Fenugreek and its Benefits
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In his most recent podcast episode It's Fenugreek to Me, Dr. Greger profiles the herb fenugreek, which is a commonly used spice in Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Indian cooking.
Greger enumerates a list of proven benefits of fenugreek, including beneficial "effects on strength, body composition, power output, and hormonal profiles" at culinary dosages. In addition, in breast-feeding mothers, it can help double breast milk production. Finally, in both men and women, fenugreek helps improve sexual function and activity.
As far as masculinity is concerned, some of these benefits are likely more desired than others. The strength and body composition effects manifested as increases to both lower and upper body strength, including a 100 lb increase in leg press over placebo. It also aided in body fat loss; in addition to improving ones' health and body image, because body fat is estrogenic, any fat lost is masculinity gained. The studies suggest that these strength gains are caused by a positive impact to the men's testosterone levels; in fact, when tested, fenugreek shows a "significant improvement in total blood testosterone".
While breast milk production is not a concern for most readers, nutrition (and therefore masculinity) starts early. A simple daily routine of 1/4 teaspoon of both fenugreek and ginger with 1/16 teaspoon of turmeric caused a doubling in milk production in breast-feeding mothers. More milk means more nutrition and more growth in infants, including our sons.
Finally, but arguably most important, are the benefits to male and female sexual activity and performance. Dr. Greger describes that fenugreek has a tremendous positive impact on male sexual performance, for example, it was shown to double the frequency of morning erections! In women, it can increase desire and functioning, which was shown to lead to a doubling in sexual activity. Nothing makes you feel more masculine than having twice as many erections and twice as much sex with your partner.
Greger did not elaborate on this assertion much, but fenugreek allegedly also functions as an anticancer agent; so, if you incorporate fenugreek into your diet for boosts to your masculinity, you will get the cancer protection for free!
Contrary to everything discussed here, fenugreek Wikipedia article asserts that "there is no clinical evidence that fenugreek has therapeutic properties." However, the podcast page has a substantial works cited section. Additionally, a search on pubmed.gov will show a large body of work proving benefits of fenugreek, such as a study proving the benefits to testosterone or one showing the benefits to men's psychological and physical health. It may be conspiratorial conjecture, but its possible that Wikipedia is beholden to Big Pharma interests.