The Overlooked Hormone: Why Testosterone Matters for Women’s Health

Testosterone is often viewed as the “male hormone,” but women produce it via the ovaries and adrenal glands and it plays a key role in energy, mood, muscle, fertility, libido and overall vitality.

Testosterone levels decline naturally as we age, but can also plummet from chronic stress, adrenal pressure and HPA-axis dysregulation. This drop can contribute to a range of symptoms that go beyond just low energy and a nonexistent libido. 

What Testosterone Does in Women

Here are key physiological roles of testosterone in women:

• Muscle mass & strength: It contributes to muscle protein synthesis, preserves lean mass and supports metabolic rate. Hello feeling like you're showing up to the gym every week but aren't improving in strength? Frustrating! 
  

• Libido & sexual function: Testosterone helps regulate sexual desire. 

• Mood, cognition & energy: The hormone influences neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine, and supports brain-fog reduction, motivation and stamina.

Because of these key roles there are a few symptoms to be on the look out for: 

• Reduced libido or sexual interest

• Decreased muscle tone, increased fat deposition (especially stomach area)

• Persistent fatigue, struggling with motivation or endurance

• Mood changes, irritability, brain-fog or difficulty concentrating

• Slower recovery from exercise, reduced physical resilience

• Possible thinning of hair, weaker nails or slower repair
  

Think you have Low Testosterone?

Book an appointment to discuss testing options for you and we can get the ball rolling into hormonal health, assessing testosterone and DHEA-S via bloodwork and then making some life-changing and long-lasting health improvements.