The Hidden Factors Affecting Your Testosterone Levels

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Chris and Louise Perry discuss why men’s Testosterone levels are dropping. Why are men’s testosterone levels dropping according to Louise Perry? What does Louise Perry believe to be the external factors causing the decrease? What are the downsides of low T men according to Lousie Perry?
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[@ChrisWillx]

Hello you legends. Watch the full episode with Louise here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnLQgmqKmNebbKM. Get a 35% discount on all Cozy Earth products at www.cozyearth.com/modernwisdom

[@Jules-Is-a-Guy]

Thank you, yes, I AM a legend.

[@BrianBull]

1973 Is when Shanna Swan doing her work, so 1% since 1973.

[@Nylon_riot]

Can you please swear less? "F$%^@*g" isn't an adjective. It is distracting and studies are showing it has a negative impact on the pyche. Thanks!

[@Jules-Is-a-Guy]

@@Nylon_riot Heck darn it, dang nabbit. Gosh.

[@Jules-Is-a-Guy]

Dude your channel's wallpaper is very 'gay gym bro' (no offense to gay gym bros).

[@alexgillis9446]

High T isn't just associated with crime. It is also associated with the people who become firemen, police, military and all protective services.

[@Jackholiday1025]

The whole high T = crime and violence is such BS. It’s lack of morals, lack of a good father figure, desperation, drug addiction, low IQ. And unmarried men are far more likely to commit crime and end up in prison. Especially when it comes to property crimes a lot of these dudes have really low T and are drug addicts. Being under the influence will make you not care about the consequences so much and the desperation to get money for drugs will make you more willing to take the risk. I say all this as a former career criminals and ex con.

[@alexgillis9446]

@@Jackholiday1025 exactly. Single moms and culture.

[@davidn.8150]

True, there is in no way a sign of high T to be a criminal. Sometimes it correlates, but as you said they could just as easily be something constructive.

[@lukey6534]

There's a fine line between aggression and getting shit done.

[@markl1617]

High T only increases aggression in males who are B and C and D in the hierarchy to the A (alpha male) of a group. So if testosterone rises in A it doesn't increase aggression, if B, C and D receive more T then their aggression increases

[@jarrettshedd9574]

The "chill, sexless, online people who don't cause major problems" described by the guest do not actually have a lessened tendency for aggression. Instead, they shift their aggression from direct means to indirect means. Reputation destruction, bullying, harassment, etc.

[@lnicc8639]

Traditionally female aggressions. But yeah, still aggression just not physical, but not really 'better aggression' either.

[@bryanbrowning5746]

I agree. Most of the more timid, feminine guys I’ve worked with were masters of passive aggression.

[@johnmastandrea137]

agree strongly.

[@elmhurstenglish5938]

shootings

[@jefffinkbonner9551]

It also just so happens such passive types are easier to control and rule over. Pushing things that lower T is inherently beneficial to political elites.

[@jordanlover23]

I find it amusing how she's like "well, we want good T levels in men to promote healthy relationships etc., but high T is also linked to violence/aggressiveness, so we have to ask ourselves if we want that as a society - it's a tradeoff." She just says it so casually. She's basically saying that the natural default male mode has negative externalities in society and maybe we shouldn't want that. I wonder if someone pointed out the (many) negative qualities and externalities of estrogen prevalence/dominance and said "we really have to think about whether we want a society like that" how she'd take it. But no one will say that, because she's a woman. Here's the ACTUAL fact: social violence/aggression is multifactorial. We as a society had far less violence and aggression in the 40's-60's than today, despite men having 2-3x more testosterone on average. She should try to look at the actual causes of social aggression and approbation of violence (breakdown of the family unit, a culture which glorifies violence etc.) instead of suggesting that men perhaps shouldnt be who they are genertically destined to be.

[@AnteLene]

My thoughts exactly. I had to look around for a while to find a comment that pointed out this misandry.

[@IFibreOpticI]

The biggest cause of violence is inequality. The poorer you are, the more violent the chances of you becoming. The division between poor and wealthy people has catastrophic effects. The correlation she brings you between high T and crime is astonishingly naive.

[@BenWeeks-ca]

She assumes the military is only unpopular because people are too low T. But this overlooks why people who are high T are leaving and telling their kids not to sign up, even when their families had served for generations.

[@IFibreOpticI]

Also low socio-economic status.

[@dennisaskeland7603]

Estrogen: sensitivity and binge over eating. Can lead to hysteria. Its been known forever. Estrogen can create empathic caring people. It can also lead to emotional hysterical wrecks.

[@GeorgeP-uj8xc]

I'm going to disagree with Ms. Perry on the idea that High T Men cause more crime and violence. If you look at school shooters they are almost always chronically online and malnourished individuals. This is anecdotal of course, but the times in my life when I felt the most masculine and fit were also the times when I was the most emotionally well-adjusted and outwardly friendly. It was when I was unhealthy and unconfident that I was sitting on a knife's edge all the time.

[@ribbonsofnight]

I suspect that it's somewhere in between. High testosterone may mean different sorts of violence and competitiveness. People are also more complicated than their level of hormones. If they weren't we'd care more than we do.

[@TheShepdawg9]

She's correct based on data. The higher your T, the more likely you are to ignore rule and law, and therefore prison inmates have higher levels of T in general

[@ashjitsu]

The statistics for black men say you're wrong 👍🏿

[@kevinmurphy5878]

I am in my early 20s and healthy, but because of a genetic thing I had sleep apnea and didnt know. I got the breathing machine and gained 15-20 lbs of muscle and got more shredded despite being heavier. Then it broke for a while and I lost weight while getting chubbier. The changes were stark. It was very eye opening. I never got blood work, but I have to assume it made a huge impact on my hormones. I notice that a lot of my peers have abysmal sleep habits. For every 10 people I meet I'd guess only 1-2 have a good circadiam rhythm. I bet that has a bigger impact than most would think on the global testosterone declines.

[@okaySam]

Yes. Bad sleep habits is definitely a major inhibitor of health overall. Very good point.

[@Garblegox]

Nocturnality is more adaptive for the less aggressive animals

[@luigimarino374]

Aside sleep apnea, unless it’s the sole factor, what do you think is most responsibly for poor circadian rhythms among most people?

[@willswanson2145]

Look into the book called “breath-James Nestor” it may be one of the most valuable reads of your life. Also look heavily into mouth taping, face pulling, and mewing. You are still young enough to make a change in your face structure to make it conducive for you to breath easier. Don’t wait too long though.

[@paulmryglod4802]

Your right on with your hormone level assumptions. Cpap is the best thing for your health if you have sleep apnea

[@Snarge22]

We ARE our environment. From society to environmental pollutants, it's been my view for a long time our physical health is directly tied to our environment.

[@barefootarts737]

Some people don't understand what 'their environment' is.

[@LordRykard9376]

Chemicals, culture, politics are all included. Yes.

[@levijosephcreates]

I feel bad for the dumb folks running on concrete through a large city thinking they are getting healthy.

[@SC-gw8np]

Yes. Cities, a low fat diet and liberalism aren't conducive to good health.

[@Embassy_of_Jupiter]

Growing up in an all female household (except me), diet was a big factor. Them obessing over low fat, all of us basically eating zero fat, barely eating any meat or animal products or protein in general. So pretty much only carbs and sugar. Basically the opposite what you should eat. Always had hormonal issues, vitamin deficiencies, autoimmune disorders, insulin resistance, heart problems and anemia because of this. I think many are in the same boat, essentially malnurished without knowing it. Because of vanity and widespread nutritional misinfromation. That's a huge factor in lack of testosterone. If it weren't for my grandmas cooking regular food occasionally, I would have turned into a dwarf. That's on top of constantly being told that being male and acting is evil. Luckily I'm old enough that trans wasn't a thing yet, my parents 100% would have pushed me into that if I were a Zoomer. I just dodged that bullet (literally probably) by a few years. Good thing my uncle, movies and the internet kept me on the masculine and sane side. Got into lifting at age 14, probably not an understatement that that saved my life. Mainly because I completely switched up my diet, always preparing my own food. Never tested my testosterone levels back then, but they must have been abysmal at times, but I turned out okay overall. Thanks grandpa for bequeathing your powerlifter frame on me. 😂

[@scottydoesntknow6901]

Lmao. Let me guess, Diet Coke, too? Lol. Add that and that was my childhood environment. Everyone was trying to do the right thing, but then there’s profit.

