"CONCLUSION: “Preconception paternal metformin treatment is associated with major birth defects, particularly genital birth defects in boys." (Study included at the end of this post)
TRANSLATION: Men, if you're taking Metformin to help manage your Type 2 Diabetes AND you're planning on doing some baby-makin' with your woman...you should know that there's a possibility that IF that baby survives, it may be born with serious birth defects - including deformed genitals if you have a boy.
Putting the damage it can do to your unborn child aside, though...in YOU, Metformin reduces stomach acid (leading to malnourishment and susceptibility to increased infections), lowers B12, can cause iron deficiency anemia, lactic acidosis, dementia, Alzheimer’s, peripheral neuropathy, cognitive impairment, lower testosterone, and downregulate mitochondrial respiration. Metformin also interferes with mTOR and can lead to sarcopenia (muscle wasting) over time, further reducing your ability to properly manage your blood sugar as your muscles slowly deteriorate.
I don't know about you, but none of that sounds like a terribly good strategy for creating good health in ANY body. And we haven't even discussed the toll T2D takes on the body, regardless.”
Oh, just in case you didn't know, T2D is primarily driven by an unhealthy lifestyle and environment...which means maybe you should try to handle your lifestyle/environment-induced dis-ease by optimizing your lifestyle and environment rather than depending on a magic pill to do the dirty work for you.
We all know it's common for women to be the ones tasked with all the pre-natal responsibility to get in shape, eat a healthy diet, and "clean their womb" prior to getting pregnant, but as I've been saying for years...men have a tremendous responsibility as well. If you want to increase your chances of having viable, healthy offspring, that is.
If not...or if taking responsibility for your health and the health of your kids isn't a high priority for you, then how about doing everyone a favor and perhaps reconsider the whole breeding thing in the first place?
Because while everyone likes to talk about this world needing more "real men" - and I can promise you there's nothing more real than becoming a father - sometimes doing "real man" shit means taking care of yourself FIRST.
Your woman has enough to deal with when it comes to growing a tiny human inside her body. The least you could do is put down the booze and the fast food and the video games, and pick up some water, a grass-fed steak with broccoli, and some iron plates, instead.
(Comments credit go to Jason Boyd on FB)
#Diabetes #Metformin #BirthDefects
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-4389
TRANSLATION: Men, if you're taking Metformin to help manage your Type 2 Diabetes AND you're planning on doing some baby-makin' with your woman...you should know that there's a possibility that IF that baby survives, it may be born with serious birth defects - including deformed genitals if you have a boy.
Putting the damage it can do to your unborn child aside, though...in YOU, Metformin reduces stomach acid (leading to malnourishment and susceptibility to increased infections), lowers B12, can cause iron deficiency anemia, lactic acidosis, dementia, Alzheimer’s, peripheral neuropathy, cognitive impairment, lower testosterone, and downregulate mitochondrial respiration. Metformin also interferes with mTOR and can lead to sarcopenia (muscle wasting) over time, further reducing your ability to properly manage your blood sugar as your muscles slowly deteriorate.
I don't know about you, but none of that sounds like a terribly good strategy for creating good health in ANY body. And we haven't even discussed the toll T2D takes on the body, regardless.”
Oh, just in case you didn't know, T2D is primarily driven by an unhealthy lifestyle and environment...which means maybe you should try to handle your lifestyle/environment-induced dis-ease by optimizing your lifestyle and environment rather than depending on a magic pill to do the dirty work for you.
We all know it's common for women to be the ones tasked with all the pre-natal responsibility to get in shape, eat a healthy diet, and "clean their womb" prior to getting pregnant, but as I've been saying for years...men have a tremendous responsibility as well. If you want to increase your chances of having viable, healthy offspring, that is.
If not...or if taking responsibility for your health and the health of your kids isn't a high priority for you, then how about doing everyone a favor and perhaps reconsider the whole breeding thing in the first place?
Because while everyone likes to talk about this world needing more "real men" - and I can promise you there's nothing more real than becoming a father - sometimes doing "real man" shit means taking care of yourself FIRST.
Your woman has enough to deal with when it comes to growing a tiny human inside her body. The least you could do is put down the booze and the fast food and the video games, and pick up some water, a grass-fed steak with broccoli, and some iron plates, instead.
(Comments credit go to Jason Boyd on FB)
#Diabetes #Metformin #BirthDefects
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M21-4389
Annals of Internal Medicine
Preconception Antidiabetic Drugs in Men and Birth Defects in Offspring: A Nationwide Cohort Study: Annals of Internal Medicine:…
Background: Diabetes reduces semen quality and increasingly occurs during reproductive years. Diabetes medications, such as metformin, have glucose-independent effects on the male reproductive system. Associations with birth defects in offspring are unknown.…
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