Is there a particular reason to not include sex hormones? Some theories suggest that testosterone tracks relative social status. We might expect that high social status → less stress (of the cortisol type) + more metabolic activity. Since it’s used by trans people we have a pretty good idea of what it does to you at high doses (makes you hungry, horny, and angry) but its unclear whether it actually promotes low cortisol-stress and metabolic activity.
Is there a particular reason to not include sex hormones? Some theories suggest that testosterone tracks relative social status. We might expect that high social status → less stress (of the cortisol type) + more metabolic activity. Since it’s used by trans people we have a pretty good idea of what it does to you at high doses (makes you hungry, horny, and angry) but its unclear whether it actually promotes low cortisol-stress and metabolic activity.