[@ivanvidojevic2461]

Good job my brother we rockin with you

[@kickinon]

Grew up with lesbian parents, I ended up with low T and now at 30 years old I've been diagnosed as hypogonadal and need test injections...Doubtful I'll ever have kids.

[@yol_n]

@@kickinon speaking from personal experience... do you think gays should have kids? lol

[@maambomumba6123]

This is an amazing story. Thanks for sharing.

[@jgcelliott1]

Do we “choose” a high or low testosterone level in society? I wonder if she understands how serious a question that really is… .

[@Brakka86]

She does not understand that low T causes depression and mental illness. Low T men are in fact highly dangerous and unstable, especially to women since women are physically frail and low T men still have the bone structure and physical frame of a man, which makes them stronger regardless. Low T men are not "chill" they are depressed, unstable with anger issues due to the social consequences of falling through the cracks as a low T man. Normal hormonal levels are required to have a healthy state of mind, to be chill, social, to be able to focus, to perform well at tasks and so on.

[@johncrow5552]

We don't, Klaus and Bill choose.

[@AdamMc192]

*Occam's Razor* Obesity increases aromatization (conversion of testosterone to estrogen) and almost 1 in 2 men are obese in Western countries. That pretty much can explain it. Potentially external pollutants but we're really just speculating at that point.

[@adamlee3333]

spot on, people love an ethereal/uncontrollable reason so that they don't have to change their behaviour

[@home_rice]

doesn't explain it for the not obese

[@wyleecoyotee4252]

All those Dad bods....

[@Doberman-ml7fv]

What makes this even more of a problem is that estrogen is the hormone that shuts down the endocrine pathway that leads to testosterone production. Talk about a negative feedback loop...

[@BHAppy7807_]

True. Basically fat tissue leads to increased estrogen for both men and women (obesity linked to increase risk of breast cancer etc. ) but all the glyphosate chemicals and micro plastics cause changes in how the body metabolizes fat and exposure to those can contribute to obesity. Also no one mentions corn. I grew up on a farm and corn was what we fed the animals that we were trying to fatten up for auction. Corn oil, corn syrup even ascorbic acid and citric acid (leading preservatives) are corn based. Please look them up on wiki... to see just what food manufacturers are putting into our bodies if we let them.

[@mworkman3375]

People really seem to be overlooking what, i have come to think, is one of the most significant factors in this decline. The amount of endocrine disrupting chemicals that we have been bombarded with for decades is insane. Particularly, plastic is fucking everywhere. I don't know how to avoid the shit. The more i pay attention, the more i realize that i am in near constant contact with these hormone imbalancing influences.

[@dronepocket325]

Simple answer Lack of exercise and sunshine combined with lots of refined sugars and ultra-processed foods Eat clean, get outside, and make yourself sweat. Feels amazing

[@attilabodi826]

Drinking plastic lowers testosterone.

[@gal_targareayn6721]

even I have more testosterone then some men, and I am a woman..

[@benjohnson785]

No discussion of impact of microplastics?

[@rivershen8199]

I'm surprised you didn't talk about microplastics and endocrine disruptors. There's also a strong correlation between the increased usage of chemical fertilizers and the rise of mental health issues.

[@MAC...]

I think that's the standard popular theory atm... While Chris is bringing up newer interesting theories...

[@RitzCaraldo]

That's what I came for. Can you point to any good resources on avoiding these things?

[@TheShimming]

There is strong correlation between increased usage of chemical fertilizers and decreased level of famine all over the world. You cannot have food that is both abundant and of high quality. At least not in 2023.

[@vizzo1138]

@@RitzCaraldo Use glass for drinking and glass containers for food. Use metal for drinks instead of something like shake bottles, esp when it comes to hot stuff like coffee so opt for pure metal mug without interior plastics. Drinking a single cup of hot coffee could send billions or trillions of plastic nano particles into your body. Kinda crazy. Avoid chemical fertilizers by going organic or do what I do and just eat meat. I'm Canadian so I don't need to worry about this but maybe you do so find a farm that doesn't use hormones on their cows and buy a half cow. Cheaper overall, better equality, so cook and freeze or just freeze for later. Get a deep fridge. There's also reverse osmosis for filtering out womens urine from your water, I'm being sarcastic here. Kinda. It'll remove the estrogen from birth control from your water. Its not cheap though.

[@Quester91]

​@RitzCaraldo microplastics and phthalate are literally everywhere. From your clothes to your shampoo, from food packaging to the water you drink daily. You can find microplastics inside brain tissue and even inside the amniotic fluid of a pregnant woman, look it up. We still have no idea the full extent of plastics damage to our bodies, but at this point it's impossible to get rid of. It's everywhere.

[@The-Vitruvian-Man]

There are also a tons of hygiene products that disrupt the endocrine system. The Enviornmental Working Group has cosmetic database that breaks down which hygiene products do what to your body, whether it's disrupting your endocrine system, lymphatic system, integumentary system, etc.

[@__WJK__]

Agree! Do a deep dive on the environmental impact of "synthetic" birth contol pills (..."gee" thanks science). That said, while I'm nuetral regarding religion, I find the hypocracy hilarious among those that are anti-religion, who LOVE to vilify religion by pointing out all the people that have died in holy wars, while these same people give science a totally free pass on having "never ever" harmed, maimed, or killed anyone...smh.

[@scartissuefilms]

Could you give me a wick summary of what I should be using?

[@kike1318]

plastic bottled water is the main factor

[@__WJK__]

@@kike1318 - It's not just plastic water bottles, it's also the insane amount of acidic liquid type foods, that are packaged in plastic containers, which leach a lot of synthetic estrogens into a person's food. -And for those that cook the majority of their meals in plastic/foam containers (in the microwave) the leaching is 10x worse. One definitely doesn't need to be a rocket scientist to notice how certain diseases have skyrocketed, with the wide-sperad introduction of plastic food containers 50+ years ago :'(

[@thedatepro]

Also the sheer amount of plastics we consume by drinking bottled water, using plastic containers, etc affects T levels too. Not enough sunlight and low vitamin D also are factors

[@DadinWA]

I believe the processed food and sedentary lifestyle has a big impact of low T. Recently started hearing about the effects of female birth control on T. being active and working a sweat has been replaced by medications that can help with weight loss which may impact T as well. Thanks for sharing.

[@theflint7405]

And plastics too

[@scottbarley500]

Anecdotal, I know, but for me at 47 eating SAD diet with lots of ice cream and cookies had T levels in the 200s. Switched to keto, then keto-vore, then carnivore for the last two years and my T levels went up year over year every year and now are in the 600s, at 51 years old. The only thing I changed was to cut out all processed food/sugar/seed oils, etc and eat only whole foods, meat (primarily beef) and eggs, and do a lot of pushups (and lost 50 pounds). For whatever that is worth…

[@parrotshootist3004]

Don't discount 'the human atmosphere', and its impacts. We cant see and barely feel air, but it is essential.

