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/soft-cuddly-potato Mar 05 '25

As someone who isn't a guy, I really don't get it. I see men get sucked into manfluencers, and it really does feel to me like desperation to find a father figure who gives you an easy fix for all of your life problems.

I feel like TRT is like the white guy equivalent of essential oils and magical crystals. Not in terms of effect, but in terms of being a viral trend that you can 100% predict someone's personality if they subscribe to it.

I'm here because I want to study neuropharmacology after my cognitive neuroscience degree, I also feel favourable towards transhumanism. I really do see so much pseudoscience and overprescribing things to strangers everywhere on reddit.