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Gaht affects all parts of the body….. “Together, these five studies suggest that sex hormones are major influences on cardiovascular physiology and that for trans people on HRT, heart function closely aligns with hormonal sex. To quote the authors of the Nature Medicine study on the plasma proteome, “sex hormones exert broadly comparable physiological effects across” chromosomal backgrounds. Other studies suggest that cardiovascular health is not the only physiologic system that alters its functioning during HRT. The immune system adapts to hormonal sex by altering cytokine signaling. Microbiome composition, a component of digestive health, also aligns with hormonal sex. Overall cardiorespiratory fitness improves in transmasc adolescents on testosterone. Sex hormones do indeed exert broad effects on the body. Of course, anyone on HRT could tell you that too. No need for blood draws or EKGs. Researchers have long assumed that sexually dimorphic physiologies are the result of chromosomal or gonadal sex, while ignoring the (obvious) role of hormones in executing homeostatic programs at the cellular level. This falsified assumption also props up the false notion of binary and immutable “biological sex.” Queer Science Lab https://queersciencelab.beehiiv.com/p/hrt-aligns-your-heartbeat-with-hormonal-sex-according-to-5-new-studies