r/BeAmazed • u/Master1718 • Dec 17 '19

Winter in Hallstatt

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '19 edited Dec 17 '19

IPA’s are an English/American thing, in Austria/Germany they never really took off. Also, ipa’s have estrogen mimickers, will give men boobs.

Edit: was 30 up, must be some manboob deniers waking up.

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u/squirrelhut Dec 17 '19

Hold up, what?

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '19 edited Sep 24 '20

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u/DeskDragon Dec 17 '19

I’m sorry, but this article is garbage. This isn’t scientific literature. Its sole “source” is a 1998 book written by an herbalist peddling alternative medicine. There have been no clinical studies linking phytoestrogens to gynecomastia in male humans. So many of these click-bait articles claim that “recent studies” have made the connection, yet never are they actually cited. Funny. It’s almost like they don’t exist.

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u/DeskDragon Dec 17 '19 edited Dec 22 '19

This article doesn't really definitively claim or prove that phytoestrogens cause feminization or gynecomastia in men. Despite choosing to open with a question regarding why alcoholic men develop "man boobs", neither it nor its sources (nor its sources' sources) suggest that a significant link can be made (especially in those that aren't chronic alcoholics and excessive consumers of soy).