[@mrfatuchi]

Its two main things, the lifestyle is last thing. No1 you inherited lower genetic baseline levels than what your father had, meaning you can live as healthily as you can and lift and train with no stress reaching your highest possible level and it will be lower than your fathers highest level. Secondly plastics and chemicals promote aromatizing, converting testosterone into estrogen thus lowering free testosterone(what actually does the work).

[@philbrutsche8928]

Cut out processed foods, move to a proper omnivore diet, and lift weights. Those 3 things will do more than almost anything else.

[@franciscoscaglialinhares100]

Testosterone levels are highly associated with physical activity. Due to on-line life, school activity and helicopter parents, children are becoming each day more sedentary. I think one of the factors in testosterone levels drop could be lack of physical activity, far from parents, in a male circle, during early teen life. As a Developmental Biologist hormone production is sustained by different feedback loops that make it more difficult to understand. From a biological standpoint other factors could be time and quality of sleep, that has been pushed to later hours with increased screen time, breaking the link between circadian rhythms and hormone production, food quality, repression of male behavior in schools and many more. I think anyway this could be a multifactorial phenomenon, which is inevitably more difficult to study.

[@tedclark7860]

Having sex is far more important than other physical activity like during your job.

[@jonathan4831]

I agree this has more to do with lifestyle changes from generation to generation. These discussions often give minor impacts the same weight as major impacts since they're more interesting.

[@jonathan4831]

​@@tedclark7860I disagree. Work has a profound effect on my survival. Sex or lack thereof does not.

[@__WJK__]

Sure, but most of those things weren't around/much of an issue in the 1950s.

[@reardelt]

processed food is also a big factor in the decline of testosterone.

[@stevepearce7032]

The fact she thinks on the decision between high T and low T men as a possible 'choice' for women shows you how embedded feminism is even in 'based' women.

[@BrotherTree1]

She is definitely not based. In fact there hasn't been a based woman for probably over a hundred years.

[@jameskamotho7513]

I felt the feigned conundrum too. She wants soy boys but hates that low T is overall bad for society but good for them...

[@lnicc8639]

The fact that she found it a difficult choice?! Weak men are not good men theyre just useless men. No, you want strong men, who can control their strength. Way to set the bar low for men: you can be aggressive or castrated, as if theres no third and best option. Thats feminist theory just wearing a pretty dress.

[@parrotshootist3004]

She is a proud feminist. Verify.

[@parrotshootist3004]

@@BrotherTree1"The happy house wife school", Erin Pizzey, Honey Badgers and Girl Writes What, thats about all I got. To say they're one in a billion... Though honoury mention to Norah Vincent. Dead but she faced her feminist demons, couldn't shake them, but frankly fell fighting it, at her own hand. She quite literally became a 'self made man' thinking men lived 'recruit mode'. Not none, but too few.

[@dameanvil]

00:26 🚹 Male testosterone levels can be influenced by the fertility of women in their environment, decreasing when surrounded by women with suppressed fertility. 01:33 🔄 Hormonal birth control affects mate selection, leading to preferences for providers over protectors in relationships. 02:29 📉 Testosterone levels in men have declined about 1% per year since 1950, with various factors like processed foods and limited outdoor time contributing to this drop. 03:08 💔 Low testosterone levels pose challenges for relationships and fertility, but high testosterone is associated with aggression and crime, posing a societal dilemma. 04:47 🌏 Different cultures have distinct perceptions of masculinity, with some associating it strongly with certain characteristics and resisting perceived feminization.

[@kingassassin0017]

Great summary and amazing time references

[@-fells-]

5:40 🛏 Cosy Earth - Enhanced weave quality that won't pill.

[@interesting2491]

@@kingassassin0017This is either a bot or they ran it through an AI system to give this time stamp analysis

[@AshAndCream]

Keep it up buddy

[@nellanellaperched6767]

It's a 7 minute clip bud. We don't need this.

[@leftrom9738]

3:08 She says 'high testosterone is associated with crime and violence'. I believe that the (more) danger comes from men with low testosterone who don't have the best composure and _could_ snap at high emotional pressure, though they would seem more 'safe' in everyday occurrences. High testosterone is also associated with creativity, confidence and competence, but if the society doesn't give a way-out to these men (the education system is build around conformity, and thus female-friendly), given the circumstances (like bad parenting) then these men _could_ possibly turn into violence. So her argument is about correlation, not causation and I find it disingenuous (not going deeper into the root of the problem), or at least one-sided (=from the female pov, 'oh I'd like to feel safe, and I don't care if most men are neutered')

[@DatAsianGuy]

I also think she ignored the part where prisons are basically a meetup for people who were raised without a father. Isn't that interesting? The person usually best suited to properly raise a boy into a man is absent in the childhood days for a lot of these criminals.

[@kronedog]

It's 100% the low T men to watch out for, well said.

[@hannahcommean2232]

I've heard that testosterone increasing makes the man more of what he already is.. if he lacks self control and has anger issues, it will get worse. If he is generous and diligent, he will become more so.

[@acex222]

Do you have any evidence or research to back this up?

[@hannahcommean2232]

Huberman had a guest doctor on his podcast, that's where I heard about it. Whether it's 100% true, I have no way to verify. It just sounds more plausible to me personally.

[@danielbarry6949]

Hey Chris, My Dad worked for a waste water company for a number of years. In some countries waste water is treated and put back into circulation for drinking water. He learned the greatest threat to waste water being untreatable is the use of prescription drugs, one especially being birth control pills. In 2013 they were almost at the maximum amount of additives they could add to the waste water so that it could be put back into circulation. I also live in a part of the world were the pipes that carry our drinking water is close to a century old in some parts. This also poses potential drinking water problems as the metals over time tend to leach into the water. Just some things too I think that are contributing. Great chat Cheers

[@70h4nn35]

Where?

[@hacorn96]

in India, water purifier is a decent industry. almost every regular middle-income household tends to have one installed with RO, UV and all kinds of stuff. only in a few areas, people drink tap water, as the tap water is actually potable. our the public sector couldn't solve water supply, private sector came to the rescue.

[@johng3029]

Daniel I think this is a huge part of the problem but not many experts are going into detail about it. What you're talking about is that residual chemicals from people's medications that they are expelling into the public water system are very difficult to remove and causing trace amounts of potentially physiological altering chemicals to recycle itself back into the water we drink? I would love to hear/learn more if possible

[@Foxie770]

Adding fluoride to the water supply also decreases testosterone. USA is fluoride water central…

[@danielbarry6949]

@@johng3029 Well he worked for a government organisation that was responsibly for the water quality for our whole county/region and was state/provincially run. They even learned the best quality water is either bottled or if your put your tap water in a 'Brita' filter. You have to change the filter every 10 days max though as the filters start to grow mold after that. They can tell so much from waste water these days, and COVID was such a good example of that. It might sound overkill but I always keep at least a month's worth of bottled water in the house as I know how easy the whole drinking water system can easily fall apart. There are parts of the US, and New Zealand where town are on permanent boil water notices. It is something we definetly shouldn't take for granted.

[@Michael-xm4ux]

Physically: stress, high carb diets, not enough vitamin d & lack of exercise because of sedentary office jobs. Mentally: women becoming less dependent on men, the economy is getting more service oriented less labour oriented, lack of purpose and motivation

[@aciuschristophores7789]

Very interesting take. What about the economy being more service oriented do you think factors in to testosterone?

