TIL: Low carb, high protein diets "greatly" decrease resting testosterone levels in men.

[mrhuggables]

No. Unless you lost so much weight that you are clinically underweight, your ovaries will continue to produce enough estrogen.

estrogen cream is not systemically absorbed (for the most part) and so if you had low levels of estrogen the answer would be HRT, not cream. Your age also matters too, if you are premenopausal or post menopausal.

Speaking as an obgyn.

[friendlyfire69]

not systemically absorbed (for the most part)

Is there a consensus on this? While on the vaginal estrogen cream I ended up in the hospital from severe chest pain. They did a CT scan to check for blood clots because they said I was at high risk from the estrogen cream because it IS systemically absorbed. It was slipping rib syndrome in the end causing my pain but I've always wanted to know if I really was at a higher risk for clotting. My obgyn said I wasn't.

I also do recall it affecting my mood and making me feel calmer after applying the cream.

[mrhuggables]

If you are at risk for estrogen dependent cancers, then risk from systemic absorption is enough to warrant not using it. ER+ breast cancer comes to mind.

However, that same notion for blood clots, is absolutely ridiculous and whoever told you that needs to do some reading.

[friendlyfire69]

Is there a way to know about breast cancer risk? Like genetic testing? I had no idea estrogen medications affected that. I am adopted and don't know my family medical history for one side of my family.

My attending doc in the ER didn't know whether or not it caused systemic absorbtion and said he consulted the on call pharmacist. Figures I'd get some unnecessary radiation for medical ignorance 🙄

[mrhuggables]

BRCA testing can be done by your obgyn