Dr.Lazo

Dr.Lazo Chiropractor & Powerlifter | Optimizing men’s health & hormones.

05/08/2026

Your annual physical is not a health checkup. It’s a disease screening. And most men leave thinking they’re fine when they’re actually just not sick yet. There’s a difference — and it could cost you years of your life.
The first thing missing is your free testosterone. Every doctor orders total testosterone. Almost none order free testosterone. Total T tells you how much testosterone is in your blood. Free T tells you how much your body can actually use. You can have a normal total T and functionally low testosterone at the same time. Without free T and SHBG on your panel you are getting an incomplete picture of your hormonal health.
The second thing missing is fasting insulin. Your doctor checks blood sugar. Maybe A1C. But fasting insulin is the earliest warning sign that your metabolism is breaking down — often years before your glucose looks abnormal. By the time blood sugar is elevated, insulin resistance has already been quietly developing. Fasting insulin catches it early. It is almost never ordered at a standard physical.
The third thing missing is your inflammatory markers. Specifically hs-CRP, homocysteine, and ApoB. These are the markers that actually predict cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline, and how fast you are aging at a cellular level. Cholesterol alone is not enough. These three give you the full picture — and most men have never had them run.
Your annual physical tells you if you’re sick today. These labs tell you where you’re heading.
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05/07/2026

The 4 signs your liver is affecting your testosterone.
Most men think of the liver as a detox organ. And it is. But what most men don’t know is that the liver is also one of the most important hormonal organs in the body — and when it’s sluggish, your testosterone pays the price.
Here’s the science. Your liver is responsible for metabolizing and clearing excess estrogen from your body. It does this through a process called conjugation, where estrogen is bound to compounds that allow it to be excreted. When your liver is overburdened — from alcohol, processed food, excess body fat, or environmental toxins — this clearance process slows down. Estrogen accumulates. And elevated estrogen directly suppresses testosterone production through negative feedback on the hypothalamic-pituitary axis.
Sign 1 is high estrogen despite normal testosterone. If your total T looks fine but your estradiol is elevated, your liver’s ability to clear estrogen is likely compromised. This is one of the most overlooked patterns in men’s hormonal health.
Sign 2 is stubborn belly fat. Visceral fat contains an enzyme called aromatase that converts testosterone directly into estrogen. A sluggish liver can’t keep up with the excess estrogen being produced. The fat drives estrogen. The estrogen drives more fat storage. It becomes a self-reinforcing cycle.
Sign 3 is fatigue that sleep doesn’t fix. The liver does most of its detoxification work between 1am and 3am. When it’s under stress, that process is incomplete. You wake up feeling unrefreshed not because you didn’t sleep enough but because your body spent the night trying to catch up on clearance it couldn’t finish.
Sign 4 is low SHBG on your labs. S*x hormone binding globulin is produced by the liver. When liver function is impaired, SHBG production drops. Low SHBG means your hormones are less regulated and more prone to imbalance — including the testosterone to estrogen ratio that controls how you feel and perform.
The liver is the missing piece in most men’s hormonal conversations. Support it and your hormones follow.
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05/07/2026

The 5 foods silently killing your testosterone.
Most men are doing everything right in the gym and still wondering why their body isn’t responding. The problem is often on the plate — specifically these 5 foods that directly interfere with your hormonal production.
Food 1 is processed seed oils. Canola, soybean, sunflower, and corn oil are high in omega-6 fatty acids that drive systemic inflammation. Chronic inflammation suppresses Leydig cell function — the cells in your te**es responsible for producing testosterone. These oils are in almost every packaged and restaurant food you eat.
Food 2 is alcohol. Even moderate consumption raises estrogen, suppresses LH signaling, depletes zinc, and disrupts the deep sleep your body needs to produce testosterone. A few drinks a week is enough to move the needle in the wrong direction over time.
Food 3 is excess soy. Soy contains phytoestrogens — plant compounds that mimic estrogen in the body. Occasional soy is unlikely to cause issues. But daily soy protein, soy milk, and processed foods with soy isolate can accumulate and disrupt your hormonal balance.
Food 4 is sugar and refined carbohydrates. Every time you spike your blood sugar you trigger an insulin response. Chronically elevated insulin suppresses testosterone production and accelerates fat storage — particularly visceral fat, which converts testosterone into estrogen.
Food 5 is processed meat loaded with synthetic additives and preservatives. Many contain compounds that act as endocrine disruptors, interfering with hormone receptor signaling at the cellular level.
You don’t have to eat perfectly. But you do need to know what’s working against you.
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05/07/2026

