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Could be. But lack of exercise would also lead to low T, and I'm quite confident that middle aged man without a job who lives with parents aren't exactly stayi

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• tomjakubowski 5y ago
  > lack of exercise would also lead to low T would it? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise_and_androgen_levels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise_and_androgen_levels > In cross-sectional analyses, aerobic exercisers have lower basal total and free testosterone compared to the sedentary. Anaerobic exercisers also have lower testosterone compared to the sedentary but a slight increase in basal testosterone with resistance training over time. Anecdatum: during a years long period where I was not exercising at all, I had some blood tests done and total testosterone came out healthy and high.
• tristor 5y ago
  I think there's still a lot of research to be done in this area, but most of what I've read shows that exercise has minimal impact on this (and on obesity) and for both, diet is a far larger contributing factor. That said, it's not even conclusive that diet has been the cause of lower T levels over the years. That's part of why it's so disturbing... we have this huge change in a core part of the biological basis of masculinity at the same time as we're seeing social shifts that seem affected by it (both positive and negative) and minimal research funding seems directed at these questions (although there's been enough research over the years that the preponderance of evidence really strongly points to plastics critically messing with our hormone balances as humans).