Dr. Jen Gunter

And I mean, you think, okay, like,

You can say, oh, well, my subjective, I feel better.

You can see that, but actually motor improvement.

And so, you know, the brain is a really interesting tool.

So the more people pay, the greater the placebo response as well.

And I think that it's ultimately not fair to mislead people.

I think people deserve the data.

Yeah, so there's this misperception, and I would say a lot of disinformation about testosterone therapy on Instagram.

And people talk about it as a vital hormone, essential.

Well, sure, yeah, I mean, epinephrine's vital too, but I'm not selling it to you.

Right, exactly.

So I would say that's a great example about taking something that's true and taking it completely out of context.

We know that testosterone levels actually start to decline in...

kind of the late 20s, early 30s, and they follow kind of an age-related decline.

And then around age 70, there's a little bit of a peak again, or late 60s, early 70s, it goes up.

So it's not related to menopause at all.

Obviously, it's different if people have their ovaries removed, but that's because your adrenal glands produce a good chunk.

And so, first of all, it's not a menopause-related phenomenon.

I think it's a really important thing to talk about.

There is no indication to check testosterone levels for concern about low levels.