Brigham Buhler

Then I'd go to the OR. I'd be in cases all day. I would eat whatever I could. I would drink a Starbucks Frappuccino, not realizing there's 1,800 calories of sugar and chemicals and no nutrients. I just didn't know. And I grew up in a family, again, a foster family where... We were middle-class America, but maybe it was the 80s. Eating healthy was like eating wheat bread instead of white bread.

It was eating low-fat Lay's potato chips and a Diet Coke. That's literally what my family thought was healthy. And that's a lot of Americans. They don't know. And you just you just stay with what you're indoctrinated into. So I started seeing a nutritionist in my 30s and I did lean down and I lost weight and I was getting healthier and I was headed the right direction and I was still training.

It was eating low-fat Lay's potato chips and a Diet Coke. That's literally what my family thought was healthy. And that's a lot of Americans. They don't know. And you just you just stay with what you're indoctrinated into. So I started seeing a nutritionist in my 30s and I did lean down and I lost weight and I was getting healthier and I was headed the right direction and I was still training.

It was eating low-fat Lay's potato chips and a Diet Coke. That's literally what my family thought was healthy. And that's a lot of Americans. They don't know. And you just you just stay with what you're indoctrinated into. So I started seeing a nutritionist in my 30s and I did lean down and I lost weight and I was getting healthier and I was headed the right direction and I was still training.

But he was like, if you're doing everything I'm saying, let me take a step back. I would go to a primary care and it would take three months to get in with a primary care. Then they would just pull a basic lipid panel. And then I would say, well, can we look at my hormones? No, no, we don't need to look at hormones. We're going to look at your lipid panel. We're going to do a wellness check.

But he was like, if you're doing everything I'm saying, let me take a step back. I would go to a primary care and it would take three months to get in with a primary care. Then they would just pull a basic lipid panel. And then I would say, well, can we look at my hormones? No, no, we don't need to look at hormones. We're going to look at your lipid panel. We're going to do a wellness check.

But he was like, if you're doing everything I'm saying, let me take a step back. I would go to a primary care and it would take three months to get in with a primary care. Then they would just pull a basic lipid panel. And then I would say, well, can we look at my hormones? No, no, we don't need to look at hormones. We're going to look at your lipid panel. We're going to do a wellness check.

Well, that doesn't include hormones in this country. It's not a deep dive because they're scared to do that because the insurance companies control what they'll reimburse and not reimburse. And so clinicians in this country are terrified to do the deep dive and they only have six minutes with you. So they got to get you in and out of there. Right.

Well, that doesn't include hormones in this country. It's not a deep dive because they're scared to do that because the insurance companies control what they'll reimburse and not reimburse. And so clinicians in this country are terrified to do the deep dive and they only have six minutes with you. So they got to get you in and out of there. Right.

Well, that doesn't include hormones in this country. It's not a deep dive because they're scared to do that because the insurance companies control what they'll reimburse and not reimburse. And so clinicians in this country are terrified to do the deep dive and they only have six minutes with you. So they got to get you in and out of there. Right.

Long story short, six months later, still fat, still trying to lose weight, working out every day, seeing a nutritionist. Nutritionist said, I want to refer you to a urology buddy, Dr. Larry Lipschultz, who's one of the godfathers of urology and hormone optimization in the United States. And when I went and met with Larry, he was shocked after he pulled my blood work.

Long story short, six months later, still fat, still trying to lose weight, working out every day, seeing a nutritionist. Nutritionist said, I want to refer you to a urology buddy, Dr. Larry Lipschultz, who's one of the godfathers of urology and hormone optimization in the United States. And when I went and met with Larry, he was shocked after he pulled my blood work.

Long story short, six months later, still fat, still trying to lose weight, working out every day, seeing a nutritionist. Nutritionist said, I want to refer you to a urology buddy, Dr. Larry Lipschultz, who's one of the godfathers of urology and hormone optimization in the United States. And when I went and met with Larry, he was shocked after he pulled my blood work.

We actually did it twice because he just didn't believe my readings. And my testosterone level after seeing him was 98%.

We actually did it twice because he just didn't believe my readings. And my testosterone level after seeing him was 98%.

We actually did it twice because he just didn't believe my readings. And my testosterone level after seeing him was 98%.

It's it's insane. And he's like a woman. But I know it was terrible. And so he's like, of course, you're he's like, I don't know if you're if you're fat because I told this story before. I don't know if you're fat because you have low testosterone or if you have low testosterone because you're fat, but you are fat with low testosterone. And so that was my baseline.

It's it's insane. And he's like a woman. But I know it was terrible. And so he's like, of course, you're he's like, I don't know if you're if you're fat because I told this story before. I don't know if you're fat because you have low testosterone or if you have low testosterone because you're fat, but you are fat with low testosterone. And so that was my baseline.

It's it's insane. And he's like a woman. But I know it was terrible. And so he's like, of course, you're he's like, I don't know if you're if you're fat because I told this story before. I don't know if you're fat because you have low testosterone or if you have low testosterone because you're fat, but you are fat with low testosterone. And so that was my baseline.

And through just what were you eating then? By then I was using the nutritionist, but then it was a question of, did I dig too big of a hole? And then the question is, are you overtraining and you're crashing what little hormones you have left and your body's trying to get ramped up? So we ended up treating at the time with HCG and clomiphene.