Fellas, It Turns Out Carrying Our Phones In Our Pockets IS In Fact Killing Our Swimmers And Lowering Our Testosterone
First things first, Dr. Hubie is the hottest guy in the internet/podcasting streets right now. He's sorta like Rogan if Rogan was an actual doctor and knew about things besides MMA. Huberman touches on a wide variety of topics mostly focused on health.
And on his latest show he talked about the rumor we've all heard for years- that we're killing our lil swimmers with our cell phones. It sounds like an old wives tale, no doubt. We all have phones, and people are still have babies…way, way too many babies. So there's no way it's true, right? Turns out…it is!
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Hubie - The latest Huberman Lab podcast is all about fertility in males and females. I point out that even for people not wishing to conceive children, optimizing for fertility is the best way to optimize for vitality and longevity. I discuss tools to improve male and female, hormone health and fertility, as well as the things that can disrupt them.
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I’ve been following the scientific literature on whether or not smart phones disrupt male hormones and fertility for some years now, and the data thankfully are now clear. A recent meta-analysis indicates they do.
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Note: These effects appear separable from other potential issues related to smart phones, such as the content on them, lack of sleep due to night time viewing etc.
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Smart phones are not going anywhere. One simple way to avoid and reverse the negative affects is to not keep them in your front pocket and ideally to keep them as far away from your body as possible. This is true even when the Wi-Fi is turned off and the phone is turned off.
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If you’ve been carrying your phone in your front pocket for some years now, don’t despair. The negative effects are likely reversible over time.
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I discuss the data, the implications, and other aspects of male and female, fertility, that impact hormones, and more on the podcast episode.
I don't trust most things I see/read on the internet. But Dr. Huberman seems to be the real deal. He doesn't make stuff up for the fuck of it, he doesn't say outlandish things to draw headlines to himself or anything- he just reads research papers, analyzes data, and gives his best thoughts/advice on it. One of the few guys who has become just by being smart, no hot takes or screaming nonsense necessary. I wish more people were like him. We live in a culture/society where the person who yells the loudest gets the views/eyeballs. Everything has to be a bit or an act. I appreciate when people like Hubes break through that wall and make waves simply for having a brain and using it. We could use a lot more of people like him and a lot less of insert Barstool personality/podcast that you think I'm throwing shade at.
So, there ya have it, boys. We are in fact killing our sperm and crushing our testosterone with our phones. For some, that's a dream. I know some of you are going to rub your phones on your dick and balls before bed every night just to make sure. But for others, just be careful. I bet Nick Cannon would never use a phone again if he got wind of this data. He can't risk not populating the Earth, no sir.