Sat, Nov-27-21, 11:45
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Plan: Paleoish/Keto
Stats: 225/167/175
BF:18%
Progress: 116%
Location: Longmont, Colorado
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Is low carb good for our hormones?
This NY Times article started me thinking about how low-carbing might be beneficial to our hormones. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/02/...one-levels.html
The article reports on 4 studies that found that low-carbing increases testosterone levels in men by 10 to 20 percent. One study that was reported on said:
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A recent British review that pooled data from 206 volunteers, for example, found that men on high-fat diets had testosterone levels that were about 60 points higher, on average, than men on low-fat diets. Men who followed a vegetarian diet tended to have the lowest levels of testosterone, about 150 points lower, on average, than those following a high-fat, meat-based diet.
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As only testosterone was measured, I wonder how foregoing carbs for fats affect our other hormones. I also wonder if the hormone increase was due to a reduction in carb intake or increase in fat intake or the effects of ketosis.
As usual, there is a don't increase fat warning.
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Still, Joseph Whittaker, the lead investigator and a nutritionist at the University of Worcester in Britain, said he would not recommend a man increase the fats in his diet unless he had low testosterone levels and symptoms of low T and was already restricting fats.
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