[@wwcgaming2377]

​@@aciuschristophores7789elaborate on your perspective

[@DatAsianGuy]

no physical labor. physical activities boost t-levels. with induestries that often require physical labor constantly saying how they don't have enough people it makes it pretty clear what is going on. there is also the fact that people have been instilling in their kids that if you don't have at least a bachelor degree you are worthless and will never make good money, which is just a lie. if you sit there for 8 hours in a chair, then what do you expect your t-levels to do? @@aciuschristophores7789

[@ronoccc]

The number one factor that is never ever talked about is porn addiction. It’s the silent epidemic. I’m amazed it’s not discussed more. Millions of young boys and then men who grew up rewiring their brains to extremely high dopamine level artificial sex via the computer . Porn addiction leads to lack of motivation and desire to go out and meet real partners . It’s also an incredibly difficult habit to break. But when boys are young their brains are easily wired to it

[@wwcgaming2377]

@@ronoccc facts

[@Devlin360i]

Most men today have suboptimal levels of testosterone - a lot less than their fathers or grandfathers had just 30-50 years ago. There are various reasons for this. One factor that is oftentimes neglected is endocrine disruptors in our environment (i.e., xenoestrogens, BPA, phthalates, triclosan, etc.), phytoestrogens in food (i.e., soy, which is in almost all processed foods), and hypothyroidism (subclinical or autoimmune Hashimoto's disease). To increase testosterone levels naturally and reduce chronic inflammation: • Get enough daily sunlight. • Supplement with vitamin D3 (especially during the winter or if you live in a northern climate). • Supplement with zinc picolinate (20 - 40 mg per day). • Supplement with magnesium glycinate or citrate. • Weight train regularly (3 - 5 times per week for 45 - 90 minutes). • Prioritize neuromuscular recovery, don't over-train. • Get adequate (quality) sleep. • Consume more healthy fats (monounsaturated and saturated fats from sources like grass-fed red meat, pasture-raised eggs, fatty fish, organic full-fat dairy, coconut fat, avocados, cocoa butter, certain nuts and seeds, etc.). • Increase your cholesterol intake through properly-sourced whole foods. Cholesterol is the building block of all steroid hormones, including testosterone. • Control stress. Do what you have to do to keep it under control (things like meditation, yoga, nature walks, relaxing music, massage/reflexology sessions, adaptogenic herbs, etc.). • Chronically elevated cortisol levels disrupt the HPT (hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid) axis and deplete your body of the very resources it needs to produce androgens, including testosterone. • Eat enough quality calories (not all calories are the same), and avoid large caloric deficits. • Eat adequate amounts of each macronutrient (protein, carbs, fats). All of them are important in their own way and serve specific functions. Beneficial supplements: • Ashwagandha • Maca • Taurine • L-Carnitine (increases androgen receptor density) • Creatine • Tongkat ali • Fadogia agrestis • Black ginger • Pine pollen (contains natural androgens) • Boron (increases free testosterone) • DIM (natural anti-estrogen) "The Testosterone Advantage" by Timotheus Ray is a nice read on male health and hormone optimization.

[@williamtetrault1300]

The omnipresence of estrogen-mimicking plastic compounds is one huge factor in the dropping sperm counts noted among American men! The drops in sperm counts is probably also present in other first-world country’s male populations as well. It’s a brave new world out there!

[@adamlee3333]

bullshit says who? not anything to do with most of them being obese? or being sedentary?

[@williamtetrault1300]

Obesity and sedentary lifestyles have NOTHING to do with lowering sperm counts; estrogen-mimicking plastics do affect how masculine you are ‘cause they affect the testerone levels in your male body!

[@Dave-cf4vd]

@@adamlee3333 BPA and pthalates are know to mimic estrogen. If you compare a chart of the rise of plastics to the drop in T levels they line up perfectly. It's why they banned BPA in plastic water bottles, only to be replaced with something equally bad.

[@circumferenc]

@@adamlee3333 Is being obese and sedentary the cause, or could it be an effect caused by the hormonal changes?

[@Max-hj6nq]

Spoken like a puppet of misinformation narrative campaign. Just takes just a moment to observe the data for you to see that’s absolutely rubbish.

[@swillz1416]

I'm a fairly skinny guy just started goin to the gym and did bloodwork including testosterone and the person said mine is slightly above the normal range, he even asked if I was taking anything (I'm not) it honestly shocked me cause my diet is not the best and I'm struggling with quitting porn.

[@christopher2215]

Stay with the healthy habits, you got this.

[@Snarge22]

It seems I've picked up that testosterone, even within one man can be highly variable. And varies greatly among larger populations of men. Which to me then makes it really difficult to know one's own average levels much less what it should be other then if it's exceptionally low.

[@fartloudYT]

I wonder, when people say 'normal range', do they mean normal that was in 1950, or what is normal in 2023?

[@matthewzumbo9868]

Lol you described me dude!

[@Jules-Is-a-Guy]

I've been looking everywhere, for my long lost brother.

[@mrfatuchi]

I hate the fact they focus on the social aspect of it all... Number one thing is increased pollution with endocrine disrupting plastics and chemicals. Its such a clear correlation looking at the industrialization over the past 50 years. What that produces is less genetic potential being passed on to next generation who then start with lower baseline levels and so forth. Just look at the faces of actors and athletes, both men and women, over past 50 years. Square jawlines dissapering which is number one sign of higher testosterone levels. And I hate the fact the impact of lower t on women is ignored. Women used to be much tougher and less sensitive again due to higher t levels in their system, they need the proper balance of estrogen and t aswell. In a nutshell it produces much more compliant society. The founder of kellogs invnted cereals to curb men's t levels. Less t, less sex drive, less population. It does all look like giant conspiracy but I am more afraid were are just living in dumb, greedy and pretty inert system so mistakes like this are so hard to correct. Who is gonna start changing the whole way of living and manufacturing huh?

[@Ian..]

A real man is a highly dangerous man, who has that under voluntary control. (Paraphrasing Jordan Petersen)

[@Jules-Is-a-Guy]

Soon after, it was discovered that Jordan Peterson has rabies.

[@andrewbarrett-fg4yc]

I would love to see the research out there on the relationship between soy and testosterone. I’m vegan and eat a lot of soy and my blood work showed higher that average test. I’ve also seen resources that don’t show that soy negatively affects test. I think when we’re obsessed with knowing everything we can forget that there’s so much we don’t know. There are tons of factors that influence test levels that to associate soy so definitely with low test I think is inaccurate. Still love the channel though and will also continue to research!

[@liamwardle01]

Here for this comment, I love MW and Chris's insights. I agree though, I'm a vegan too and my testosterone is on the up over the last few years since I've started eating vegan. Obviously, I'm here so I'm trying to optimise everything else but I'm curious to see some data around optimised vegans and test levels vs omni test levels. There's plenty of great examples anecdotally online (if legit) of high test vegans, and find it interesting that testosterone replacement is derived from Soy anyway. Also, not here for any hate everyone has got their right to eat what they want imo

[@pliiatz7534]

It's not purely diet, it is the whole lifestyle and attitude thing.

[@tonyacerra2329]

Crime has more to do with children growing up without a father I believe. It is proven that the male image “puts the brakes on” their child if they get carried away.

[@amanialsoquar4945]

not just physically distant fathers but emotionally as well...

[@DigSamurai]

As with so many challenges in our society, consistent exercise boosts testosterone levels and overall health. Yes there are lots of other mitigating factors but by far exercise is the best antidote to most problems. Unfortunately North American society doesn't prioritize it in education.

[@teddybearroosevelt1847]

What you say makes sense

[@DLC1990]

Excersise, social connections, walking outdoors, a decent diet, reducing stress, good sleep and hydration.

[@maxn.7234]

Chris, one of your guests also said hormonal birth control stays in drinking water and cannot easily be processed out. The residual hormones affect everyone. This subject is verbotten because feminists will defend their birth control to the bitter end. Weird how you also didn't mention it.

[@squidandchips]

It's a short clip from a longer podcast - they're not going to cover everything in 5 minutes. Watch the ones with Sarah Hill and Mindy Pelz - they dig into the birth control issue a lot more :-)

[@alisdairmclean8605]

Good point.

