Will a high-fat diet improve testosterone levels? 📈
Science vs pseudoscience.
The Effect of Low-Fat Diets Versus High-Fat Diet on Sex Hormones: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Background
High-fat diets are often purported by popular media as being optimal for testosterone production, but is there any evidence to support this claim? 🧐
Study Details
This new meta-analysis compiled data from 11 trials (888 participants) to compare the effects of…
📉 Low-Fat (≤ 30% of kcal)
vs
🥑 High-Fat Diets (≥ 31% of kcal)
…on sex hormones and their metabolites in adults 🧬
Here is what they found ⬇️
Key Findings
The meta-analysis found no significant differences between diets in serum levels of various sex hormones including…
❌ Estradiol
❌ Estrone
❌ Sex hormone-binding globulin
❌ Dehydroepiandrosterone
❌ Testosterone
❌ Progesterone
❌ Androstenedione
Conclusion
Current evidence suggests that a high-fat diet will not enhance testosterone levels 🙅♂️
Don’t fall for the pseudoscience 👈
Reference
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40387562/
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