#2 -Why testosterone drives the pursuit for high social status? | Andres Carbonell Podcast
Channel: Andrés Carbonell
Date: 22/05/2022

Why testosterone drives the pursuit for high social status?

The hormone that shapes men and women behaviors and physical development. What are the evolutionary advantages the drive high levels of testosterone in men and why we should measure our own levels to stay healthy and happy. 

As Dr. Carole Hooven´s book: Testosterone is the hormone that dominates and divides us.
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01:00 – What is Testosterone?
03:00 – Testosterone makes effort feel good.
03:40 – Testosterone drives status seeking behaviors
06:00 – Data interpretation
07:30 – Testosterone levels in males are affected by the environment and females
09:30 – Testosterone does not make men more aggressive
10:10 – Females like males with high levels of testosterone
11:45 – Females want males to stay 
14:30 – Competition affects Testosterone levels
20:00 – Males with children have lower testosterone 
22:00 – Testosterone replacement therapy and decreasing levels in society
28:00 – Females detect proxies of testosterone levels in men
33:50 – Signs and causes of low Testosterone
37:00 – How to increase Testosterone naturally?

How to optimize Testosterone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJXKhu5UZwk


Picture: Leopold Ruzicka
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/

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