The Male’s Reproductive Cycles

 

The Male’s Reproductive Cycles

The male has been kept ignorant of his true self due to his not being able to have awareness of his close cyclical relationship with nature and the cosmos. It has occurred to me that the male indifference to his health may be due to the lack of a cyclical relationship with nature, such as the lunar menstrual cycle of women. The menstrual cycle allows women to have a closer relationship with their bodies and the ability to monitor for changes and know when imbalance is occurring. However, for men no such cycle has ever been taught, so how can we judge when our systems or bodies are out of balance?...We don’t know.

The male cycles include sperm life cycles and hormonal cycles of testosterone, estrogen, and progesterone. Sperm takes between 60 and 72 days to mature. Sperm production is triggered by the estrogen and progesterone sex hormones.

The men’s cycle closely duplicates the woman’s cycle. During a 28-day cycle the man’s sperm is triggered for ejaculation by pheromones and testosterone hormones. The hormone ratio changes between the 14^th and 28^th days to stimulate sexual intercourse. At the end of the sperm cycle, the sperm dies, and its mineral nutrients are recycled in the body. The multiple deaths of sperm trigger another hormone shift towards progesterone. The shift causes a stress reaction and activates the thyroid gland. The hormones progesterone, estrogen, and testosterone fluctuate, and this causes the male mood to fluctuate. A new ratio causes the development of new sperm, and the male cycle starts over again. African Holistic health by Lila Afrika Chapter Men’s cycle, Orgasm, Reproduction, Impotency

According to an Article quoted from Mens Health website, http://menshealth.intoday.in/story/hormonal-cycles--performance-hormones-sex-relationship/1/116842.html In Jan 2012, other doctors agreed that men do have a monthly hormonal cycle that correlates with the female’s cycle.

. "Men definitely have psychological cycles," says Dr. Sudhakar Krishnamurti, andrologist, microsurgeon, and director of Andromeda Andrology, Hyderabad. But they don't understand what's happening and end up blaming themselves for the symptoms that result. Once you know yourself, once you're tuned in to your individual cycles and their intensity, you can better control and cope with low points in your life.

"The more clinical investigation I do in this area, the more convinced I become that men are not as simple hormonally as they've been made out to be," adds Ted Quigley, MD, a reproductive endocrinologist in San Diego who specializes in hormone-replacement therapy. "Most of the hormonally triggered symptoms that I see in women have a correlation in men." 

THE FOUR DISTINCT MALE CYCLES

Although testosterone is just one of the so-called androgen steroid hormones that enhance male characteristics, it is the most vital.

According to Dr. Theresa Crenshaw, MD, and author of The Alchemy of Love and Lust, bloodstream levels of it can vary widely anywhere from 250 to 1,200 nanograms. Such fluctuations are believed to influence a man's moods and performance—subtly in some and more dramatically in others. Research shows that there appear to be four distinct male cycles:

Lifelong: John Morley, MD, director of geriatric medicine at the St. Louis University School of Medicine, completed a 14-year study of older men that further documented the hormone's gradual ebb with age. 

He says testosterone levels start declining around age 40 and fall by about 10 percent each decade. The most noticeable result is morning erections, but depression and a loss of strength, endurance, energy, memory, and even height are also symptoms. This condition has been popularly dubbed "andropause."

Annual: Testosterone levels also have seasonal highs and lows, Dr. Crenshaw says. But they don't occur when you might expect. In the spring, when a man's fancy is supposed to turn to courtship, his testosterone is actually at an annual low. Studies show that the frequency of sexual activity and conception are highest in October.

Monthly: Of all the supposed male cycles, this one has the greatest chance of being largely psychological. What men like Dhananjay may be experiencing is a sympathetic response to their wives' hormonal cycles. It's well documented that when women live or work closely together, they often start menstruating together. 

Something similar may happen between a husband and his wife. In other words, if the woman has severe PMS, the man may develop his own cyclic response. He may change his behaviour in response to his mate's monthly cycle. 

Dr. Krishnamurti adds another dimension to it: co-habitational behaviour tends to be similar due to sociological and behavioural reasons. It appears that as the scale of a man's responsibilities increases, he experiences more stress, and his levels of testosterone may diminish.

Daily: Testosterone has two daily cycles. One is diurnal, meaning it's higher in the morning than it is in the evening. This is the reason your erections are most impressive around dawn.

A daily cycle occurs every 15 to 20 minutes, a startlingly short-term shift that Dr. Crenshaw has labelled TMS, for "Testosterone Minute Syndrome." While the principle cause of the shift is also unclear, TMS appears to have at least one equally intriguing effect.

A few years ago, there was a widely reported survey that found that men fantasize about sex every 15 to 20 minutes. Dr. Crenshaw, a past president of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counsellors, and Therapists, was initially skeptical until she correlated it to TMS. "Then it made sense," she says.

According to Dr Laila Afrika in his book African Holistic health by Lila Afrika, Chapter: Men’s cycle, Orgasm, Reproduction, Impotency “The male cycle is complex. There are zodiac signs and earth, moon, and solar influences on both the male and female cycles. The male cycle is usually 10% physical and 90% spiritual, mental, and emotional. It is a holistic cycle. The cycle is dependent upon the state of health and regulated by sex hormone levels and ratios. Without proper sex hormones, the cycle, moods, thoughts, and behaviours are abnormal.”