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How to boost testosterone naturally?

hey im a 14 year old male and i have gynecomastia (lumps under nipples). they stick out quiet a bit. i have been to a surgeon and he doesn't really want to do the operation unless i really want 2. i have heard ways to get rid of it is to boost ur testosterone and lower estrogeon. does any1 have any tips or help. thanks.
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Basically you can't. Most pubertal gynaecomastia settles on it's own anyway.

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  • Alchemy by Alchemy
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    Don't drink or eat soy anything ( soy milk, tofu, soy protein, ect ). Soy has lots of estrogen it, take whey protein instead.
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    masturbating will help.. ;)
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    eat lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of carrots.
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    Man up!
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    Get Rid of the Flopping Belly
    Or you\'ll grow a pair of fetching breasts to complement it. Carrying excess body fat elevates your estrogen levels, and that may cause your testosterone levels to sink, says Joseph Zmuda, an epidemiologist at the University of Pittsburgh. Louie Anderson is proof enough of this. Two or three extra pounds won\'t cause this hormonal shift; it really occurs once you\'re 30 percent over your ideal body weight. \"Unfortunately, that\'s pretty common now,\" says Dr. Dobs.

    But Lose Only One Pound a Week
    When you want to trim down quickly, you probably starve yourself while exercising like a madman. One of the many reasons this stops working in your 30s, when your natural testosterone levels start dropping, is pretty simple: Cutting your calorie intake by more than 15 percent makes your brain think you\'re starving, so it shuts down testosterone production to wait out the famine. \"There\'s no need to reproduce if you\'re starving,\" explains Thomas Incledon of Human Performance Specialists in Plantation, Fla. Ironically, this dive in circulating testosterone stops you from burning body fat efficiently, so you\'re actually thwarting your hard efforts to melt that tire off your gut.

    Skip the Atkins Fad
    Research suggests that eating a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet can cramp your testosterone levels. High amounts of dietary protein in your blood can eventually lower the amount of testosterone produced in your testes, says Incledon, who observed this relationship in a Penn State study of 12 healthy, athletic men.

    Your protein intake should be about 16 percent of your daily calories, Incledon says. So, if you\'re the average 170-pound man who eats 2,900 calories a day, you should eat about 140 grams of protein daily, which is about the amount in two chicken breasts and a 6-ounce can of tuna.

    Have Morning Sex
    German scientists found that simply having an erection causes your circulating testosterone to rise significantly -- and having one in the morning can goose your natural post-dawn testosterone surge. It\'s a sure bet you\'ll burn a little fat, too.

    Stick With Tough Exercises
    To beef up your testosterone levels, the bulk of your workout should involve \"compound\" weight-lifting exercises that train several large muscle groups, and not just one or two smaller muscles. For example, studies have shown that doing squats, bench presses or back rows increases testosterone more than doing biceps curls or triceps pushdowns, even though the effort may seem the same. This is why doing squats could help you build bigger biceps.

    Make Nuts Your Midnight Snack
    Nuts are good for your nuts. Research has found that men who ate diets rich in monounsaturated fat -- the kind found in peanuts -- had the highest testosterone levels. \"It\'s not known why this occurs, but some scientists believe that monounsaturated fats have a direct effect on the testes,\" says Incledon. Nuts, olive oil, canola oil and peanut butter are good sources of monounsaturated fat.

    Squeeze Out Five Repetitions per Set
    Throwing around 5-pound dumbbells won\'t help you effect a rise in testosterone. Start off by using a heavy weight that you can lift only five times. That weight is about 85 percent of your one-repetition maximum. A Finnish study found that this workload produced the greatest boosts in testosterone.

    Do Three Sets of Each Weight-Lifting Movement
    Researchers at Penn State determined that this fosters greater increases in testosterone than just one or two sets. Rest a full minute between sets, so you can regain enough strength to continue lifting at least 70 percent of your one-rep maximum during the second and third sets.

    Rest Harder Than You Work Out
    If you overtrain -- meaning you don\'t allow your body to recuperate adequately between training sessions -- your circulating testosterone levels can plunge by as much as 40 percent, according to a study at the University of North Carolina. The symptoms of overtraining are hard to miss: irritability, insomnia, muscle shrinkage, joining the Reform Party. To avoid overtraining, make sure you sleep a full eight hours at night, and never stress the same muscles with weight-lifting movements two days in a row.
    Drive Home Sober
    To maintain a healthy testosterone count -- and titanium erections -- cut yourself off after three drinks. \"Binge drinking will kill your testosterone levels,\" warns Incledon. Alcohol affects the endocrine system, causing your testes to stop producing the male hormone. That\'s one reason drinking often causes you to go limp at the moment of truth.
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