Actress Son Tae-young suspected that her husband, actor Kwon Sang-woo, was going through menopause.
Recently, a video titled ‘A date on the water in crisis. Son Tae-young and Kwon Sang-woo’s excitement and sweat(?) filled midsummer in Central Park’ was posted on Son Tae-young’s YouTube channel ‘Mrs. New Jersey Son Tae-young’.
In the video, the couple Kwon Sang-woo and Son Tae-young went boating in Central Park with an acquaintance. Kwon Sang-woo kept wiping away the sweat that was flowing down from rowing in the hot weather.
Then, Kwon Sang-woo explained his body condition, which has changed from before, saying, “Why do I sweat so much? I didn’t sweat in the past. The advantage is that I didn’t sweat even when I was filming in the summer with makeup on.”
Son Tae-young said, “That’s why you sweat a lot. It’s because you’re going through menopause.” She added, “Menopause starts in your late 40s.” Kwon Sang-woo was born in 1976 and is 48 years old.
The couple then shared their concerns, saying things like, “They say you gain 5 kg when you go through menopause. That’s why you need to lose weight in advance,” “I gained 8 kg since I was a bachelor. I gained 8 kg more than before I got married,” and “I gained weight too. Everyone gains weight.”
Male hormones decrease by an average of 1% per year after age 40
As Son Tae-young said, men can also experience menopause. The male hormone testosterone decreases by an average of 1% per year after the age of 40. If the testosterone level is less than 3.5 ng/mL, it is diagnosed as male menopause, and if it is less than 3.0 ng/mL, treatment is required.
Testosterone levels can be determined through a blood test. When testosterone levels decrease, symptoms such as decreased libido, erectile dysfunction, breast discomfort or swelling, fractures, facial flushing, and sweating may occur. In addition, symptoms such as decreased self-confidence, depression, decreased concentration, increased fatigue, anemia, and increased body fat may also occur.
Experts recommend that you get your testosterone levels tested if you experience any of the above symptoms. If your testosterone levels are low enough to require treatment or if you are experiencing significant discomfort due to low testosterone, you may want to consider testosterone therapy.
Testosterone therapy is effective in alleviating various symptoms caused by testosterone deficiency. However, some studies have shown that testosterone therapy can stimulate the growth of metastatic prostate cancer and breast cancer and increase the risk of venous thrombosis. Therefore, testosterone therapy is not recommended for men who need to preserve fertility or who have breast cancer, prostate cancer, severe obstructive sleep apnea, heart failure, or thrombosis.
Muscles should be maintained through strength training and protein supplementation.
In addition to testosterone therapy, regular exercise is important to manage male menopause. In particular, weight training is very effective in increasing testosterone levels. In addition, maintaining a low-fat, high-protein diet helps reduce body fat and increase muscle strength. Add a protein menu of about a palmful to each meal.
The reason why fat is easily gained and not easily lost even when the amount of food consumed does not change as you age is also related to muscle loss. Muscles play a role in increasing the basal metabolic rate, and as muscle mass decreases, calorie consumption also decreases, making you prone to gaining weight. Therefore, in order to prepare for age-related fat, which is a concern around menopause, you should pay attention to muscle strength training and protein supplementation.
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