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Navigating testosterone replacement therapy and hormone health can be overwhelming. Conflicting information, outdated medical advice, and unqualified opinions flood the internet. ExcelMale.com was created to cut through the noise — providing a rigorously moderated space where men share real experiences, backed by clinical research and guided by genuine expertise.

Whether you're exploring TRT for the first time, optimizing your current protocol, managing side effects like elevated hematocrit or estradiol, or seeking to preserve fertility with HCG therapy, our community offers the knowledge and support you need. We discuss everything from injection frequency and bloodwork interpretation to lifestyle factors that affect testosterone levels.

"I founded ExcelMale after decades of personal experience with hormone optimization and seeing how difficult it was for men to find reliable, science-based information. Every man deserves access to knowledge that can transform his quality of life."

— Nelson Vergel, Founder & Author of Testosterone: A Man's Guide

Nelson Vergel has spent four decades turning personal health challenges into a mission that's helped thousands of men reclaim their vitality. Diagnosed with HIV in 1985 and then creating a testosterone-based program to reverse wasting syndrome for himself and his peers, he became a pioneer in understanding how hormones affect quality of life—and has been on TRT himself for over 30 years.

A chemical engineer by training, Nelson has served as a key opinion leader for pharmaceutical companies on clinical research strategy, trained clinicians on hormone optimization protocols, and authored definitive guides including Testosterone: A Man's Guide & Beyond Testosterone. He founded DiscountedLabs.com to make lab testing accessible and built ExcelMale.com into a community where men find and share evidence-based answers.

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Growth Hormone Releasing Hormones and Peptides: Research History
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Nelson Vergel, the founder of ExcelMale.com, ClinicOptimizers.com and DiscountedLabs.com, interviews Dr. Richard Walker about the history of research on GHRH and GHRPs. Richard F. Walker, Ph.D., R.Ph is well known for having popularized...

Men with Low Testosterone At Higher Risk of Autoimmune Disease

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Clin Rheumatol. 2016 Dec;35(12):2983-2987. Epub 2016 Jun 20. Hypogonadism and the risk of rheumatic autoimmune disease. Baillargeon et al Abstract Testosterone deficiency has been linked with autoimmune disease and an increase in...
UK policy statements on testosterone deficiency
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Summary To address widespread media and scientific concerns over the appropriate treatment of TDS with Testosterone Therapy (T Therapy), the Executive Committee of the British Society for Sexual Medicine developed eight consensus statements...
Effect of Testosterone Injections on Estradiol and DHT in Young and Older Men
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Table of Contents The Effects of Injected Testosterone Dose and Age on the Conversion of Testosterone to Estradiol and Dihydrotestosterone in Young and Older Men "We found that during administration of graded doses of TE, the older men had...
Hyperparathyroidism : What it Is, How to Diagnose, How to Treat
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In primary hyperparathyroidism, an enlargement of one or more of the parathyroid glands causes overproduction of the hormone, resulting in high levels of calcium in the blood (hypercalcemia), which can cause a variety of health problems...
Your Own Platelet Rich Plasma & Common Urological Problems
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Autologous platelet rich plasma (PRP) is used increasingly in a variety of settings. PRP injections have been used for decades to improve angiogenesis and wound healing. They have also been offered commercially in urology with little to no data...

Do images of your personalized future body help you lose weight?

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Table of Contents Do images of a personalized future body shape help with weight loss? A randomized controlled study. Ossolinski G, et al. Trials. 2017. Abstract Background This randomized controlled study evaluated a computer-generated...
Houston: Free Men's Health Lecture by Dr Mohit Khera and Author Nelson Vergel
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This lecture will be held on February 22, 2018, in Houston and is free to the public but reservations are required due to limited space. The speakers will review current knowledge on testosterone replacement and other therapies that can help men...

TRT & Older Men: A Look at "The Testosterone Trials"

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The Testosterone Trials are set of multi-institutional, double blind, placebo-controlled studies aimed primarily at determining the efficacy of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) on sexual function, physical function, and vitality. Seven...

Citrulline: What is it? What's it used for? Does it help with NO? ED? Athletics?

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Citrulline was named for citrulline, or watermelon. It is converted by the kidneys to L-arginine and NO, or Nitric Oxide. Nitric Oxide is essential for the health of the artery. It feeds the inner lining of the artery, the intima. Diabetes...

What Every Man Should Know About HCG Use on TRT

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Nelson: Hi everybody, Nelson Vergel here, founder of ExcelMale.com and DiscountedLabs.com. We're very excited today. We're going to be covering a very hot topic, the use of HCG in men. We have a really good expert on the subject, Allison...

Teens & Bisphenol A: Diet Change Doesn't Limit Exposure

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Adolescents who created real-world diets attempting to avoid exposure to bisphenol A, or BPA, for 7 days experienced no change in urinary BPA levels and reported difficulty in avoiding the endocrine-disrupting chemical, according to findings...

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