[@maxn.7234]

​@squidandchips My point is that Chris is aware of this problem, and it is the most obvious contributor to the decline of male T levels, yet rambles on about a half baked theory of women influencing male T levels through some sort of osmotic process.

[@wyleecoyotee4252]

Better than unwanted pregnancies

[@maxn.7234]

​@@wyleecoyotee4252Except for the fact that unwanted pregnancies have INCREASED since the introduction of the pill.

[@davidcasson5602]

My father's from Wallsend, my Grandfather started work in the ship yard at 14 , he sailed away at 16 working in a ships engine room , he,sent his money home .My father went on th be Hull University Rugby captain , and has a very nice book prize from his time in the British army in 53-55 ( national service ) My mother met him a Uni, she was netball captain . Testosterone , I didn't stand closer than 2 m from my father , he was a hard Northern b********., like his father ( a frightening pair they made ) .He had enough testosterone for 5 men . I asked my mother what the hell did you see in him?? "Well ,", she said "he has brains and brawn, a bit of rough , who reads books . He covers all bases. So what women need is ,hmm. a man from Tyneside 😂😂😂😂

[@shadowwind18]

When she said "it's a really tricky tradeoff, isn't it?"; I said out loud "what do you mean TRADEOFF?" ... She said that as if she believes she has some right to possibly decide that men should be less masculine. I would not have remained silent on that one.

[@Sydneywide1]

Excellent point. But maybe it is inevitable that men will become less violent and not enlist in the military. Perhaps that is a good thing.

[@shadowwind18]

@@Sydneywide1 also a good point. However, there is a fundamental difference between essentially 'human engineering' with a goal of taming a group of people based on their gender; and encouraging, working with, and journeying together towards a better way of living. Also, as a member of the military myself, I don't derive meaning from being here because I have a tendency to violence; but rather because I want to protect people and ideals I find meaningful. Also, it's been a cool job with lots of opportunities (not all of which I have taken advantage of admittedly.)

[@Lucrei.]

It means she isn't aware of just how bad these hormonal issues are for men's mental health and more than likely a huge contributing factor to why the male suicide rate is much, much higher than females.

[@shadowwind18]

@@Lucrei. That could be. And I appreciate the empathetic kind of thinking involved. But to be frank, whether or not it causes us to kill ourselves, is separate from the issue I was highlighting.

[@Lucrei.]

@@shadowwind18 They're linked because she's ignoring (or ignorant of) all the ways in which high or low t affect men and is just focusing on the run-on effects for society (predominately women) and structuring things to that end's best outcome (instead of what's best for men... which includes allowing men to decide how masculine they wish to be/innately feel)

[@tomburroughes9834]

It is kind of odd that Chris talks mockingly about soy, because in Asia, they eat tons of it, don't they?

[@jebediahkerman8245]

Asians eat a lot of soy but with how much it's processed and added to products in USA, I've heard it's more than Asia.

[@nemam83]

Also the horrible sellout at the end made me install Sponsorblock.

[@kul000]

Hormonal birth control makes woman exert pregnant pheromones which decrease testosterone. Men who are around pregnant women decrease testosterone presumably to fit the role of a caregiver. When men are surrounded by women on birth control, it’s like being surrounded by pregnant women and their hormones change to fit the role of a new dad. I thought about this years ago but never had the motivation to say it out loud before now. This might be a part of the decreasing testosterone indeed! My heart stopped listening to this. My crazy thought validated.

[@__WJK__]

And lets not kid ourselves, when a woman/couple becomes pregnant, the ammount/frequency of sex (for most pregnant couples) jumps by an order of magnitude!

[@adamz7282]

The idea that high testosterone is related to more violence is a fallacy. Ask anyone who actually studied testosterone effects on men, men with high testosterone are more resealable and stoic

[@goosemasters]

I knew this woman would bring this up...

[@aaronm.2718]

Did they say that? You're right...that's total BS. The (much) higher my T has become recently, then more clear headed and happy I've been, regardless of circumstances.

[@kevinmurphy5878]

Theres gotta be other factors involved. I think it can go both ways.

[@jarodtaylor8533]

more violence is caused by males who cant control their emotions, which is why those who are raised by single mothers have a much higher incarceration rates

[@jebediahkerman8245]

I've heard that what T actually influences is hierarchy-climbing behavior. So if your environment rewards violence, T will increase violence.

[@brettlester5670]

I've just been told by my GP I have low testosterone so this video interested me, thanks Chris & Louise. I've not yet started any replacement therapy so if anyone reading this can direct me to any genuine videos or where to get advice I would be grateful, thank you.

[@SquarishLink]

Lift heavy and hard. Deadlifts and squats are going to boost your testosterone

[@brettlester5670]

@@SquarishLink thanks

[@vishalsathiaseelan679]

Try MMA or muay thai or boxing. Immediate increase in T levels

[@okaySam]

People won't care until we see the widespread effects of this.... whenever I talk with guys about this issue they just laugh it off.

[@barbarianhub]

She should have been called out about the high T association with more crime statement. Look around dove. T levels have been bottoming out and how's the crime rate? Don't make me laugh!

[@celluskh6009]

Crime rate is extremely low.

[@alleygh0st]

@@celluskh6009 So I heard but not what I've seen

[@ribbonsofnight]

I think there's good evidence that crime is correlated to lead, which is why it has dropped so much. Testosterone on the other hand seems like it might be a lot less important than other things in our society.

[@barbarianhub]

@@ribbonsofnight where are you getting that crime has dropped? There's record high crime waves with increasing violence.

[@ribbonsofnight]

@@barbarianhub It has been higher than now for decades in the past. Possibly those same decades with lead in the petrol.

[@brockstar1311]

I often thought my low t was because I spend so much time with my kids most people just laughed at me.

[@avg_user-dd2yb]

Taking care of kids is a women's job, that's how it is in nature.

[@dc100dc100]

Ask military recruiters… the number one reason why numbers are down is greater access to medical records. The military can ass who has been on adhd meds, who has allergies, who has had a psych visit. They used to be able to lie/hide

[@wtice4632]

People realize these governments hate us and arent worth dying for so they dont join.

[@Loveduff]

Fantastic. Thank you for posting. EVERYONE needs to watch this post. (All your other posts as well) Vital information. This post is just the top of the iceberg of information so please (everyone) do the research.

[@umar_ndungo]

I wonder what level of intelligence I have to be in to have a scientific conversation in such a chill manner, love the analysis and conversation.

[@badrabbit9964]

Not too high.

[@IsaacBlencowe]

Great interview here and conversation. Although I do think Louise is a bit misguided with her belief that high testosterone is associated with higher crime and violence. That is a very dangerous statement that isn't actually based in biology or science but rather an assumption. A common one but false non the less. It has been shown that healthy testosterone levels actually help keep a man more grounded, present and in control of his emotions. These people committing crimes that supposedly have higher testosterone isn't due to their testosterone levels but really lack of healthy maturation into manhood i.e stuck at boyhood psychology as well as likely unprocessed trauma, nutritional deficiencies and more. Perhaps pairing this with high testosterone could lead to more chance of aggressive behavior but it is not the cause. Get a man who has worked through his trauma, matured to manhood and takes care of his health and pair that with healthy levels of testosterone and you will have a far more powerful, caring, kind and loving man. Than you will ever get from a low T, trauma filled, boy psychology based and submissive man.

[@AnteLene]

She's not 'a bit misguided'... she's a misandrist.

[@karenzielke9387]

Could it also be the pregnancy hormones in cow's milk?

[@adamlee3333]

Yes, milk is loaded with mammalian hormones that do lower T-levels in men; ironically everyone would be better of being a 'soy boy' as soy milk doesn't contain MAMMALIAN hormones it contains Phytoestrogen which doesn't lower testosterone

[@cibodiitaliano]

It’s an interesting dance to try to be a confident, high energy “dangerous” man without getting in actual trouble or hurting anybody, while simultaneously trying to be academic, compassionate, and “soft” for lack of a better word.

