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minus-squarereddifuge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoMeat and dairy contains hormones that increase estrogen and reduce testosterone, not plants.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoalso your plastic bottles, and people dump so much birth control into the water system too.
minus-squarereddifuge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours agoMicroplastics is a hard one to study, I think it does have a detrimental effect on testosterone though.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoThat may be, I was just saying I’m not particularly concerned about it anyway.
minus-squarereddifuge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-21 day agoYeah I know, that’s why T levels in the USA has dropped by 20% in the last 20 years and obesity is rapidly increasing.
minus-squareTollana1234567@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 day agoobesity, the fat produces eostrogen compounds, thats why it also reduces pregnancy chances too,.
minus-squaretempest@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 day agoPretty sure obesity is increasing because people are sedentary and eat like shit. Testosterone is known to go down in obese people so I think you have your cause and effect reversed there.
Meat and dairy contains hormones that increase estrogen and reduce testosterone, not plants.
also your plastic bottles, and people dump so much birth control into the water system too.
Microplastics is a hard one to study, I think it does have a detrimental effect on testosterone though.
That may be, I was just saying I’m not particularly concerned about it anyway.
Yeah I know, that’s why T levels in the USA has dropped by 20% in the last 20 years and obesity is rapidly increasing.
obesity, the fat produces eostrogen compounds, thats why it also reduces pregnancy chances too,.
Pretty sure obesity is increasing because people are sedentary and eat like shit.
Testosterone is known to go down in obese people so I think you have your cause and effect reversed there.