Testosterone and Masturbation

[ninja]

Would frequent masturbation increase the amount of testosterone in your body or decrease it or neither?

[dancingdoc2]

To the best of my knowledge--neither.

[Brandye]

Spot on. The production of testosterone is controlled by other parts of the endocrine system and ejaculation has no affect on it. The blood level of testosterone may affect how often you desire to masturbate. In most young men this is not an issue.

[ninja]

but if you take certain steroids you are putting a lot more testosterone in your body. Thus your testes stop producing your own testosterone which leads to a lower sperm count. So my thinking is that this process can go backwards, where if I lower my sperm count with frequent masturbation my testes will begin producing more testosterone and sperm.

Is this possible?

[dancingdoc2]

What and why the steroids? Or, is this a hypothetical discussion?

Originally Posted by ninja

if I lower my sperm count with frequent masturbation my testes will begin producing more testosterone and sperm.

As Brandye stated, above: The production of testosterone is controlled by other parts of the endocrine system and ejaculation has no affect on it.

If this was me, I'd be wondering if all this would shrivel testicles to the size of grapes!--and then what.)

Frequent masturbation does lower the sperm count; however, this is transitory and very temporary. Abstaining for 72 hours or so will replenish the semen and sperm.

[Brandye]

No and yes, ninja. Getting the sperm out of the system allows more to be made, stored and, later, distributed. This has no effect on testosterone production because it is the level of testosterone in the bloodstream that is measured and controlled by the body. Your father's testosterone level is the most predictive of what you will have.

You can posit whatever you wish and seek the answer you want, but you will find no way to increase your production of testosterone.

Testosterone and sperm are manufactured in the testes; semen in the vas deferens and prostate. Ejaculation, or abstention, does not affect the size of the testes.

[DerickD]

Doesn't working out increase testosterone (intensity instead of cardio)?
As well as possibly eating healthy?

Thank you

[dancingdoc2]

This is a complex question, Derick. I recommend that you pose the question to Google, Ask, or one of the other search engines and read information that is presented.

Some types of exercise will temporarily increase a person's level; however, it will decline afterward. Getting rid of belly fat is an important way to get testosterone working again as it should.