[@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511]

women have no idea how much work goes into it

[@alleygh0st]

"cultivated"?

[@Jackholiday1025]

Well I mean most men like that manage to not get in any trouble. And you men like that are often really kind people.

[@jakedaniel1814]

Layne Norton claims that it basically boils down to the obesity epidemic. It doesn't have to be much more complex than that.

[@Jackholiday1025]

Exactly but you can’t tell these fancy psychology pseudoscience types that lol.

[@intigeral727]

Many of the physical fights between men on TikTok or Twitter have women screeching for them to stop regardless of whether the fight is necessary or not. The other half of the fights are women beating on men while the men refuse to fight back.

[@michaelhussey440]

Generally speaking women are much more assertive and dominant than they used to be, and men are much more likely than they used to be to have a female boss. We know that psychological factors such as watching your team win or lose have an immediate short term effect on mens T levels. I wonder if any research has been done on the impact on mens T levels of having to defer to women much more than they used to ?

[@NeoAnderson-pi7xm]

Funny… their discussion and then advertising bed sheets but keep up the good work man !

[@URWELCOME]

I can relate WITH THE AGRESSION PART

[@endgamefond]

In Timmoty Chalamete defense, he is beautiful.

[@Jules-Is-a-Guy]

Hey buddy back off, that's my girlfriend.

[@dila01]

In all these discussions about men women bla bla what I clearly hear throughout all the episodes is that it seems as though its about men’s issues but more so in a sense that they’re at fault for it and also I never heard one sentence about how men in todays day and age have almost no incentive to do great and to become better. Its almost like we‘re supposed do all this work so that others can reap the benefits

[@lnicc8639]

Agree with this. From 18 through 65 men are seen as wallets. If they arent good wallets theyre losers. That is such an injustice, and while men now rate themselves on those lines in many ways, women make damn sure society as a whole doesnt let men raise their heads past that. And i say that as a woman, wife & mother. Men can have other hobbies, but their essential presence as father, provider, protector, teacher, the idea that he can sacrifice himself in a myriad of ways daily for the betterment of his dependants and grow to be a real king in his own castle in doing so - that has no place today. He is a wallet, or a loser, who happens to be allowed some hobbies, and an equal share of housework. Its an injustice to men. And women.

[@MrUmandMrEr]

Louise is doing wonders for my Gen X T. Ta.

[@jaytan915]

You suggested that male testosterone levels can be influenced by the fertility of women in their environment, decreasing when surrounded by women with suppressed fertility. This just lit a bulb in my head and I am so glad my wife never took contraceptive drugs.

[@LordRykard9376]

Solving these issues would likely be from what people consider to be "conservative" e.g. women working less, getting off birth control, reapproaching "traditional" roles, refocusing on building families, etc. One of the biggest impediments though is we have a political system that has been thriving off of division and atomization. The system wants women working more. They want them chemically altered to not think about having children. The system wants men demoralized and subservient, it wants them to be non-threatening to the state's goals. The elite's quest to maintain their position is actually destroying it.

[@caryg4638]

The only thing you said that I disagree with is that it is destroying it. It is not. They are building a new structure for society, where their positions will be assured.

[@NeoN-PeoN]

I think it is tyrannical for a government to have the power to ban music genres or bands. But i DO agree with the CCP's assessment of K-Pop.

[@swirlcrop]

This topic is truly fascinating. Thanks for the video.

[@JimmyMFP]

3:48, the military issue is mainly the medical boards. The Medical Corps and Capita in the UK bin off thousands of applicants per year, for the most insignificant things all the way up to the more extreme reasons. It infuriates me because a lot of the things they screen for, if you get after you start basic, even by one day, you won't lose your career over it, and they will in fact manage your career with it in mind. It's bonkers. I was told when I applied to the RM in 2013 that I couldn't join til 2016 because of my medical history, and these goal posts narrowed in 2016 and again in 2020 and 2022, so now I can't join at all (I met the criteria for the other tests). I also have it in writing that these boards have no conclusive evidence that their policies are accurate; it's largely pushed down from the military leadership and the government as the UK is a satellite (like the rest of NATO) to the USA, and so we're happy to build a military of nerds to fight with robots whilst the US does the heavy lifting. I agree there are far fewer openly patriotic men, and maybe some of it is to do with low-T, but it is largely due to the entry standards.

[@wtice4632]

Or people rightfully realize that we have been fighting pointless wars for 30 years that made us all poorer. People have woken up, they hate the government and realize its not worth dying for the govt so the politicians and their friends can get rich.

[@MusketWalrus]

That sucks man. Sorry you couldn't achieve your dream. That being said, the country is in such a sorry state, would you even want to put your life on the line for it the way it is today? I know a lot of lads who are so turned off by the state of the country and politics in the army that they are simply not interested.

[@RaffieFaffie]

I'll be applying in march next year when the crapita contract runs out, I'm pretty sure the navy will still have them for another decade or something silly

[@henrismith7472]

High normal testosterone levels make me feel calm, motivated, effort feels good, I'm in a better more positive mood. When my testosterone is at the low end of the reference range I feel moody, I'm more likely to snap... This is anacdotal of course, but I have the blood tests and I took note of my mood at these different levels. I think many men on trt will tell you the same thing. Maybe TRT is part of the solution (if you can't raise it to optimal naturally for whatever reason).

[@Flo_22.]

😒 she really just say high t= to high crime. Bruh.

[@Jafmanz]

41 years old... recently had hormones tested.... im actually 30.. regular cardio heavy lifting clean diet younger wife sleep well avoid sugar and alcohol

[@FilmMusicEDMLover]

How are we not mentioning the food and drink we are ingesting that is ultra processed compared to previously? Are we also measuring if women are also having estrogen levels destroyed?

[@nonmagicmike723]

For me, it largely comes down to sleep. In periods where I don't sleep much, I feel kind of weak and have low sexual appetite. Same for stressful or depressing periods.

[@renatomoraes2229]

Dude that's so true. I recently started working again to support my uni and since then I've been getting worse and worse sleep and due to this I'm starting to feel stressed more but I also feel "weak", fragile and not that mainly. idk how to explain it but it sucks

[@valkyr_rl7169]

3:30 "thats a hard thing to choose" Are you out of your F'ing mind lady?

[@Jules-Is-a-Guy]

She seriously provided a valuable public service by working at a Rape Clinic, but yeah, the problem is now she kinda thinks that any measures taken to prevent certain bad men from doing bad things, might be justified.

[@chungaws]

All i see is sparks flying across the table ❤

[@Jules-Is-a-Guy]

Also Count Down by Shanna Swan (JRE).

[@BrianBull]

yes

[@Sid00077]

Because most are addicted to social media and prefer it over going to bed early. In the long run, in addition to other factors, their production goes down. Source: Trust me bro

[@jdsalinger147]

Her accent, intelligence and beauty have spiked my testosterone levels!

[@iblisthemage]

High T does not drive crime. It drives motivation. The only study that correlated high T with violent behavior was done in a prison.

[@Frexican54]

It's the chemicals in the water... also obesity

[@christopher7824]

And phthalates/artificial scents in laundry detergents, soaps, deodorant etc

[@powertothepeople3832]

I’ve used anabolic steroids for at least 14 years of my life, now in my forties i have a natural T level of 700. If you train and move weekly, eat unprocessed food with enough carbs and protein, get between 6-8 hours of sleep and avoid getting fat I think the hormones will be what they’re supposed to be. Also I should add, don’t overtrain.

[@sonnybowman]

A natural T level of 700 means what, exactly?

