{"id":912739,"date":"2026-11-10T20:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T20:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/912739\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T20:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T20:00:12","slug":"manosphere-obsession-is-linked-to-18-higher-risk-of-dying-from-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/912739\/","title":{"rendered":"Manosphere obsession is linked to 18% higher risk of dying from cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

A major manosphere fixation holds important clues to men\u2019s health \u2014 but not just in the ways they think.<\/p>\n

Hyper-masculinity influencers and podcasters are obsessed with the idea of being more \u201cmanly,\u201d and are willing to do quite a lot in its pursuit \u2014 including bone smashing<\/a>, plastic surgery and peptides.<\/p>\n

But one particular metric they\u2019re obsessed with actually can tell men a lot about their sexual health, metabolic health and energy levels \u2014 and, according to a recent study, it can even offer a warning about their cancer risk.<\/p>\n

\"LooksmaxxingManosphere influencers, like Clavicular above, obsession with a health metric may have a higher risk of dying. Instagram\/@clavicular0<\/p>\n

The study, published in the journal Lancet Healthy Longevity<\/a>, looked at data from more than 26,000 men across Australia, Europe and the US.<\/p>\n

Analyzing hormone concentrations from blood samples, the researchers found that men with very low testosterone levels had an 18% higher chance of dying from cancer later in life.<\/p>\n

And once testosterone concentration hit a certain level, cancer risk began to increase.<\/p>\n

Although T levels naturally decrease with age, healthy levels<\/a> in younger men range from 10 to 30 nanomoles per liter (or 300 to 1,000 nanograms per deciliter.)<\/p>\n

The researchers looked at concentrations of testosterone, dihydrotestosterone (DHT), sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) and luteinizing hormone collected early in the men\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

Those were then compared with cancer diagnoses and deaths over the course of several decades.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw that when baseline testosterone was below 8.6 [nanomoles per liter], subsequent cancer risk started increasing,\u201d lead study author professor Bu Yeap said in a press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The findings weren\u2019t the same for all cancers, though.<\/p>\n

\"ALow testosterone was linked to an 18% higher risk of dying from cancer, according to a large international study. fizkes \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

While testosterone levels were not associated with a higher risk of dying from prostate cancer, low levels of SHBG and luteinizing hormone were.<\/p>\n

Since hormone treatment for prostate cancer<\/a> involves lowering testosterone and other male hormones, this type of cancer was of particular interest to the team.<\/p>\n

This association between low hormone levels and cancer doesn\u2019t indicate that low T causes cancer itself, according to the research team.<\/p>\n

They also articulate that despite the connection, men don\u2019t need testosterone supplements to prevent cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we\u2019ve shown low levels are associated with increased risk, we haven\u2019t got any evidence yet that actually giving men testosterone will reduce that risk,\u201d Yeap said.<\/p>\n

Instead, the low hormone levels could be an indication of other underlying health problems.<\/p>\n

Despite this, more men are looking for TRT, as hormone levels have been in a consistent decline<\/a> for decades due to changes in men\u2019s activity levels, weight, stress levels, diet and more.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, \u201ctestmaxxing\u201d has taken over the manosphere, leading young men to procure hormone injections without a doctor\u2019s consultation.<\/p>\n

However, unnecessary TRT without a doctor\u2019s sign-off carries serious risks ranging from risks to fertility to making existing cancer worse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A major manosphere fixation holds important clues to men\u2019s health \u2014 but not just in the ways they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":912740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[687,97,5446,18334,17202,1728,9759,90397],"class_list":["post-912739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-cancer","tag-health","tag-hormones","tag-mens-health","tag-prostate-cancer","tag-research","tag-testosterone","tag-toxic-masculinity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=912739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/912740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=912739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=912739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}