Alcohol Explained

by William Porter

There is another aspect of this that is of particular interest to men and this is the fact that alcohol diminishes their testosterone, and a lack of testosterone leads to weight gain (which is why eunuchs are usually overweight). When you drink heavily it takes several weeks for testosterone levels to return to normal, so if you drink heavily on a fairly regular basis (such as at weekends) then your testosterone is constantly low. Low testosterone not only causes increased fat and increased breast size in men, it also leads to low sex drive, erectile difficulties, a low semen count, hair loss, loss of muscle mass, a decrease in bone density, and mood changes. This reality is certainly different to the traditional hard-drinking macho image as portrayed by icons such a James Bond. In fact, the true image of the male hard drinker is not the toned and rugged image of the Daniel Craig James Bond, but the plump, balding, breasted, weak, nervous and emotionally unstable middle aged man in a rapidly failing relationship.

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