Does masturbating reduce testosterone?

• Masturbation - Masturbation is a normal and healthy sexual activity. During this process, people enjoy sexual pleasure with the help of hands, fingers, or sex toys. According to research, masturbation reduces stress, improves sleep, improves sex life, and has many other benefits.
• Testosterone - The testosterone hormone plays a special role in the sexual development of men. If testosterone hormone is not produced in the body or is less than required, it can cause problems like a lack of interest in sex.

Testosterone is related to the sex drive, which is linked to the male sex drive. Masturbation and sex have a direct impact on testosterone levels.

According to a small study conducted in 1972, masturbation had no direct effect on ejaculation levels, which may explain why masturbation does not have any negative effect on testosterone levels. At the same time, according to NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information), according to a study conducted on 10 adults in the year 2001, a slight increase in T level i.e. testosterone level was seen due to masturbation for 3 weeks.

In 2007, a study conducted on rats found that frequent masturbation reduces androgen receptors in the brain. Androgen receptors help the body use testosterone. Meanwhile, according to a study conducted in 2007, frequent masturbation increases estrogen receptors. Therefore, whether masturbation reduces testosterone or not is not clear.

By the way, if masturbation is done excessively, a person can become addicted to it. Not only testosterone levels are related to masturbation, but there are many such myths that people consider to be true, such as infertility, dehydration, hormonal imbalance, and changes in the size or shape of the penis due to testosterone, according to research, there is nothing like this. It happens.

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Masturbation may not reduce testosterone levels, but anything in excess can harm health. Therefore, if you take testosterone multiple times a day or daily, you may become addicted to it and it may harm the reproductive organs.

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