The Golden One - January 16, 2019


The Testosterone Drop in Western Men Since the Introduction of Plastic - An Interesting Graph


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5 minutes

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827

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A strange thing has happened to men over the past few decades. We ve become increasingly infertile. So much so that within a generation we may lose the ability to reproduce entirely. What s causing this mysterious drop in sperm counts? And is there any way to reverse it before it s too late?

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00:00:00.000 Greetings, Laddingtons. I have stumbled upon this highly interesting news item and I thought to show an interesting graph so you get a better understanding of exactly why the sperm count or the testosterone of modern men have declined over all these years.
00:00:21.360 Because I have mentioned that in a few of my recent videos that men are not as testosteroneous now as they were back in the day. So I'm going to start reading.
00:00:33.060 Sperm count zero. A strange thing has happened to men over the past few decades. We've become increasingly infertile. So much so that within a generation we may lose the ability to reproduce entirely.
00:00:47.620 What's causing this mysterious drop in sperm counts? And is there any way to reverse it before it's too late?
00:00:56.860 I'm going to scroll down here a bit. Obviously for our purposes I've talked more about testosterone but this is highly linked with each other.
00:01:05.440 Also speaking about linked, I will link this particular article below so you can read it in its entirety.
00:01:11.920 I mainly wanted to show you this particular graph. So we can see here mean total sperm count in millions and it started very high in the 1970s.
00:01:28.780 And then fast forward to 2010. We have a bit lower to say at least.
00:01:34.960 And then on the other side we have global plastics production. Millions of metric tons. And that goes in the opposite direction.
00:01:46.580 So we can see that there is a correlation between plastics productions and a reduce in sperm count.
00:01:55.040 And for our purposes a reduction in testosterone.
00:01:59.460 So we can read a bit more in the article.
00:02:03.620 I met Anna Maria Andersson, a biologist whose research has focused on declining testosterone levels.
00:02:10.980 End quote.
00:02:11.740 There has been a chemical revolution going on starting from the beginning of the 19th century.
00:02:17.060 Maybe even a bit before, she told me.
00:02:19.560 And upwards and exploding after the second world war.
00:02:22.720 Where hundreds of new chemicals came onto the market within a short time frame.
00:02:28.760 Suddenly a vast array of chemicals were entering our bloodstream.
00:02:33.780 Ones that no human body had ever had to deal with.
00:02:37.780 The chemical revolution gave us some wonderful new things.
00:02:41.320 New medicines, new food sources, faster and cheaper mass production of all sorts of necessary products.
00:02:47.180 It also gave us, Andersson pointed out, a living experiment on the human body.
00:02:53.040 With absolutely no forethought to the result.
00:02:56.820 When a chemical affects your hormones, it is called endocrine disruptor.
00:03:01.500 And it turns out that many of the compounds used to make plastics soft and flexible.
00:03:06.220 Or to make them harder and stronger.
00:03:08.840 Like BPA, are consummate endocrine disruptors.
00:03:13.180 Phthalates and BPA, for example, mimic estrogen in the bloodstream.
00:03:16.560 If you're a man with a lot of phthalates in his system, you'll produce less testosterone and fewer sperm.
00:03:23.880 If exposed to phthalates in utero, a male fetus's reproductive system itself will be altered.
00:03:31.600 He will develop to be less male.
00:03:33.920 And I am deeply sorry if I'm completely butchering these terms.
00:03:38.320 But anyway, I just need to shamelessly plug our own shakers here. 0.97
00:03:42.860 They are, of course, made in Hungary and made BPA-free. 0.84
00:03:47.320 So that was one of the things I thought when I started up this supplement company.
00:03:52.200 That, you know, we will avoid anything that is bad.
00:03:55.500 So BPA had to go as simple as that.
00:03:58.140 And before you ask, no, we only ship to Sweden as it is right now.
00:04:01.780 But I will update you all when we start shipping internationally.
00:04:05.640 Or whenever we find a solution for that.
00:04:08.640 Anyway, point being that try to avoid BPA as far as possible.
00:04:13.640 And BPA can be found in water bottles and food containers and sales received.
00:04:18.240 Phthalates are even more common.
00:04:20.660 So this fine article, it continues for a good while.
00:04:25.820 What I would like to say also, and I will make a separate video on this later on.
00:04:29.780 Because it's one of the most important and one of the most commonly asked questions.
00:04:34.800 That is how to redress a low testosterone or how to increase a testosterone.
00:04:41.200 The short answer is just take the glorious pill.
00:04:43.700 Try to live as good and high thumos as possible. 1.00
00:04:47.880 Train hard.
00:04:48.720 Focus on the heavy basic compound movements.
00:04:51.020 That's the absolute first step you have to take.
00:04:53.020 So it's not about aesthetics.
00:04:55.960 It's not necessarily about even getting strong.
00:04:58.380 It's about maintaining a good mental health.
00:05:01.520 So if someone says, oh, you go to the gym because you want to look good and everything.
00:05:06.720 Looking good is just a side effect of it.
00:05:09.140 You go to the gym to optimize your health.
00:05:12.520 So keep that in mind.
00:05:14.160 Then obviously, try to avoid plastic that contain BPA, for example.
00:05:19.020 Try to eat as good as possible.
00:05:21.200 So anyway, I just thought to share this interesting article with you all.
00:05:27.100 And I hope you have a high testosterone day ahead.
00:05:31.080 XXO.
00:05:31.900 Boom.