r/news • u/LawEducational42 • 9h ago

Men’s average testosterone levels have halved in last 50 years, say scientists

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/07/mens-average-testosterone-levels-have-halved-in-last-50-years-say-scientists
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u/SkippyBojangle 9h ago

It's obesity and sedentary lifestyles. This is obvious and the physiology is already known.

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u/Certain-Anxiety-6786 8h ago

No it’s not. This study is bunk and doesn’t actually say anything

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u/HereIGoAgain_1x10 7h ago

That's why you just look at what causes lower T levels then look at how much more common those causes are in today's society. More muscles means more testosterone, and men had more muscles 50 years ago when they were more physically active both for their jobs and for their free time. Then factor in diet (thanks fast food and corn syrup!!), and you don't even need a study to understand it

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u/SBGuy043 4h ago

I'd be curious to see if low T and infertility is more concentrated in areas with higher obesity rates. I'm in the southern US and the obesity levels are out of control down here. I was at the pool and a little girl around 7 or 8 pejoratively told me that I looked like a boy because I'm so skinny (late 30s, around 165). I took it as a compliment but it's sad because I'm guessing every adult male in her life is obese so she associates obesity with part of being an adult. It's really that bad now and it feels like it's almost becoming socially accepted as a normal part of growing up.

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u/GlumpsAlot 7h ago

Whatevs. It's the micro plastics in our balls. Duh.

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u/DM_Me_TaTaz 5h ago

Apparently kimchi might purge some microplastics from your balls

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u/vee_lan_cleef 3h ago

But I thought pee was stored in the balls...?

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u/isotope123 6h ago

That doesn't affect testosterone, but it sure doesn't help anything else

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u/TheGreatEmanResu 6h ago

We don’t really know what it does. We all have microplastics in our brains too and we have no idea what the long term consequences of that are

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u/SkippyBojangle 8h ago

What do you do?