Low back pain doesn’t have to ruin your day — or your week.
Most men wait it out, pop an Ibuprofen, and hope it goes away. Sometimes it does. But if it keeps coming back, that’s your body telling you something is structurally off — and masking it isn’t the answer.
Here’s what I’d actually do as a chiropractor if I woke up with low back pain tomorrow:
The goal isn’t just pain relief. It’s understanding why it happened so it stops happening.
Your spine is the foundation of everything — how you move, how you train, how you recover. When that foundation is off, everything downstream suffers.
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05/07/2026

Men who sleep less than 6 hours have significantly lower testosterone than those who sleep 8.
This isn’t a theory. This is from a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association that measured testosterone levels in healthy young men after just one week of sleep restriction. One week. The drop was equivalent to aging 10 to 15 years.
Most men are treating their testosterone like a hormone problem when it’s actually a sleep problem. No supplement, no optimization protocol, and no amount of training will compensate for what happens to your endocrine system when you’re chronically under-sleeping.
Testosterone is primarily produced during deep sleep. Specifically during the REM and slow wave stages that only happen consistently when you’re getting 7 to 9 hours. Cut that short and you cut your production short. Every single night.
The irony is that low testosterone then makes it harder to sleep — disrupted sleep architecture, more nighttime awakenings, less time in deep sleep. It becomes a cycle that most men never connect.
If your energy is low, your body composition isn’t responding, and your drive is gone — before you look anywhere else, look at your sleep.
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05/06/2026

Some days the wins aren’t lab values and protocols.
Sometimes it’s just — patients seen, notes done, body moved, sun still up when you walk out.
That’s the version of health nobody talks about enough: a life that actually feels good to live.
Energy. Presence. Margin.
Not just surviving your day — owning it.
That’s what we’re building here. Not just optimized hormones and better bloodwork (though yes, that too) — but a life where the small things feel like wins because your foundation is solid.
When your body is working the way it’s supposed to, the ordinary starts to feel extraordinary.
Comment GUIDE 👇 and I’ll send you the men’s health guide that helps you build that foundation — starting with the hormones, sleep, and energy systems most men never address.

05/06/2026

The 2 hormones destroying your body composition.
Most men jump straight to testosterone when their body stops responding the way it used to. And while testosterone matters, two other hormones are doing the most damage — and they’re being completely ignored.
The first is cortisol. When cortisol is chronically elevated — from poor sleep, chronic stress, overtraining, or skipping meals — your body breaks down muscle for fuel and stores fat preferentially in your midsection. It also directly suppresses testosterone production. You can be training hard and eating clean and still be losing ground if your cortisol is out of control.
The second is insulin. When your cells stop responding to insulin efficiently, your body can’t use carbohydrates for energy properly. Instead it stores them as fat. Insulin resistance also drives inflammation, disrupts hunger hormones, and creates an internal environment where fat loss becomes nearly impossible regardless of calories.
The worst part — cortisol and insulin dysfunction feed each other. Elevated cortisol raises blood sugar. Elevated blood sugar spikes insulin. Over time this cycle quietly dismantles your body composition from the inside out.
This isn’t about eating less and moving more. It’s about understanding what’s happening hormonally and addressing the root cause.
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05/06/2026

The 4 signs your body is stuck in chronic fight or flight.
Your nervous system has two modes. Sympathetic — fight or flight. Parasympathetic — rest and digest. The problem is most men are living almost entirely in sympathetic overdrive and their body is paying the price for it.
Sign 1 is sleep disruption. Cortisol and adrenaline are supposed to be low at night. When your nervous system is stuck in fight or flight, those hormones stay elevated after dark. You can’t fall asleep. You wake up at 2 or 3am with your mind racing. You never hit deep restorative sleep.
Sign 2 is digestive problems. Your gut shuts down in fight or flight mode — digestion is not a priority when your body thinks it’s being chased. Chronic sympathetic activation means bloating, irregular bowel movements, poor nutrient absorption, and gut inflammation that never fully resolves.
Sign 3 is constant physical tension. Jaw clenching. Tight shoulders. A chest that never fully opens. Your body is holding stress physically. Most men have been so tense for so long they don’t even notice it anymore.
Sign 4 is midday energy crashes. When cortisol is dysregulated it spikes at the wrong times and drops when you need it most. The result is a sharp drop in energy and focus in the early afternoon that no amount of caffeine fully fixes.
This isn’t weakness. It’s your biology responding to an environment it wasn’t designed for. The first step is recognizing it.
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05/05/2026

I promise you a day of drinking should not stop you from your goals. Get your works out in then maybe go out lol I know I will !

05/05/2026

Some of the wisest words I’ve ever heard

05/05/2026

Have you heard these words too? 👀👀🙏

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