One rarely mentioned aspect: The American standard high sugar / high carb diet caused insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is linked to lower testosterone.
“In men with type 2 diabetes in our clinic, insulin resistance (as estimated by the HOMA-IR equation) (23) was independently associated with low TT levels (odds ratio = 1.2; 95% CI = 1.0–1.4), after adjusting for age, BMI, treatment regimens, and other potentially confounding variables. Individuals with low TT levels were also more likely to have a BMI higher than 30 kg/m2 (55 vs. 35%, P < 0.001), elevated triglycerides higher than 1.7 mmol/liter (45 vs. 28%, P < 0.001), reduced HDL cholesterol levels (28 vs. 17%, P < 0.001), and higher hs-CRP levels (median 7.7 vs. 4.5, P < 0.01).”
https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/93/5/1834/2598879
“In the cross-sectional analyses, concentrations of total serum testosterone were strongly associated with insulin resistance, both at baseline (β = −0.302, P < 0.001, N = 1282), and at follow-up (β = −0.325, P < 0.001, N = 546) (Table 2) when adjusted for age. The association was still significant after adjustments for additional relevant confounding factors; waist–hip-ratio, smoking, leisure time physical activity, alcohol intake, LDL, CRP, diabetes status and hypertension (baseline β = −0.140, P < 0.001, N = 1282, follow-up β = −0.181, P < 0.001, N = 546). The association was significant also for bioavailable testosterone at baseline when adjusted for age, physical activity and smoking (β = −0.109, P < 0.001, N = 1282), but not significant when adjusted for waist–hip ratio.”
https://ec.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/ec/7/12/EC-18-0480.xml
It is unknown if Insulin Resistance causes low testosterone but from my reading, it seems the same things that result in IR also result in low T. It could well be the standard American/European high sugar diet will result in significantly lower levels of testosterone. Keto, Carnivore and/or Time Restricted Eating can counter the low T & IR.
Thank you for your input.
However . . .
consider dethroning the intellect and keeping him chained up in the basement and make Emotion the King.
Long live King Emotion.
The intellect is merely a puny servant of King Emotion.
In my case I keep the little phart-god called intellect chained up in the basement and I only let him out when it suits my emotional needs.
And when I do let the little phart-god intellect out, he had better behave himself or I will immediately return his little impotent butt to the basement and chain him up again.
Intellect is an uppity arrogant little phart and in my world mighty King Emotion keeps his foot on that little phart’s neck at all times.
Best Regards.
JAG
PS
My view:
Bad wrong Free Will choices, not wrong bad food, has caused the feminization of large swaths of America.
But thank you agin for your contribution.
God bless.
JAG
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