This Drops Testosterone By 25% in Just 2 Hours (and hijacks dopamine)
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April 1st 2025
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In this clip from Rhonda Patrick's appearance on Modern Wisdom, she discusses:
• How just 75g of added sugar quickly slashes testosterone levels • How the average American is consuming over twice the recommended daily sugar intake • Can added sugar damage your brain's reward circuits?
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Testosterone News
- Men with low testosterone are five to six times more likely to develop dementia.
- Long-term estrogen treatment reduced androgen levels in female monkeys by up to 53% and increased cortisol levels. (2004)
- Estrogen may protect against cocaine-induced brain dysfunction by improving brain blood flow - progesterone and testosterone may be detrimental.(2001)
- Estrogen and other sex hormones may be responsible for the higher prevalence of migraine in women, while testosterone may be protective. (2018)
- Pubertal activation of estrogen receptor α in the medial amygdala is essential for the full expression of male social behavior in mice. (2016)
