How healthy are you really?

Here's what's really holding you back...

Growing up, I thought I was healthy.

Nothing majorly wrong with me.
Gym gains were solid—at least I thought so.
Teenage acne? Normal, right?
Slow transit and wipe-and-wipe-and-wipe bathroom sessions? Who cares.

In college, things got worse.

I developed severe nasal congestion, so bad that I blew veins from blowing my nose.
Still didn’t think it was weird.
My bowel movements stayed super slow, wiping forever, but hey… I didn’t have obvious gut issues like bloating or reflux. That’s for old, unhealthy people.

And besides, my hair was thick, my skin looked fine, and I had decent muscle mass. Boss life. Or so I thought.

Then life kicked me in the face.

• Bacne

• Dandruff avalanches

• Hair loss

• Horrible sleep

• Erectile dysfunction

• Anxiety & depression

• Anti-social behavior

Just to name a few.

Looking back, the signs were there all along. The skin issues, hair loss, mood swings, achy joints, bad sleep, poor blood flow—all screaming gut issues and endotoxin overload.

But I didn’t even consider gut health until I tried an elimination diet.

The Wake-Up Call

I cut out a bunch of foods. The symptoms improved.
Added those foods back, and everything came back.

So I did a stool test—and boom: severe overgrowth of pathogenic, endotoxin-producing bacteria.

The crazy part?
My diet (TestoDiet) and lifestyle kept me functioning at a decent level. I wasn’t falling apart, but I was far from optimal.
My gains had stalled.
I thought I hit my genetic ceiling.
But it wasn’t genetics—it was gut dysfunction holding me back.

The Die-Off Experience

I started an antimicrobial protocol, and that’s when the real fun began:

• Huge inflammatory bacne

• Tons of snot & nasal congestion

• Horrible smelly feet in any enclosed shoes

• Poofy feet & face

• Erratic deep sleep (1–2 hrs swinging randomly)

• Bad body odor

When you kill bad bacteria, they release endotoxin.
That endotoxin gets absorbed, drives systemic inflammation, and boom—you feel wrecked.

It’s called die-off.

And here’s the thing—if you have these symptoms all the time, you don’t need to kill anything to feel awful. You already have overgrowth of endotoxin-producing bacteria, intestinal inflammation, and whole-body inflammation.

Symptoms don’t lie.

Even if you feel “fine,” I’ve seen stool tests from “healthy” guys showing disaster-level endotoxin overgrowth.

The Real Fix

If you feel capped, stuck, or like something’s holding you back… it’s probably your gut.

Endotoxin overload and low butyrate production will crush your hormones, recovery, and mental state.

Once I:

• Killed the endotoxin-producing bacteria

• Lowered intestinal inflammation

• Increased butyrate production

Everything changed.

Now?

• Mood is great for no reason.

• Gains come easy (article coming soon).

• Glands are pumping, hormones are high.

• Life feels effortlessly good.

Takeaway

More and more guys are walking around with gut issues for “no reason.”

If you don’t have:

• Bristol 4 bowel movements

• Ghost wipes (1 wipe max; yes…seriously)

…then there’s room for improvement.

Always be butyrate maxxing, while keeping intestinal inflammation and endotoxin as low as possible.

Your hormones—and your life—depend on it.

• Full Butyrate Maxxing guide

• Get on the TestoDiet

• Start the gut-focused TestoShake

Want to Go Deeper?

Inside TestoTribe, I break down advanced gut protocols, butyrate-maxxing stacks, and hormone optimization strategies you won’t find anywhere else.

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