine.