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The hype around fapstinence appears to have gained impetus from a 2011 [[Reddit]] post to /r/TIL about a single Chinese study claiming fapstinence would boost T levels.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/i514e/til_when_men_dont_masturbate_for_7_days_their/</ref><ref>Jiang M, Xin J, Zou Q, Shen JW (2003). "A research on the relationship between ejaculation and serum testosterone level in men." Journal of Zhejiang University Science A. 4 (2): 236–240. doi:10.1631/jzus.2003.0236.</ref> This study was, however, based on a tiny sample and other results are demonstrating an ''increase'' in T levels following masturbation.<ref>https://theconversation.com/nofap-can-giving-up-masturbation-really-boost-mens-testosterone-levels-an-experts-view-157701</ref> It is possible that masturbation causes a small spike in testosterone release (seemingly associated with sexual arousal in general),<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0306453093900056</ref> but that abstaining from masturbation can also weakly boost testosterone, possibly as an adaption to increase mating drive as testosterone does increase libido. | The hype around fapstinence appears to have gained impetus from a 2011 [[Reddit]] post to /r/TIL about a single Chinese study claiming fapstinence would boost T levels.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/i514e/til_when_men_dont_masturbate_for_7_days_their/</ref><ref>Jiang M, Xin J, Zou Q, Shen JW (2003). "A research on the relationship between ejaculation and serum testosterone level in men." Journal of Zhejiang University Science A. 4 (2): 236–240. doi:10.1631/jzus.2003.0236.</ref> This study was, however, based on a tiny sample and other results are demonstrating an ''increase'' in T levels following masturbation.<ref>https://theconversation.com/nofap-can-giving-up-masturbation-really-boost-mens-testosterone-levels-an-experts-view-157701</ref> It is possible that masturbation causes a small spike in testosterone release (seemingly associated with sexual arousal in general),<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0306453093900056</ref> but that abstaining from masturbation can also weakly boost testosterone, possibly as an adaption to increase mating drive as testosterone does increase libido. | ||
This explanation, however, is unlikely to be sufficient to explain this T boost as even the administration of reasonably large amounts of [[anabolic steroid|exogenous testosterone]] (roughly equivalent to 4x the amount of testosterone most men produce naturally, disregarding differences in individual metabolism of exogenous T) only moderately increases libido.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1440244099800073</ref> | This explanation, however, is unlikely to be sufficient to explain this T boost as even the administration of reasonably large amounts of [[anabolic steroid|exogenous testosterone]] (roughly equivalent to 4x the amount of testosterone most men produce naturally, disregarding differences in individual metabolism of exogenous T) only moderately increases libido in most males.<ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1440244099800073</ref> | ||
The short-term boost in testosterone in this study, moreover, if replicable, was likely so small and of such a short duration that it would play no practical role in driving differences in behavior, sexual drive, or physiological changes. Hormone studies have discovered it seems to generally require both large,<ref>https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/406451</ref> and possibly chronic<ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ab.10050</ref> doses of testosterone to drive even modest behavioral changes in test subjects. | The short-term boost in testosterone in this study, moreover, if replicable, was likely so small and of such a short duration that it would play no practical role in driving differences in behavior, sexual drive, or physiological changes. Hormone studies have discovered it seems to generally require both large,<ref>https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/406451</ref> and possibly chronic<ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ab.10050</ref> doses of testosterone to drive even modest behavioral changes in test subjects. | ||