Testosterone changes on GLP-1 — my results so far

Dr.NutriCornell said:

Hormone panel changes on the hormone panel — relevant for anyone curious about endocrine effects: Testosterone: increased 35% (weight loss reduces…

Pushing back on Dr.NutriCornell here. Pushing back on the anecdote-stacking. Twenty people reporting the same thing is twenty samples from the same self-selected pool, not twenty independent confirmations.

The figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. One habit that pays for itself: post the method alongside the number. A figure without its method cannot be checked, and an unchecked figure is how this community accumulates folklore.

Dr.NateNeph said:

Twenty people reporting the same thing is twenty samples from the same self-selected pool, not twenty independent confirmations.

Coming at Dr.NateNeph’s question from a different direction. It is worth asking what the claim would look like if it were false. If nothing would look different, it is not a claim about the world and no amount of discussion will settle it.

One thing that is still open after VanRx_Mike’s answer:

What would you measure differently if you were starting again?

Closing the loop on my own question.

Late follow-up. I did not do what was suggested, I did something adjacent, and it worked; posting the difference in case it matters to somebody.