Tucker Carlson Has a Cure for Declining Virility

Do you worry about your testosterone levels? Are you hoping to give them a boost? Tucker Carlson has a solution.

A promotional video for a new video by Mr. Carlson explains the collapse of testosterone levels in American men as a sign of a decline in masculinity.

The video, which features oiled, shirtless men performing vaguely masculine tasks, like turning over giant tires and throwing a javelin, has already been remarked upon on social media for its erotic imagery.

One shot in particular stands out, it shows a naked man on a rock pile with his genitals exposed to a red light. The theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey plays in the background.

The treatment proposed by Mr. Carlson is a device made by a little known company called Joovv.

The whole thing is ridiculous and not just because of the man receiving light therapy atop a pile of stone slabs.

Mr. Carlson has said that there is little evidence that testosterone levels are going to decline by 10 percent per decade.

Difficulties in recruiting large populations of normal subjects, daily changes in testosterone, and differences in testing methods are some of the reasons why studies examining changes in testosterone over time are difficult.

Requests for comment from Mr. Carlson and Fox News were not responded to.

The anxiety over testosterone is tied to the claim that sperm counts have been declining among men in the Western world for decades. There is no scientific consensus on the scope of the problem or whether it exists at all.

What about bathing one's testicles in red light?

The data on light therapy and testosterone production is light, but the limited evidence is compelling, according to Scott Nelson.

He provided a link to a study that said red light worked best to boost testosterone in four men who were on a ketogenic diet.

It's obvious that doing two interventions at the same time in a non-randomized, non-blinded, underpowered study isn't right.

In the absence of any evidence of benefit from clinical trials, I wouldn't recommend this as a treatment for testosterone or symptoms of low testosterone.

There is a long history of pseudoscientific treatments for low testosterone that have not proven to be useful over time.