Caloric Restriction Increases Serum Testosterone Concentrations in Obese Male Subject

[Nelson Vergel]

This is opposite to what happens to thin men who go on a calorie restriction diet.


"Caloric restriction significantly increased total testosterone (6.97 nmol/l to 13.21 nmol/l; p=0.001) and SHBG (22.11 nmol/l to 42.12 nmol/l; p=0.001) concentrations in serum. This is caused by a significant improvement of the testicular function (LH/T: 0.36-0.20; p=0.005) and a significant reduction of the T/beta-estradiol conversion rate (73.59-104.29; p=0.003)"

https://www.thieme-connect.de/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0033-1358678

 

[robs2nd75]

Thought I would find some contradictory studies...instead I found this; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24198220 .