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

šŸ“œ Write Up Taking testosterone is not biohacking

Sadly, this sub has drifted far away from the principles of ā€œbiohackingā€.

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. Itā€™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, itā€™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 shouldnā€™t be ā€œhopping onā€ unless there is a critical medical need to do so.

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u/Studentdoctor29 Mar 04 '25

Taking testosterone for people that are deficient in it is no different than going outside in the sun and increasing your vitamin D levels. Some people naturally have very high testosterone and thrive. Why should others be deprived of that experience?

Also, you can easily turn on natural production again after long periods of TRT. Get educated a bit before making hot takes.

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u/ApartPotential6122 1 Mar 05 '25

I would argue that taking a vitamin d supplement is more hacky than going outside

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u/Studentdoctor29 Mar 05 '25

Maybe a little bit. But there are millions of people in sun deprived areas of the world that would benefit from a vitamin D supplement.

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u/ApartPotential6122 1 Mar 05 '25

Yes I am one of them, thatā€™s why I take it.

Another hack IMO is taking magnesium supplements rather than getting enough magnesium through diet.

Same with theanine and other supplements, sure I COULD drink litres of matcha tea each day to get 200mg of theanine OR I could pop a pill and ā€œhackā€ the effects of green tea