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Ejaculation frequency and prostate cancer (2022)

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Re: Ejaculation frequency and prostate cancer (2022)

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> Compared to men who reported 4–7 ejaculations per month across their lifetimes, men who ejaculated 21 or more times a month enjoyed a 31% lower risk of prostate cancer.

Of course, this is correlational. There could be a 3rd variable, like "overall being healthy" which causes both.

they claim to have controlled for that. you may share my skepticism of the accuracy of such a claim.

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> Compared to men who reported 4–7 ejaculations per month across their lifetimes, men who ejaculated 21 or more times a month enjoyed a 31% lower risk of prostate cancer.

Of course, this is correlational. There could be a 3rd variable, like "overall being healthy" which causes both.

I was surprised to find this article because I believed it was an established fact, causation mechanism (hypertrophy due to inactivity) included.

Maybe I have mistaken it for other effects, like some people my age awakening three times a night. More good news, anyway.

Re: Ejaculation frequency and prostate cancer (2022)

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So many opportunities for correlation not causation. One obvious correlation could be testosterone: higher testosterone leading to less prostate cancer. Of course higher testosterone has multiple causes. I knew a girlfriend of a guy taking roids, both in their twenties: she said he was insatiable in her opinion (I think she limited access to three times a day, because he just wanted more).

Re: Ejaculation frequency and prostate cancer (2022)

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> Compared to men who reported 4–7 ejaculations per month across their lifetimes, men who ejaculated 21 or more times a month enjoyed a 31% lower risk of prostate cancer.

If every 7 times per month your risk decreases by 31%, the average HN user might have less than 1% risk.

Re: Ejaculation frequency and prostate cancer (2022)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> So YouPorn is a medical device now. I thought I've read the opposite that porn should be avoided because it's just like the rest of social media (a hinderance overall). Bad from an "over stimulation" perspective. aka the whole "nofap" movement https://www.reddit.com/r/NoFap/ has 1,100,000+ members

I mean I can find a million people believing a lot of things. If you want to avoid both social media and prostate cancer, the species has been making do with imagination for quite a few millennia.

To me it's more about what the current "narrative" is being pushed/what is a popular "mindset/viewpoint" in society.

A lot of TikTok users write comments like "stay strong bros" referring to "keep scrolling past this trending submission on the timeline" do not let these young women in skimpy clothing make you succumb to your goals of avoiding the pitfalls that come with being "addicted" to the stimulation of the porn itself and the "pleasure" of masturbating"

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