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and that's why muscle could accelerate aging, because it requires more calories to maintain itself even at rest.. and testosterone promotes musclesI higher caloric intake for males is something that is consistent throughout the animal kingdom.
I agree that T has some health benefits.There are benefits to female hormones and benefits to male hormones.
But personally I think T accelerates the aging process, but despite that it can help mitigate some damage leading to an overall net benefit. Similarly, in a way that chemotherapy in and of itself would accelerate aging but is the lesser of two evils if you have cancer.
Testosterone does decrease fat mass for example, and carrying fat is one of the worse things for aging as it oxidizes endogenously. Boosting metabolism can increase lifespan by relieving that burden but on the other hand it also leads to more toxic byproducts of metabolism
Also, castrated animals and humans and male mice given estrogen live longer.
everyone here is biasedbut I get the sense that you hate men and just want to believe women are superior.