[@powertothepeople3832]

It means my natural level after stopping steroid use is 700 ng/dl. This the ref range. Male: 300 to 1,000 nanograms per deciliter

[@powertothepeople3832]

@@thereisnothinghere8829how can 700 ng/dl be high?

[@gavinr9107]

You have a level of 700 after 14 years of steroid use? Surely you must be on TRT then, not natural. Professional bodybuilders don't even have that high a level if they go 'all natty' after so many years of PED's.

[@johnmorgan7989]

Yeah your balls have been shut down for 14 years. I don't see how they could suddenly crank back into life to the extent your levels would be decent for a 20 year old

[@AshSchultzArt]

As men we need outlets for our aggressive impulses. We’re not allowed to go out and conquer nations or even just get into fights anymore without the risk of legal repercussions. Frankly I’m sickened by the idea that men losing a part of who we are is good for society when it’s clearly not. Oh we’re more chill? We all know women gravitate naturally towards men with anti social behaviors. I had a girlfriend, in her 20s, once tell me she’d f*ck the Hound from game of thrones. Dudes face was half burned off and wasn’t exactly a looker before that, but his attitude was what did it. I was sorta shocked by it at the time, and she was on birth control, but it definitely changed my understanding of women.

[@ogolden8315]

That was that women, but I doubt many other women will agree. I’ve barely been on BC my whole life and I never gravitated to over aggressive males or so called “bad boys”3

[@annmiller1823]

LOL!! On my lunch break from my nursing job! Sitting out in my car alone in the rain. Thanks for my best laugh this week! 😂

[@ryanscott6578]

Best thing a guy can do right now is start a martial art of some kind, like BJJ, and surround yourself with competitive people

[@Biiiiird]

There's always one of you to come say, "I'm not like that so it's not that true". First, you might be the exception but statistically his statement is true. Also, most of the times y'all SAY that but still have one or two of those guys that clapped you in your past... @@ogolden8315

[@mosesacevedo]

@@ryanscott6578 Weightlifting is an amazing outlet too.

[@aaronvt9980]

High testosterone is only a problem if you don't have proper channels for it. Of course, lack of fathers, religion, and community life prime us for this kind of crisis. Best of all worlds is a strong culture with good moral disposition and high testosterone men.

[@TheBruceKeller]

Microplastics would be my guess. At least that's probably one of the biggest factors. Also, RoundUp being in almost everything, and GMO'd so that even more RoundUp can be used, probably doesn't help any.

[@jkellyid]

Population collapse and the ensuing conflicts will make us really regret the fact that we ever thought emasculated men were good for society.

[@bombaybeach208]

We just surpassed 8 billion people on this planet. We are hardly facing a population collapse.

[@hyperteleXii]

@@bombaybeach208 The number of people alive at this moment bears no correlation to population collapse. The only thing that matters is replacement rate, and it's falling off a cliff almost everywhere.

[@chrisa5631]

When will this episode be released

[@artifactingreality]

link to the full length one is the wrong link sorry

[@reardelt]

sexual violence is a result of lack of policing and lack of law enforcement. You can't blame it on high testosterone.

[@denniskatinas]

We have 4 kids, all first try. Here is what you do: smoke a pipe, one beer a day, chop wood, grow food, live free, fight the power, be your own man, you don’t need friends, go into the forest in the rain, dark even. Get out there.

[@RyanCT89]

Telling people they don’t need friends is stupid advice. As for your other random platitudes, uh yeah… sure lol. Chops some wood and smoke.

[@jonathanfitts2584]

The craziest part is you still have time to blow yourself in the comment section

[@pauldonegan5820]

@@jonathanfitts2584😂😂😂 well done sir

[@denniskatinas]

@@RyanCT89 Triggered? How many kids do you have? You don’t have to do anything I say, its alright with me. I don’t care. As for friends, learn to understand what words mean. You don’t need friends, you don’t have to crave, but if you like you can have friends. You don’t need them though, you need a wife and make her happy at the cost of friends. The bro’s before ho’s generation had it wrong in the sense that you can drop bro’s for a lady, a wife, in moderation or totally. Good luck bud.

[@henrytep8884]

@@denniskatinaslol, you’re the one that’s ego boosting with your platitudes. Chill dude, we’re giving you the affection and attention your ego needs to feel better 😂 ❤️. We’re your friends here.

[@DREAMWORKERSKY]

very interesting observation

[@davidmackenzie5332]

Great conversation, but I think it affected Chris somewhat, because he is insanely intense in the sheets commercial.... 😀

[@10.6.12.]

Then why are T levels so robust in jails?

[@t.robertjohnson7274]

Because a lot of those dudes are YY.

[@MatheusSouza-sx4ie]

I think it is sample bias. High T men with low IQs tend to end up in jail disproportionately more, so it would make sense they would have more T than the general population. It would be interesting to make a study to track the T levels of the prison population on average over time of confinement.

[@kevinmurphy5878]

Probably there are multiple factors that influence t levels that are sometimes at odds, and one is being in a highly dangerous/competitive environment.

[@KLM669]

Cause there fighting like mad to stop being pinned down and getting there ass turned into a ripped out fire place😂

[@AdamMc192]

reverse causality

[@alisdairmclean8605]

In addition to environmental drivers such as plastics and oestrogens, consider the feminisation of boys in schools such as indoctrination and the disallowing of boys 'letting off steam' in PE and playing sports.

[@omgeoh]

Get off the internet. I live in a very liberal city in a liberal state and my nephews and many male students in their schools are still very much into sports and letting off steam in PE. Nothing has changed but the garbage you consume on the internet that's rotting your brain.

[@lukeryan463]

From all the stuff I've seen on having good T levels it seems simple I think alot of it is just consistency. * sleep 7-9 hours maybe more if body needs it. *lift weights 4-6 times a week, go heavy last set at least intensity matters. *all addictions seem bad for test levels alcohol, nicotine/smoking , gaming all these things can throw off sleep which fucks everything. *diet whole foods as much as possible but eat alot track your calories find your maintenance calories and eat more maybe 300 calories over maintenance combined with weightlifting is great. *supplements d3 ,zinc , magnesium, cod liver oil,b complex and whatever else u think. If anyone can recommend some more do.

[@Brakka86]

Testosterone is made from cholesterol by the testes. A lot of people don't eat healthy sources of cholesterol. Losing weight also helps, body fat needs to be between 14% and 18%. Proper sleep 7-8h a night. If a man gets morning wood it = proper sleep. Every morning a man should be hard and horny. Reduce stress as the stress hormone inhibits T production. A lot of people don't drink enough actual water.

[@laurenglass4514]

I watched the diet my son-in-law thought was acceptable for my grandchildren. At 13 he fixed 1/2 piece of toast and a piece of bacon for each child (twins) the male child was in sports and the female child wanted to be on horses. The female refused to eat certain proteins for breakfast but the brother would. I drove from texas to Illinois and carpooled the kids and got up every morning and had talks with both kids and increased their protein by over 30%. I discussed this extensively with the children and taught the how to make snack food . I was feeding him eggs bacon and only after that he got the orange juice. Orange juice is pure sugar shock . He was sugar sensitive and would block his bowels and i was asked by the ass father not to use the word sugar in the house anymore. He is a sugar addict. Snack snack snack and ice cream. I bought and froze small thin quick ribeye steaks and explained to them that hey had to be bumped up to 3000 good clean calories a day. I had taco bars after school and on and on. In their face you must eat properly . I made homemade yogurt and his bowels unlocked and bowel blockage will ruin a colon permanently. I shipped food and paid for it for them to cook i bought a instant pot so easy to cook one pot meals and carbs were in the diet too of course but no gluten and dairy. (Cheese i gave in but can really block bowels. Do you think my daughter who is a nurse and was working was able to do anything because of her eating disorder the rich no good husband was in charge and likes skinny people he has a problem with larger people. How do you change anyone’s thinking about what is in packaged food-no soy was allowed in ingredients no sugar and they were healthy and well. Colleges outsource and kill our kids on trash food they feed them. I spent 3 weeks in illinois i had to go back to work. Trying to impact 13 year old brains and bodies . Until last year i was still trying to convince my daughter to make bone broth organic and use and drink it and cooked in an outdoor kitchen (gutted kitchen) and went home because of the still bad attitude of the husband . I was getting ill from doing that at an old age. He just started having pains in his abdomen probably diverticulitis went on a cruise and ended up in the ER. Society is trying to outlaw meat, clean food, and make sure that everyone gets where you just described. I buy my meat from a local farmer family that started farming because the husband was critically ill. They have 6 children now and cook and sell their food, meat, everything and they are the picture of health. They bring their food i order to my city once a month and they have thin margins and continue to try and expand their farm. How will people survive with this plan for humanity?????

