Black and White testosterone

[BDsavage92]

I've been listening to white nationalist spew their "blacks are savages, they have 20% more testosterone than white people" meme for a while now, well it turns out it's not true.

" Contrary to the postulated racial difference, testosterone concentrations did not differ notably between black and white men. However, blacks had higher estradiol levels. Mexican-Americans had higher testosterone than whites but similar estradiol and SHBG concentrations. Given these findings, it may be equally if not more important to investigate estradiol as testosterone in relation to diseases with racial disparity."

http://press.endocrine.org/doi/full/10.1210/jc.2007-0028

 

[bouncy]

I've been listening to white nationalist spew their "blacks are savages, they have 20% more testosterone than white people" meme for a while now, well it turns out it's not true.

" Contrary to the postulated racial difference, testosterone concentrations did not differ notably between black and white men. However, blacks had higher estradiol levels. Mexican-Americans had higher testosterone than whites but similar estradiol and SHBG concentrations. Given these findings, it may be equally if not more important to investigate estradiol as testosterone in relation to diseases with racial disparity."

http://press.endocrine.org/doi/full/10.1210/jc.2007-0028

If black men had higher estradiol levels that most likely means, they make more testosterone then white men BUT, for some reason its converted to estradiol more than mexican-american. I think it's probably related to diet, because mexican food being so high in more whole foods, will have more aromatase inhibitors. Aromatase is what converts testosterone into estradiol, and other estrogens. Whole foods also have phytosterols which act as cholesterol in the body, and may account for them having more testosterone.

BTW, estradiol is what gives men their sexuality so, is this a bad thing if the estradiol is in the brain? If you can control having a high estradiol level that it won't effects organs as the prostate BUT, enough to give you your sexuality, this may be a good thing. You don't want to not have any estradiol because it will most likely effect your sexuality.