The subtitle literally contradicts the title.

Manuel_D 8 months ago | parent | next [-]

"...if there is no deficit to the hormone". It sounds like if someone has lower-than-normal testosterone then it increases sex drive. But if someone is already at normal levels of testosterone takes more, it doesn't significantly change sex drive.

	▲	petesergeant 8 months ago \| parent [-]
		No, the headline/study match-up is even dumber than that I'm afraid. The study (which looks fine, the article is trash) is looking at if a given man's sexual desire fluctuates as their testosterone does, day to day[0], in men with healthy testosterone levels. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.150...

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petercooper 8 months ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I assume it means moving up but still starting from within the normal range?

Only one data point, but over the course of this year, I've gone from having the very lowest T level in the acceptable range to the upper half of the range and noticed very little except some increased assertiveness.

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hombre_fatal 8 months ago | parent | prev [-]

Well, getting T back to the normal range restores libido, but fluctuations inside this range don't seem to correlate with libido.

	▲	ndarray 8 months ago \| parent [-]
		Which would mean the headline is false for those with below normal testo levels.