Men Eating Too Much Meat Lowers Testosterone Levels

Liputan6.com, Jakarta – People on low-carb diets often try to replace lost calories with meat. However, if men are too much eat meat can cause health problems.

Carbohydrates are divided into two types, complex and simple. Many diets recommend avoiding simple carbohydrates and allowing healthy complex carbohydrates.

A new study finds that a low-carb diet can have a negative effect on testosterone and male cortisol.

Nutritionists, Joseph Whittaker and Miranda Harris published their study at Nutrition and Healthan academic journal.

The researchers compared outcomes between participants (adult males) who underwent diet high-carbohydrate diets and participants participating in low-carbohydrate diets.

In a low-carb diet, the lost calories are replaced with protein.

In the study, a high-protein diet was defined as any diet consisting of more than 35 percent protein. A diet consisting of less than 35 percent protein is considered a moderate protein diet.

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