Thread by @nateliason

Lots of talk today about men taking exogenous testosterone and a new company helping them do it.

I’ve looked into this area a decent amount and can say pretty confidently that it’s not the slam dunk it seems, and might make the problems worse.

Not something I’d ever take.

If your testosterone is low, that means something in your environment is messing up your normal hormone production.

You need to analyze your diet, lifestyle, exercise, skincare products, plastic exposure, air quality, water quality, and find the culprit.

If you supplement...

Then your body doesn't get the same signals to produce as much and your natural production will slow down FASTER.

Plus you didn't fix whatever was messing you up in the first place!

You just put a bandaid on it.

Please please do your research guys and think seriously before taking this stuff.

If you're in your 30s or 40s there are DOZENS of things you can and should try before taking such a risky measure.

Also, the idea that you should take exogenous testosterone to help our increasing infertility problems is ABSURD.

Exogenous testosterone is literally a male contraceptive: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

So in sum:

- Taking testosterone makes your problems worse long term.
- It'll make you (temporarily) infertile.
- Hard to stop once you start.
- We don't know the long term effects of continuous T supplementation like this
- You can fix all this yourself without drugs

And yeah I have a number of friends who invested in @HoneHealth so if I missed something here, I'd love to hear from them.

But I feel pretty strongly that this is a bad trend we really should not be encouraging.

@austin_rief @shl @packyM @APompliano @maccaw @ankurnagpal I'm curious why you guys are so excited about this company, besides the financials.

Also, were there other investors besides this list?

Because from a quick look none of them work in health or bio, unless I missed something

One correction: for men 60+ I think it's a different discussion, and the benefits might make more sense then.

I'm concerned in this case because Hone seems to be marketing itself as a miracle pill for much younger men.