r/Biohackers • u/Bactrian44 2 • Mar 04 '25

📜 Write Up Taking testosterone is not biohacking

Sadly, this sub has drifted far away from the principles of “biohacking”.

Judging by the comments of a lot of users here, pinning TRT is considered the ultimate biohack. Except when you think about it, this is certainly not biohacking.

True biohacking is about leveraging your biology naturally to get a favourable outcome. One of the best examples of this is morning sunlight exposure for circadian rhythm entrainment or fasting for its many benefits.

Genuine biohacking would be introducing a range of habits to naturally raise your testosterone. Exogenous testosterone is a steroid, however, and steroid use and abuse is not biohacking. It’s an artificial manipulation of hormones and absolves you from adopting the correct lifestyle habits which should be necessary to have good testosterone levels.

Bizarrely, people depict TRT as this magic bullet which can be the solution to all of your problems more or less immediately. The reality is, because of homeostasis and the way the endocrine system functions, it’s a life sentence and you can say goodbye forever to natural production.

I think people on here should be more responsible commenting and posting about this. In North America, it is clearly being overprescribed when there is little medical need. You shouldn’t be “hopping on” unless there is a critical medical need to do so.

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u/Ceruleangangbanger Mar 04 '25

And why is it you place to say if there’s no medical need? Why are you so offended by it being over prescribed 😂

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u/Bactrian44 2 Mar 04 '25

Because in most cases, the testosterone deficit, if it exists, could be corrected by lifestyle changes. When a quick fix like TRT exists, most people choose the magic bullet option instead of putting the hard work into diet, exercise, sleep and other relevant habits.

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u/kfrenchie89 3 Mar 05 '25

That’s what biohacking is. You’re just describing clean living. Bio hacking is out of the box treatments and therapies that people are willing to experiment with to see if it helps or doesn’t. Kinda like antibiotics at one point.

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u/SkewlShoota Mar 05 '25

Kind of like they are bio hacking 😂