Derek (More Plates More Dates)

Like it must be that or it sure gets a shower filter, but like it's not going to be the game changer.

I do think avoiding like the basics.

So like, you know, switch to glass where you can don't use plastic water bottles, stuff like that.

And there is.

blatant evidence showing interactions with estrogen receptors with some of these compounds as well as androgen receptors which in turn will impede the ability of the actual hormones you produce to bind to those receptors and do what it needs to do so you're like essentially competing with yourself for

activity in the body like you're you know competing with these like uh even if they're like moot activity compounds they still act as like anti-androgens or anti-estrogens via their occupying of receptors so to whatever degree they are doing it at all is not ideal because it's inhibiting like space that could be occupied by actual endogenous hormones that you need to produce and need to work properly and you don't want to be competing with like environmental toxins to like do things in the body

Mm-hmm.

i did a video a while ago on like the earliest finding i could find of recorded testosterone levels in i think it was like military soldiers or something one thing i think is notable is the actual detection sensitivity of testing is absolutely much different now than it was you know 60 years ago so to contrast like

Oh, the total test of some guy 60 years ago versus now is equivalent even on like a testing methodology basis is like flawed to begin with because it's probably not an accurate comparison.

But is there a trend downwards?

I would say yes.

And I think it is mostly dictated by the obesity, the diet, the lifestyle stuff.

So yeah.

You know, like there's obviously things to deal with in the environment that are less favorable and are not supportive and probably not benign.

But like in general, I think most people that worry about this stuff, they would be put their mind at ease by dialing in everything else, which is not that hard to do.

It's often free or, you know, cost less money.

You're like eating less food, you know, go to the gym, et cetera.

I'm not saying that's easy to do, but like dial in your basics.

And once you do that, you have your baseline.

Let's just say you get a blood test and you see where you're at.