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My research is mainly focused on the effects of cholesterol, saturated fat and statin drugs on health. If you know anyone who is worried about their cholesterol levels and heart disease, or has been told to take statin drugs you could send them a link to this website, and to my statin or cholesterol or heart disease books.

David Evans

Independent Health Researcher

Saturday 2 October 2010

Vegetarian men have lower testosterone levels

Published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 42, 127-134

Dietary and hormonal interrelationships among vegetarian Seventh-Day Adventists and nonvegetarian men
BJ Howie and TD Shultz

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/42/1/127

Howie found that levels of testosterone and estradiol-17 beta (which is vital for reproductive and sexual functioning) were significantly lower in vegetarians than in omnivores.

Additionally, the levels of testosterone and estradiol-17 beta of the men were lower in those who ate the most fibre.

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