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* Testosterone increases lean mass and decreases fat mass. I think you have the relationship backwards * Your body creates cholesterol, dietary cholesterol has
by ZeroFries 8y ago
* Testosterone increases lean mass and decreases fat mass. I think you have the relationship backwards
* Your body creates cholesterol, dietary cholesterol hasn't been shown to increase hormone production AFAIK, might want to link some studies if you can find them
* Calories increase body fat, no particular macronutrient has been shown to be disproportionatelly fattening. The insulin hypothesis is mostly incorrect.
* Different workouts produce different hormone reactions in different individuals. Even so, the effect is transient and unluckily to modify average testosterone levels
* Phytoestrogens in normal dietary amounts likely have minimal effects on testosterone
My personal hypothesis is that the environmental load of various endocrine disruptors from plastics, pharmaceuticals, hygiene products, clothes, etc, has increased dramatically.
- UnFleshedOne 8y agoRe: calories increase fat -- this can't be full picture, I can eat pretty much anything and not gain weight (I never tried a sugar loaded diet of coke and cookies though), and I understand this is not so for many people. I think "calories increase body fat" is a correct, but a very low resolution statement. One can say that it will rain in the summer sometimes when there is more water in the air than the air can hold. But what else affects it? Can you say that today the chance of rain is 20% and tomorrow it is 40%?