Silicon Valley millionaires are characterized by the fact that they are beings plagued by a constant mixture of inner search and excess free time. Sometimes it makes them delve into the mystique of psychedelics or simply remain unchanged over time with impossible therapies to achieve the elixir of eternal youth.
The latest trend among Silicon Valley’s millionaire elites are T-Parties (T for Testosterone), parties in which they try to balance their manhood percentage by increasing testosterone secretion. As if there was already an excess of that hormone in the world.
Testosterone party for millionaires. In Silicon Valley, business opportunities await around every corner. Popular Silicon Valley “biohacker” Jeff Tang has created a small startup called T-Party, whose business is based on organizing meetings of millionaires in luxury mansions to, according to them, restore testosterone levels through exercise therapy, diet and blood tests. results.
The company took the idea from the conservative Tea Party gatherings of 2010, although in this case there’s no Earl Gray or pasta on the table, and the T in its name refers to the male hormone. According to the T-Party website, its meetings aim to “help men return their T (testosterone) levels to normal levels, which will improve physical, mental and sexual health.
Masculinity in crisis? Beyond ideological debates, scientists and researchers have been warning of a crisis of masculinity for years. This manifests itself in two ways. On the one hand, the social and cultural component with the inability of the male figure to develop in current roles, ceasing to be useful in its traditional form.
On the other hand, purely medical issues where various studies have shown a downward trend in the levels of testosterone present in the male population over the years.
Science agrees: testosterone has decreased. Testosterone decline is a natural aging process called andropause, at a rate of 1.6% per year gradually starting at age 40. However, the proponent of these parties is correct that male testosterone levels have declined between 10 and 40% among adolescent and young men in the United States between 1999 and 2016. Despite this decline, their levels are not incompatible with enjoying good physical, mental or sexual health.
A healthy range is between 270 nanograms of testosterone per deciliter of blood and 1,070 nanograms. A study published in the journal Nature suggests that patients with hormone levels below this threshold have a higher risk of obesity, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes and other diseases. They may begin to feel tired, lose interest in sex, gain weight, and lose muscle mass. In addition, there is a link between low testosterone and depression.
We are what we eat, drink and…smoke. Experts attribute this drop in testosterone levels to poor eating habits, which usually end up in obesity, creating a vicious cycle for testosterone. Another likely factor is chemicals and pesticides used in agriculture and the food industry that enter the water and can inhibit the secretion of this hormone.
One of the most unexpected factors is the decline in tobacco consumption, since the apparent consumption of this substance increases testosterone levels, although its harmful effects on health make its consumption completely inadvisable.
Masculinity from a healthy perspective. Jeff Tang’s approach is based on dealing with the problem of low testosterone from a natural, healthy and positive point of view that does not use anabolics or other miracle solutions.
Just like Tang himself countedThe goal of T-Parties is to bring together a group of people with the same interests in technology and innovation who care about their health. There they get some advice on their diet and exercise with weights to stay healthy. During the session, blood tests and morphological measurements are performed by qualified medical personnel and the results obtained are compared to see the development. It’s not the idea many will have of a millionaire party, but it is Silicon Valley.
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