What do you think of declining sperm counts?

[Epicwinguy]

Path to extinction? Sperm count accelerates its decline

Humans could disappear from planet Earth without even a whimper, that is, the whimper of new babies as the human sperm count keeps plummeting.

www.resilience.org

I really want to know what you guys think is causing it and totally won't laugh at your conspiracy theories.

 

[RickTheToad]

Fvcked up food supply. People having to work so much they have to rely on fast food instead of healthy nutritious whole foods like veggies, fruits, beef, chicken and fish. Pollution from big business and pumping up animals full of antibiotics and chemicals to expand profits. Food is cheaper, yes, but at what cost to our bodies? GMO is nearly in everything processed. I feel like we're living in the world shown in the movie, Demolition Man.

 

[RickTheToad]

My dad is 73 yo, I'm 33 and his test levels are higher than me. Imagine my shock.

What type of food are you eating? My testosterone levels are higher than average; and always has been. You may be deficient in Zinc. It would be wise to get your levels checked regularly.

 

[EyeBRollin]

Testosterone is low. Modern men are weak and do little to no manual labor. People also wait too gotdamn long to reproduce. Biologically, we should be pumping out babies in our late teens early 20s.

 

[Kotaix]

It's silly to claim that humans are going to go extinct because of this. There are still uncontacted tribes in the amazon that are unaffected by this, and a good portion of the mongols and other similar peoples in asia still live in a semi-nomadic life based on grass fed animals.

This is a first world problem, and I don't see any problem with slightly less people in the world.

 

[Epicwinguy]

It's silly to claim that humans are going to go extinct because of this. There are still uncontacted tribes in the amazon that are unaffected by this, and a good portion of the mongols and other similar peoples in asia still live in a semi-nomadic life based on grass fed animals.

This is a first world problem, and I don't see any problem with slightly less people in the world.

So would you say it's a good thing? Eventually just fewer people using fewer resources and causing less damage?

 

[Dr.Suave]

Well, that movie predicted a few things.... Including Taco Bell winning the fast food wars...

Taco Bell is winning? I only had one in my hometown. I liked it but it went bankrupt. Maybe it was not a good idea to try to sell fast food tacos to real Mexicans.

 

[RickTheToad]

Nice, you win a scooby snack


I checked my levels and they were low. I've done sports my whole life, maybe a combo of my reasons mentioned above, plus genetics idk.


My SHBG was normal, my test was 370 and free 8.2, I started using gear when I needed to be on TRT, so if I have to pin myself for the rest of my life, I'm going hard then.

What do I know. I'm just a Physicians Assistant in two ERs within Bridgeport, Connecticut.

 

[Kotaix]

So would you say it's a good thing? Eventually just fewer people using fewer resources and causing less damage?

Yeah, I don't see a downside to less people. This has been predicted for a while too.

 

[Pierce Manhammer]

Endocrine disruptors are everywhere.

Soy is an e2 mimicker.

Plastics are too and chances are you eat out of microwaved plastic containers all the time, which makes it even worse.

“Endocrine disruptors are found in many everyday products, including some plastic bottles and containers, liners of metal food cans, detergents, flame retardants, food, toys, cosmetics, and pesticides.” [1]

[1]https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/endocrine/index.cfm

 

[BillyPilgrim]

What do I know. I'm just a Physicians Assistant in two ERs within Bridgeport, Connecticut.

You know what you're told. Seems like appeals to authority don't work quite as well as they used to with everything so pervasively messed up, do they?

 

[Zimbabwe]

My dad is 73 yo, I'm 33 and his test levels are higher than me. Imagine my shock.

BPA plastics, especially those found on receipt lower testosterone by a significant amount

 

[Mike32ct]

I'm not a medical person, but isn't the "normal range" of T rather wide?

My understanding is the doc telling you that you have normal T is like the weatherman predicting 0 to 30 inches of snow tonight.

TDLR: Not to sound conspiracy-like, but I fear the range of normal has been "widened" to compensate for this phenomenon.

 

[Pierce Manhammer]

That’s because the “normal ranges” are pulled from the mean of tests over time. The issue is that we have a sick population in general, so the values vary widely on most lab tests but definitely represent what is “normal” (better said common) for the population.

 

[SW15]

My testosterone was in the high 700s at my last test because I do not eat soy or processed foods, I lift weights/exercise, keep a normal weight, no porn, and no fap.

 

[Pierce Manhammer]

My testosterone was in the high 700s at my last test because I do not eat soy or processed foods, I lift weights/exercise, keep a normal weight, no porn, and no fap.

Those are good numbers, depending on your age. They mirror mine in my 50's. The minute my numbers drop below 600 or I feel a difference; I will hop on TRT. I test every 6 months.

 

[SW15]

Those are good numbers, depending on your age. They mirror mine in my 50's. The minute my numbers drop below 600 or I feel a difference; I will hop on TRT. I test every 6 months.

That was a test in my late 30s.

 

[Pierce Manhammer]

Imagine how I felt at 380

I believe the bottom of the range for labquest in the United States, is like 200. That said the numbers are just a guideline. My urologist is a huge proponent of TRT. He says it doesn’t matter if you’re at 900 if you don’t feel well, it’s not the right number for you. He’ll go until your symptoms subside within reason.

 

[BackInTheGame78]

Coincides with declining T levels

 

[BackInTheGame78]

Testosterone is low. Modern men are weak and do little to no manual labor. People also wait too gotdamn long to reproduce. Biologically, we should be pumping out babies in our late teens early 20s.

The increase in autism and other conditions has been linked to later pregnancies as well