[@teddybearroosevelt1847]

It’s a nice little story but it doesn’t sound very scientific

[@pdcichosz]

Are you able to write in a way that doesn't look like a stream of consciousness? It's unreadable.

[@SC-gw8np]

@@teddybearroosevelt1847 What sounds scientific? Promotion of law-fat diets to benefit the sugar industry?

[@frekitheravenous516]

Since i was a small boy i could literally smell when a woman was pregnant. "Smell" is just the closest word to what it actually is. I blew up my aunt's spot once when i announced she was pregnant at xmas. And between 6-9 months i can sometimes tell what a woman is having, boy or girl. IDK how it works or why, but it does. May think I'm bs-ing here, but i assure you all i am not. A doctor once told me it is quite natural. Almost all animals can do likewise. And humans ARE animals. Even if we forgot. But i do think hormones and pheromones are real and work whether we realize it or not.

[@wyleecoyotee4252]

Sounds like an X-files episode

[@N-xi2zh]

I believe it. SENSING more, I did and do... just high intuition and intelligence... actual smell in my case ? No. I am a wolf tho. Always have been, but wounded now. I mean I can kill with looks (not wolf as in furry). anyways, god help us all. Bring on the end.

[@udayshome1793]

Off-topic: Where do buy these t-shirts? such nice hand...

[@Nicole-rq8ix]

Where is the full podcast?

[@Flyguy9]

Men trying to fit in with a more and more cry baby bubble society is probably the biggest factor imo. Taught at a young age not to break the rules and later in life threatened with jail and being ostracized from society if we even hit someone that truly deserves it

[@someone-ji2zb]

Boomers and gen X got divorced in mass. They raised kids in broken homes (millenials/gen z). Those kids were taught NOTHING. No moral foundation and certainly no self discipline on average. This is primarily a moral problem that leads to physical issues. People are so keen to find some kind of cure all, but how about we just take responsibility for the evils/sins being committed?

[@zanychelly]

One thing could be food, humans have been eating more and more industrial food since the 50s.

[@SC-gw8np]

Yep.

[@waynewallace2061]

Endocrine disruptors, eg. estrogens on cash register tape, plastics etc.

[@jmc1151]

Hi Chris, Great video! I just wanted to make a quick point in your comment about "soy men" as having lower testosterone, but due to popular misinformation, soy does not affect men's testosterone levels. A recent meta-analysis that will be published in the journal Fertility and Sterility showed that neither soy foods nor isoflavone supplements from soy affect testosterone levels in men. Researchers looked at more than 50 treatment groups from articles in peer-reviewed journals for this meta-analysis. Soy foods contain phytoestrogens, including isoflavones, which have weak estrogen-like qualities. Other research has shown that soy consumption decreases the risk of some forms of cancer and heart disease. What does contain real estrogen that causes problems is dairy. Dairy cows are milked after being pregnant for 9 months, so people are ingesting the afterbirth hormones of a 1500-pound animal that just gave birth. Overconsumption of dairy is even highly linked to prostate cancer in men. Also, overconsumption of high saturated fats like meat, dairy, and eggs contributes to lower testosterone. You mentioned it's been on a decline since the 1950s, which is also when the boom of factory farming started and people started eating more animal products; Obesity has also been on the incline since then as well which has been shown to lower T as well. Check out Dr. Neal Barnard on KZbin for more info on this if interested. Another factor could be alcohol consumption, which has been on the rise since then too, which affects the hormones of men and women. Sorry, that was long! I'm sure there are more reasons why but I just wanted to touch on some points that aren't talked about enough and get the soy myth out of the way. All the best thanks for the great content!

[@aftermath4096]

People truly don't understand how this is a far bigger problem than pretty much everything else, including climate change, wealth inequalities, etc. Society will destroy itself from within because of the feedback loop of social issues that it will create.

[@forrest123trees]

What do you think are going to be some of the less obvious feedback loops of social issues?

[@chowder130]

@@forrest123trees It's outside the box stuff like lower average T levels reduce average reaction speeds, which increase car accidents and their severity, which gives legislatures reasons to lower speed limits or otherwise impede transportation, which then slows down commerce, which then reduces tax revenue, etc... Not saying that exact example will play out, but it's a decent template for the kinds of problems we will see.

[@ginobrito1761]

depopulation of the country affected by it would be my guess and no one to stand up against tyrants@@forrest123trees

[@forrest123trees]

@@chowder130 ahh, interesting. Thanks!

[@IVEdge]

3:10 WOMAN MOMENT. This is not a bad thing. High testosterone males balance each other out. Protectors if you let them vs. criminals. Same way an armed society is a polite society.

[@goosemasters]

I sniffed this one out right away... I KNEW she was going to say something like this.. woman have no idea... they just want the end result... which is... lol... they have no idea what that even is.

[@MustbeTheBassest]

"an armed society is a polite society." Yeah this is why Detroit is famously polite and places like Tokyo are so loud and obnoxious. 🙄

[@dannyb2783]

"An armed society is a polite society" kind of falls apart when you consider the U.S.A is the most armed country in the world and look how we treat each other. Not to mention mass shootings and rampant gun violence that is not experienced in other countries. For a bit of added context I'm saying this a as a military vet with a over a dozen firearms at my home.

[@goosemasters]

@@dannyb2783 For the most part USA doesnt do too bad, most of the violence is in urban ghettos (take that however you want)... and we are a huge population, so yes the school shootings are bad, but stat-wise, it ends up being much less of an issue. The real reason for civilians to be armed is to protect us from the government... and that will always be the main threat. We are the freest country on the planet, and we have to continue to protect that right... who end up protecting that right? It will always be HIGH T men... not women, and not low t men. Love it or hate it, thats how it works.

[@DatAsianGuy]

it is the guns fault or is it people's fault? At best you could argue that guns make it easier to commit violence, but majority of violent crimes don't happen, because someone accidentally picked up a gun, started shooting and didn't know how to stop. @@dannyb2783

[@RileySFPcDestiny]

Was expecting a comment of someone saying “this video solved my testosterone problems”

[@redburtley6021]

Did KZbin just get wider? This is the widest screen I've seen.

[@Deggial11]

I don't know if this lady considers the fact that low T men become more dosil which is a danger when it comes to the powerful looking to control and manipulate the masses. Being aggressive and violent is part of every being in nature, however, that doesn't mean we as men should give vent to our aggressiveness on other people by committing crimes and stuff like that, but rather to look for healthy and constructive ways to express it. This makes think for example what does the school system do to actually solve this crime situation or the society at large? We know the criminals begin when they are children coming from really bad environments, abusive, neglicting parents etc, is not like the criminals all of a sudden became that just because, generation after generation the schoo teaches nothing but crap that doesn't actually work when ot comes to the real world. So saying men are aggressive and violent by nature therefore we should make them soft by lowering the testosterone altering the food and products is stupid and it should be illegal.