#399: The Vast Influence of Testosterone on Our Bodies, Minds, and the World We Live In

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 24 April 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Testosterone. It’s what makes men, well, men. But my guest today argues that this hormone is a paradox. On the one hand, it makes men physically strong, courageous, and ambitious. But on the other hand, testosterone can contribute to prostate cancer, heart disease, and asocial aggression. My guests's name is Charles Ryan. He’s an oncologist that specializes in prostate cancer, and in his book, "The Virility Paradox," he walks readers through the upsides and the downsides of testosterone. We begin our conversation discussing testosterone’s role in prostate cancer and how Charles artificially lowers T levels in cancer patients to prevent its growth. Charles then walks us through how our exposure to testosterone in the womb has a huge role in how we respond to testosterone later in life. We then delve into the positives and negatives of T, including the way it decreases the risk of Alzheimer’s but increases your chances of balding and can even inspire asocial aggression. We end our conversation discussing whether TRT is the fountain of youth for older men or can turn young guys into beasts. Get the full show notes at aom.is/virility

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0:00.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:13.9	Brett McKay here, welcome to another edition of the Art of Man in this podcast, Testosterone.
0:19.1	It's what makes men well men.
0:21.9	My guest today argues that this hormone is a paradox.
0:24.1	On the one hand, it makes men physically strong, courageous, and ambitious.
0:27.3	But on the other hand, Testosterone can contribute to prostate cancer and a social
0:31.2	aggression.
0:32.2	My guest's name is Charles Ryan.
0:33.4	He's an oncologist that specializes in prostate cancer, and in his book The Verility
0:37.4	Paradox, he walks readers through the upsides and the downsides of testosterone.
0:41.2	We begin our conversation discussing Testosterone's role in prostate cancer growth and how Charles
0:45.5	artificially lowers T levels in cancer patients to prevent its growth.
0:48.8	Charles then walks us through how our exposure to Testosterone in the womb, yes, when you
0:52.7	were a fetus, has a huge role in how we respond to Testosterone later on in life.
0:56.7	We then delve into the positives and negatives of Testosterone, including the way it decreases
1:00.6	the risk of Alzheimer, but increases your chance of balding.
1:03.6	We enter conversation discussing whether TRT is the fountain of youth for older men or
1:06.9	can turn young guys into beasts.
1:08.9	After the show's over, check out the show notes at aum.io-slash-varylady.
1:12.6	And Charles joins me now via clearcast.io.
1:14.8	All right.
1:27.4	Charles Ryan, welcome to the show.
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