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This is crucial, as any men have high serum T levels because their level of SHBG is high, which means most of the T they produce is effectively useless. Generally the body tries to maintain strong homeostasis when it comes to hormones. | This is crucial, as any men have high serum T levels because their level of SHBG is high, which means most of the T they produce is effectively useless. Generally the body tries to maintain strong homeostasis when it comes to hormones. | ||
Cross-national and cross-temporal difference in diet and general lifestyle also likely play much of a role in determining the hormonal profile of men from said countries and periods. For example, intakes of dietary protein in wealthy Western countries generally higher than in developing countries,<ref>https://www.wri.org/data/people-are-eating-more-protein-they-need-especially-wealthy-regions</ref> which together with dietary fibre intake also being negatively correlated with country level economic development,<ref>https://www.robertbarrington.net/fibre-intake-various-countries/</ref> would result in lower levels of SHBG in the bloodstream, which would again lead to the bodies of Western individuals being generally more sensitive to the effects of T compared to people in developing countries.<ref>https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/85/1/293/2854619?login=true</ref> | Cross-national and cross-temporal difference in diet and general lifestyle also likely play much of a role in determining the hormonal profile of men from said countries and periods. For example, intakes of dietary protein in wealthy Western countries are generally higher than in developing countries,<ref>https://www.wri.org/data/people-are-eating-more-protein-they-need-especially-wealthy-regions</ref> which together with dietary fibre intake also being negatively correlated with country level economic development,<ref>https://www.robertbarrington.net/fibre-intake-various-countries/</ref> would result in lower levels of SHBG in the bloodstream, which would again lead to the bodies of Western individuals being generally more sensitive to the effects of T compared to people in developing countries.<ref>https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article/85/1/293/2854619?login=true</ref> | ||
These are all factors that need to be taken into account when trying to examine cohort level differences in hormonal profiles. | These are all factors that need to be taken into account when trying to examine cohort level differences in hormonal profiles. | ||