Testosterone: The Hidden Key | Andre Harris | TEDxDayton
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Published 2018-12-05
Dr. Andre Harris tells his personal story about how low testosterone affects your body and your relationships and why this doesn’t need to become your new normal. Dr. Andre T. Harris, Sr, Fellow of The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist (Ob/Gyn) in Dayton and a practice owner at Horizons Women’s Healthcare and Horizons Hormones & Weight Loss. He has a passion for women’s health care and a particular interest in hormone therapy. He has received several awards during training and in private practice. Current chair of the Ob/Gyn department as well as a board member at Miami Valley Hospital, he is a native of South Bend, Indiana (go IRISH!!). He is the father of five grown children and has been married to his soul mate and business partner, Charlotte D, for twenty-five years. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
All Comments (21)
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Takes a lot of courage to come out and talk about personal stuff like that. I have a lot of respect for this guy
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Testosterone is the key because there has been an agenda for lowering it..literally
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Forget low T, how do I get my girl to understand the evils of the Federal Reserve banking system?
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“I just don’t feel right anymore.” Most doctors responses: “Here’s a prescription for Prozac.” They don’t listen or care.
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When I left my wife my testosterone went up
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TEDstosterone
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got my hormones checked the other day AND... it turns out im fine and that im just lazy.
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This man is such a great communicator. U can tell he is very knowledgable, smart and funny with a casual attitude.
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Hannibal buress got built
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Quit drinking alcohol especially beer. Lift weights,eat lean and clean.
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Reasons behind modern day low testosterone: Poor nutrition Poor amount of exercise Poor sleep quality Too much stress Pollutans and hormone-disturbing compounds, like BPA's etc. And finally the controverisal one.. The overall fight against masculinity. Before it was expected to be physically strong as a male and from a young age you'd do physical labour etc. Which would increase T-levels, but not anymore.
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I absolutely loved this TED Talk, it had so many little life lesson wrapped in it. Complacency, Settling, Pointing fingers and reflection. It goes to show no matter who you are or how much understanding you have or think you have, you could always learn more and we all go through it. I also liked how he was teaching you as you listened to his story. “To understand is to forgive all”
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Poor diet lack of exercise. Our food supply is toxic.
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I am a 38 year old male (healthy, ideal weight, non-smoker, non-drinker, resistance training 3-4 times per week, 8 hours of good sleep a day, optimal vitamin D levels, and on a Mediterranean diet plus 14/10 time restricted eating). I tested my total testosterone twice (between 8 am and 9 am as recommended). In both cases I got values around 330. Even though I had low libido and low energy, my physician as well as a urologist (both in Chicago) told me that hormone therapy was not necessary because my values were in the normal range (between 300 and 900). Unfortunately, doctors in general don't understand that normal doesn't mean optimal.
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Husband; "I'm not feeling so great." Wife; "No one cares." Dr; "No one cares." Society; "No one cares." Husband; "Yeah. I guess I feel fine."
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I just love this video... It gave insights into what I am working on in my grad school. It just feels right as to the reason it is an essential hormone. Taking care of oneself is highly important. Thanks for sharing this deep knowledge.
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Reason why men have low testosteron is because women stopped cooking decent food like they used to
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Three things to balance your hormones and improve your life = -NoFap lifestyle (doesn't have to be hardmode all the time) -Regular Exercise -Meditation -Cut any kind of "addictions" Improve your life <3
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My man, besides everything else and even aside from the great testimony you had to replay you did a great job as a teacher with connecting with the audience.💪💯👍
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This is a great informative talk, very well composed and delivered. Well done.
