Test Before You Prescribe: A Low Testosterone Case Study Review

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Dr. Jaclyn Smeaton and Mark Newman discuss a case study on the effects of HCG on testosterone levels.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dr. Jaclyn Smeaton and DUTCH Founder Mark Newman discuss a case study published in Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal in which Mark himself was the patient. The case covers the step-by-step hormonal and metabolic effects of using HCG to boost endogenous testosterone, revealing how increasing testosterone can cascade into elevated estrogen, impaired estrogen clearance, and strained methylation capacity. Their conversation also highlights: ...

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Host: Dr. Jaclyn Smeaton

Guest: Mark Newman

Topics covered

• low testosterone
• HCG
• hormonal effects
• metabolic effects
• estrogen
• methylation

Keywords

• testosterone
• HCG
• estrogen
• metabolism
• hormones
• case study

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Books & works: Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal

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