Menu

Post image 1
Post image 2
Post image 3
Post image 4
Post image 5
Post image 6
Post image 7
Post image 8
Post image 9
Post image 10
Post image 11
Post image 12
Post image 13
Post image 14
Post image 15
Post image 16
1 / 16
0

Does Weed Really Lower Testosterone?

English - VICE·Maha Haq·3 days ago
#Cpsog3Ta
#vice#cannabis#testosterone#study#weed#people
Reading 0:00
15s threshold

Weed has been blamed for a lot of things: laziness, late-night munchie binges, not texting back, an inability to finish movies, and, depending on which corner of the internet you’re trapped in, absolutely nuking your testosterone. That last one has become one of those bro-science talking points that sounds official because people say it confidently. The claim is usually straightforward: cannabis lowers T, which tanks your sex drive, sperm health, motivation, and probably your entire masculine aura. Very normal stuff. Videos by VICE Calm down, fellas But a new study is making that claim harder to repeat without a few caveats. Researchers from the University of Geneva and the Swiss Center for Applied Human Toxicology found that cannabis use did not lower testosterone levels in young men. Actually, cannabis users in the study had higher levels of certain androgens, including testosterone. Before anyone starts calling a pre-roll hormone support, no. That’s not what this means.…

Continue reading — create a free account

Join HashtagPLUS to read full articles, follow hashtags, vote, and join the conversation.

Read More