Late Puberty: Humanity's misunderstood blessing

Let me start off by saying all the letters about to be written represent a purely fictional opinion based on myself

I have a late puberty. Currently with 17 i appear a 14 yo to most people. This is obviously due to the lack of testosterone acting on me (people with loads of testosterone have higher chances of getting bald and having a hear attack). However, one thing i have been noticing is the increasing amount of kids that aren't developing naturally. The only problem they're facing right now is purely social. But why is this happening now, on an increased amount of humans?

I have thought of it, and concluded some tihngs that seemed pretty obvious. And ultimately late puberty is linked with longer life expectancy.

But how has life expectancy increased? What have we done differently?

-Better diet

-Better phisical exercise

-Better knowledge of medicine

all of these are factors that are obvious to make us live longer. Though i have no proof whatsoever as how late puberty and life expectancy are linked, i believe they are (purely out of faith, if you will). I mean, they look pretty linked if you think of it: better life condition, so our body doesn't feel the need to rush our development, thus longer life expectancy.

What i really want to know is your thoughts about late puberty, so shoot 'em out

Are you sure you're not just short? I had a late puberty (I'm 22 and still don't need to shave, though I will soon I think), but people often mistook me for my big brother because I'm taller than him.Zagrius

nope, i am really growing late. but i don't care, otherwise i'd be on testosterone therapy right now

You're lucky, I had a normal puberty and I look like I have the plague. :cry:

ok, but besides "feeling" me and my cause, do you think we, people with late puberty, will live longer? and our descendants and so on will keep living better until we get to live like 200+ years?HJrAS_PT

Once again, you have it completely backwards. Having a late puberty does not make you live longer, living longer makes you have a later puberty.

Did you know that excess abdominal fat lowers your testosterone production? And simply by weight lifting you can produce more testosterone simply by reducing body fat?

Puberty is mostly genetic, right?

I started puberty at 9, does that mean I'm gonna die soon? :oPearl_of_Egypt

Girls mature more early than men ;)

Did you know that excess abdominal fat lowers your testosterone production? And simply by weight lifting you can produce more testosterone simply by reducing body fat?

Puberty is mostly genetic, right?

DragonfireXZ95

Weight lifting doesn't help your produce more testosterone by reducing body fat. Lifting weights doesn't burn very much fat. It produces testosterone, because it helps build muscle.

[QUOTE="Pearl_of_Egypt"]I started puberty at 9, does that mean I'm gonna die soon? :o_KenKittyragi_

Girls mature more early than men ;)

She's still gonna die soon.

Because she didn't choose:evil:

I think Im having the average one which stared around (11?) Im 14 now

I think I have the right amount of testerone.....although if I start losing my hair I wall start fighting all odds to get every inch of it back. I simple refuse to be bald or thinning

[QUOTE="_KenKittyragi_"]

[QUOTE="Pearl_of_Egypt"]I started puberty at 9, does that mean I'm gonna die soon? :oSSCyborg

Girls mature more early than men ;)

She's still gonna die soon.

Because she didn't choose:evil:

uh oh :o

[QUOTE="SSCyborg"][QUOTE="_KenKittyragi_"]

[QUOTE="Pearl_of_Egypt"]I started puberty at 9, does that mean I'm gonna die soon? :oPearl_of_Egypt

Girls mature more early than men ;)

She's still gonna die soon.

Because she didn't choose:evil:

uh oh :o

Should of thought of that earlier shouldn't you?

BEFORE you ran.

That just makes the hounds angrier.