Resveratrol, Sex Drive, and Sex Hormones in Men

The key to understanding the affects of Resveratrol on sex drive lies in the understanding of the sex hormones estrogen and testosterone. While testosterone hormones are associated with men, and estrogen with women, both men and women have levels of testosterone and estrogen in their bodies, albeit in different quantities.

Sex hormones are involved in sexual drive (or libido), and maintenance and repair of reproductive tissues. They are also involved in body growth, body tissue, body mass, and bone mass.

Testosterone in men is highest in their teenage years, and gradually decreases over time. What is not generally understood, is that an increase in estrogen can also occur over a man’s lifetime, which further contributes to a decrease in testosterone. This phase in a man’s life is sometimes referred to as “male menopause.”

Decreased levels of testosterone, and increased levels of estrogen, can lead to numerous problems including reduced muscle mass, decreased strength, increased body fat storage, fatigue, erectile dysfunction and, of course, reduced sex drive. These hormonal changes have also been linked to prostate cancer and heart disease.

Decreasing estrogen levels can lead directly to an increase in testosterone levels. Here’s where Resveratrol enters the picture. Resveratrol has been scientifically shown to act as an anti-estrogen (antagonist) lowering estrogen levels in men, and may even block excess testosterone from turning into estrogen. The result – improved muscle, mass, strength, less body fat, and of course an increase in sex drive.

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