Something I've taken away from life in general, and on this forum, is to question conventional wisdom and use my own eyes and observations, and feel free to ask questions.
So something I wonder - does alcohol really lower testosterone?
Because anecdotally I observe plenty of "high test" aggressive, rugged, masculine-looking men consuming much alcohol. Shouldn't they be getting less "manly"?
What do you reckon is going on? Would they be even "higher test" without alcohol? Some random ideas I came up with:
- Do some people respond differently from it?
- Could alcohol decrease testosterone by helping convert it into something else, maybe both estrogen and DHT via whatever enzymes/receptors are responsible?
- Could it be somehow helping to detox the liver, thereby indirectly improving hormones in some people?
- Could lowered inhibitions lead to different thoughts and actions and mental cues that could then cause an increase of testosterone? E.g. lowered inhibition ---> social success ---> increase in T
Would love to get your thoughts. I have a hard time believing that alcohol is a purely feminizing substance.
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Here's what I found quickly googling:
Alcohol's Effect on Testosterone May Explain Aggression
Alcohol and Testosterone | Does Alcohol Lower Testosterone?
https://prostate.net/articles/join-30-day-alcohol-fast-t-levels-liver-will-thank/
Testosterone increases in men after a low dose of alcohol. - PubMed - NCBI (this one claims low dose increases)
So something I wonder - does alcohol really lower testosterone?
Because anecdotally I observe plenty of "high test" aggressive, rugged, masculine-looking men consuming much alcohol. Shouldn't they be getting less "manly"?
What do you reckon is going on? Would they be even "higher test" without alcohol? Some random ideas I came up with:
- Do some people respond differently from it?
- Could alcohol decrease testosterone by helping convert it into something else, maybe both estrogen and DHT via whatever enzymes/receptors are responsible?
- Could it be somehow helping to detox the liver, thereby indirectly improving hormones in some people?
- Could lowered inhibitions lead to different thoughts and actions and mental cues that could then cause an increase of testosterone? E.g. lowered inhibition ---> social success ---> increase in T
Would love to get your thoughts. I have a hard time believing that alcohol is a purely feminizing substance.
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Here's what I found quickly googling:
Alcohol's Effect on Testosterone May Explain Aggression
Alcohol and Testosterone | Does Alcohol Lower Testosterone?
https://prostate.net/articles/join-30-day-alcohol-fast-t-levels-liver-will-thank/
Testosterone increases in men after a low dose of alcohol. - PubMed - NCBI (this one claims low dose increases)