The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
has been shown, yes, has been shown, that small amounts of alcohol ingestion, so five grams or so of alcohol ingestion, this would be half a glass of wine or half a glass of beer, at least in some studies showed increases in testosterone, which was kind of surprising. But I should point out, other studies have shown that alcohol ingestion causes decreases in testosterone over time.
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in general chronic heavy alcohol consumption is associated with lower testosterone levels while low to moderate alcohol consumption does not appear to reduce testosterone and may even increase testosterone levels somewhat
alcohol's effect on testosterone may be dose dependent a low to moderate intake seems to elevate testosterone levels and a higher intake seems to reduce testosterone levels in men
I think it like obviously the safe answer for me is to say no drinking. I think it would be more like a dose dependent toxicity effect and what is your capacity to handle it because ultimately the testes are very uh affected by oxidative stress and if you're not capable of handling that adequately like it will reflect in your inadequate output of hormones locally.