When a couple prepares to face one of the most beautiful challenges, not only is the woman the only one who experiences changes during the maternity process, since a new study from Northwestern University indicates that being a father reduces testosterone levels in men.
According to this, men would be biologically linked to the care of babies and children who are more dependent, reflecting that paternity reduces testosterone levels in men.
Testosterone is the male sex hormone (and it is also present in small amounts in women) responsible for stimulating the development of male sexual organs, as well as secondary sexual characteristics (facial hair, voice sharpness, muscle development ... )
According to the researchers, fatherhood and the demands of a newborn require many adjustments whether emotional, psychological and / or physical. Therefore, hormonal changes that occur can answer why parents and married men tend to show better health than single men of the same age. However, this does not mean that men with low testosterone levels are more likely to be fathers.
What has been proven in the study is those men who had a child under one month of age had especially low levels of testosterone, being especially low in those cases where the parents were dedicated to the care of the newborn.
Another conclusion derived from the study, in addition to the strong bond between father and children, has been the possible answer to the question of why single men tend to have worse health than men.
Married men who are fathers. According to the researchers, low levels of the male hormone in parents could serve as protection against certain chronic diseases.
As you see, being a parent reduces testosterone levels to such an extent that it could even protect us from a possible disease when we reach old age. But what is most important of all to me is that it allows us to be a little better prepared to collaborate, take care, take care of the health and well-being of the most important thing: the newborn and his mother.
