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“Stopping The TRT Bandwagon” - FDA Insider REVEALS Agencies SECRET War On Testosterone

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🗓️ 30 November 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Marty Makary breaks down how views on steroids and testosterone shifted from taboo to medical treatment. He explains why muscle mass predicts longevity, why the FDA is holding a forum on TRT, and how hormone therapy for women was wrongly discredited despite major benefits for heart health, bones, and quality of life.

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0:00.0

Okay, so next thing to talk about.

0:02.7

When I was coming up, I wanted to be a bodybuilder. I wanted to be Mr. Olympia. I said, you know, one day I'm going to be Mr. Olympia. And the average high for Mr. Olympia is 5-8, 59, 510. I'm 6.3 and a half, 6.4. So for me, you know, I didn't want to be 400 pounds off-season. And there was this book that everybody had to read to learn about steroids.

0:24.0

It's called The Steroids. I didn't want to be 400 pounds off-season. And there was this book that everybody had to read to learn about steroids.

0:23.9

It's called the steroids Bible.

0:25.8

And it was multiple, you know, first one, second one, third one, all of them you would go through.

0:32.1

And everything about testosterone was bad that you would read about.

0:36.0

And then today, for the first time ever, back in the days, nobody would talk about that

0:41.9

that guy's on steroids.

0:43.0

No, he's natural.

0:44.6

And I think a couple of the first people that came out and talked about it, Arnold may have

0:48.5

spoken about it, and a guy named Bill Phillips made it very open with this magazine called

0:53.2

Muscle Media 2000,

0:54.6

which was hands-down the best magazine in bodybuilding.

0:58.5

And he wrote a book called Body of Life.

1:01.4

He had a company called EAS.

1:03.5

But today, guys will openly say, yeah, I'm on TRT.

1:08.6

Yeah, I'm on HRT.

1:10.5

What has happened where, what can you tell us from the

1:15.3

perspective of steroids today? What does the average person not know about? Have we found,

1:22.1

I read a book about 12 years ago called Ageless Man, where they were testing TRT and steroids with, you know, different

1:29.3

things to say, you know, if the TRT, if the testosterone level is higher, your heart is actually

1:35.2

doing better. What have we learned about steroids? It's a fascinating subject. And I think you and I

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