re: At what age would you advocate taking TRT even if it's not necessarily needed? (Longevity)

ron is correct...trt should be brought into the mix when you are symptomatic and have tried lifestyle interventions

1) start lifting heavy arse iron
2) clean up the diet focusing on protein and meats(even fattier cuts) as the basis of the diet. Anabolic diet is very good at laying out a frame work to stay within

3) you can start looking at things like boron and dhea(i suggest something like sustain alpha first) and look to bring up the free test number. the total number doesnt matter as much as free test

4) get igf levels tested

5) for longevity it is important to maintain a very healthy blood sugar levels. stay away from processed carbs and try to limit them to

1- fruit
2- veggies
3- potatoes
4- rice

if you are looking to limit the blood sugar response you can eat the carbs with a fattier cut of meat or mix with some fat and eat not with protein except post workout


i am assuming you are already at a healthy weight and understand how to count macros etc


overlal to answer your question, depends on when the levels drop dramatically and your are seeing muscle loss and strength loss

for those in the fitness lifestyle, i would say somewhere in that 55-65 year old range is prolly going to be when most should look at it. that if you are non symptomatic and you are lifting heavy weights, feel good, look good and can still play good.

but the other component to that for skin longevity is peptides. i posted dr seeds book in the peptide thread. download it and read it and keep as a resource. listen to podcast and research the ones you are interested in, mainly ghrhs, ghrps, bpc etc