Andrew Huberman· PhD
So boron can help regulate SHBG, but its effect is mostly acute.
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.
So boron can help regulate SHBG, but its effect is mostly acute.
Every Sunday: the week’s new conflicts and verdict changes — and nothing else.
Native comments, Twitter mentions, and Reddit threads about this claim — surfaced together so the conversation isn't fragmented across platforms.
Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
Would love a "what would change this verdict" RSS feed. Sign me up if it exists.
what I discovered in myself was that that happened but that when I rechecked testosterone about a month later after staying on boron the sex hormone binding globulin ago I'd gone back up and the testosterone was kind of back to normal so it seems that if you want to use boron to affect free testosterone you have to cycle it
the shbg that I've talked about in the past that is the rest of the blood work four that more recent set so hopefully that stuff is helpful guys that's how I think about it
when I was a strict carnivore I did actually supplement with Boron and saw a significant decline in my sexual one binding globulin that appeared to be temporary people have talked about perhaps cycling Boron if you take Boron consistently the shpg appears to go back up
if shbg sex hormone binding globulin goes down and then comes back up and you're still taking Boron this doesn't really indicate to me that it's a boron deficiency