r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 11d ago

Health Ultra-processed foods harm men’s health. They increase weight, disrupt hormones, decrease testosterone, and introduce harmful substances linked to declining sperm quality. They contain industrial and synthetic ingredients. This may be why over the past 50 years, sperm quality has plummeted.

https://cbmr.ku.dk/news/2025/not-all-calories-are-equal-ultra-processed-foods-harm-mens-health/
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u/greiton 11d ago

a little off topic, but I hate how overpriced and subscription based exercise equipment has become.

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u/HybridVigor 11d ago

I live the r/homegym life and love it. Mostly weightlifting, which no one has found a way to make a subscription service happen as far as I'm aware, but also a walking treadmill for my standing desk that was really affordable. Also an ~$150 treadmill off Amazon. i'd love a Comcept 2 ($900 new but lots of used ones listed online) and they have an optional subscription service, but it isn't necessary. The squat rack, adjustable bench, Ironmaster dumbells and Olympic weights set me back around $1k but I don't need a gym membership anymore.

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u/MeltBanana 9d ago

I bought my power rack off Amazon for $200. I wouldn't squat 600lbs in it, but for 99% of regular people it's absolutely perfect and does everything a full priced Rogue rack does. For another $100 I added a lat pulldown and cable attachment.

I got a brand new set of 5-50lb rubber coated hex dumbbells, with stand, for under $600 from Walmart.

My plates I bought used. $100 bucks of foam flooring from Home Depot and some plywood for a deadlift platform.

Complete home gym, better than what is available is many commercial gyms, built for a little over a grand. I'd say right now is the cheapest time it's ever been to buy exercise equipment.

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u/HybridVigor 9d ago

Yeah, I built my home gym over a bit of time so I'm unsure of the total cost. Probably around $2k. The Titan T-3 power rack and Ironmaster adjustable dumbells were overkill really (I'm middle aged now so I think it's a safe bet I won't hit the 1,100# rackable weight). I still think it's saved me money over a gym membership for all of these years and it's really nice to be able to lift whenever it is convenient instead of driving to the gym, waiting around between sets for the Instagram kids to finish taking selfies while doing biceps curls in the rack, etc.