Excess weight further suppresses testosterone by increasing aromatase activity
Instead, it may be that chronic diseases cause low glutathione levels, which then can exacerbate the conditions due to an inability to counteract the increasing levels of oxidative stress
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The results demonstrated that genetic liability to type 2 diabetes was significantly associated with an elevated risk of 12 gastrointestinal conditions, including gastroesophageal reflux disease, gastric ulcer, acute gastritis, chronic gastritis, irritable bowel syndrome, diverticular disease, acute pancreatitis, cholelithiasis, cholelithiasis with cholecystitis, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, liver cirrhosis, and ulcerative colitis [70]
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