Topic
Hormones
Hormones is a recurring research topic on Health Canon. This hub collects related explainers and protocols, newest first, each with evidence grades and practical decision frameworks.
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Women's Health
RED-S Warning Signs in Women: What to Watch For (2026)
Energy availability red flags: menstrual changes, fatigue, injuries, mood—act early, fuel, and get multidisciplinary care.
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Women's Health
Women's Health, Hormones, and Drinking-Water Contaminants
Water is one exposure route among many for metals and PFAS. Pregnancy and lactation change priorities; filters are not hormone therapy.
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Men's Health
Chronic Training and Basal Testosterone: What Lifting Does—and Does Not—Do
In eugonadal men, RT often does not chronically raise resting testosterone. Benefits run through muscle, strength, body fat, and function—not as TRT replacement.
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Men's Health
Acute Testosterone Response to Resistance Training: Real but Transient
Resistance exercise acutely raises circulating testosterone in men—especially large-muscle sessions—but spikes are not endogenous TRT and are overstated for hypertrophy.
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Fitness
Sleep, Deloads, and Recovery Management for Male Lifters
Recovery is a training variable. Sleep restriction lowers testosterone and can induce anabolic resistance; plan deloads every 4–8 weeks or when performance drops.
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Hormones & Genes
Fragrance Chemicals and Hormone Receptors: Mechanisms Without Myth
In vitro ER/AR signals, anti-androgenic phthalates, and musk receptor findings—graded carefully against human dose.
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Hormones & Genes
Fluoride, Thyroid, and Kidney: What Evidence Actually Shows
High fluoride and iodine deficiency can interact on thyroid; kidneys both excrete fluoride and suffer in advanced disease. Grade claims carefully.
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Hormones & Genes
PFAS, Thyroid, Immune Response, and Cholesterol: Non-Cancer Endpoints
Beyond cancer headlines, PFAS evidence concentrates on lipids, vaccine antibody responses, and thyroid disease—the endpoints that shaped EFSA’s TWI and NASEM clinical tiers.
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Women's Health
Menopause, Exercise, and HRT Boundaries: What Lifting Does and Does Not Replace
Resistance training helps peri/postmenopause. It is not a hormone prescription.
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Hormones & Genes
Birth Control in Tap Water: Human Dose Bridge vs the Pill
Picograms and nanograms per day versus 20–35 µg ethinylestradiol—orders of magnitude matter.
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Hormones & Genes
Birth Control Hormones in Drinking Water: Dose, Ecology & Human Risk
EE2 and related estrogens in water explained with ng/L units — real fish ecology risk, orders-of-magnitude human dose bridge versus oral contraceptives, treatment fate, regulation, and proportionate mitigation.
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