There is this carnivore diet guru called Shawn Baker (male, 50's, claims has been on that diet for a few years) who has tested & released his testosterone level results for the public twice, and they are very low for his age. Found a thread on it where I'm taking these claims from:
I see that Shawn Baker had his testosterone levels checked while on Carnivore and they were very low (he had two tests done, one was at the very bottom of "normal" and the other was below range (hypogonadal). He felt fine, however, and hypothesized that his testosterone receptors had become more sensitive.
and another:
I think Baker has also explained, it's not just about the amount of free testosterone in your blood that matters. But about how much of it your body can actually use. Which depends on the amount of receptors you have for it.
Basically his claim is something like people on zerocarb who have low testosterone actually don't have low testosterone, increase in receptors/sensitivity just clears it out so quickly from bloodstream it can't be reliably measured, making it a non-issue. If I'm understanding what they are saying correctly.
So the initial questions requiring sources then are:
What is this mechanism caused by zerocarb diet that increases testosterone receptors?
How much has been measured this mechanism actually affects bioavailable testosterone levels?
How does it make low bioavailable testosterone levels a non-issue?
Thanks!
