Body fat and sexual sides?

[He-Bat]

is it true that man with more body fat are more likely to get sexual sides? Stupid question, I know.

 

[TheGrayMan2001]

I think there might be a slight correlation, but it isn't the fat itself. My suspicion (this is non-proven, btw) is that people who are prone to get fat easier or have gyno or pseudogyno are already not quite as hormonally "balanced" as most people and the finasteride simply throws things out of whack even more.

That's just my opinion off of reading cases on the internet, it might not correlate at all.

 

[Ende]

I belive so, yes. Fat cells contains a lot of aromatase enzymes, which converts testosterone to estrogen. Generally, an overweight guy will probably have a higher estrogen level than a lean guy.

 

[Primo]

Ever notice how all male pornstars are completely ripped? The only reason they put all that work into their bodies is because they know staying lean will maximise their penis size.

Putting on fat definitely causes problems where more hormones convert to estrogen, and from my own personal experiences I always had problems performing after a period of heavy eating and fat gain.

 

[Mens Rea]

More fat tends to encourage an estrogen dominance, so yeah, i would say for sure.

 

[Ende]

I've been overweight pretty much my whole life, and I never had any sexual problems before I began using finasteride. I had raging libido and rock hard erections.

 

[Mens Rea]

^ i think for the weight really to matter (bar obviously obiesity) you need to be predisposed to such problems.

Most of us aren't....until finasteride hit us anyway.


Example - you hardly think that fat guy with the gyno who never has taken finasteride in his life has top drawer libido? lol

 

[Ende]

I don't think anyone is predisposed to side effects from finasteride. My estrogen level could be much higher than a lean guy at that point, but my sex hormones were perfectly balanced by DHT. Reducing DHT was a recipe for disaster. Try the body building community, and ask for their opinion about aromatizing steroids and body fat.