French researchers say men with a taste for spicy food have higher testosterone and eating hot peppers may raise levels of the alpha male hormone. A study has concluded men who like spicy foods could be more manly than their blander tastebudded counterparts Photo: Alamy. By David Chazan, Paris. 4:40PM GMT 14 Dec 2014.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11293112/Men-who-like-spicier-food-are-alpha-males-with-higher-levels-of-testosterone-French-report-claims.html
7 Testosterone-Boosting Foods. Better sex, more muscle, improved mental focus: these are just some of the benefits of boosting testosterone to healthy levels. On the flip side, a deficiency in the major male sex hormone—a condition that burdens some 13.8 million American men over the age of 45, according to US census data—is, well, far from sexy.
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Why liking hot curries really does make you the alpha male: Men who enjoy spicy food have higher testosterone levels. Researchers from the University of Grenoble compared the hormone levels of 114 men to the amount of chilli sauce they added to mashed potato.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2874362/Why-liking-hot-curries-really-does-make-alpha-male-Men-enjoy-spicy-food-higher-testosterone-levels.html
Spicy Foods Boost Sex Drive and Testosterone Levels. A new study by French scientists shows that there’s a link between a male’s preference for spicy food and his levels of testosterone - the hormone linked to typically manly traits, such as aggression, high sex drive and risk-taking.
http://preventdisease.com/news/14/121814_Spicy-Foods-Boost-Sex-Drive-and-Testosterone-Levels.shtml
Hot and Spicy Preference Correlated With Higher Testosterone. The researchers from the University of Grenoble gave 114 men aged between 18 and 44 a plain bowl of mashed potato, and told them to season it with as much hot sauce and salt as they liked.
http://preventdisease.com/news/14/121814_Spicy-Foods-Boost-Sex-Drive-and-Testosterone-Levels.shtml
Why liking hot curries really does make you the alpha male: Men who enjoy spicy food have higher testosterone levels. It is a scene repeated in curry houses around the world - male customers trying to prove their manhood by eating the hottest curry on the menu.
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Some like it hot: Testosterone predicts laboratory eating behavior of spicy food. In the present study, we analyzed the relationship between eating behavior of spicy food and endogenous testosterone. Participants included 114 males between the ages of 18 and 44 recruited from the community.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268978579_Some_like_it_hot_Testosterone_predicts_laboratory_eating_behavior_of_spicy_food
Why liking hot curries really does make you the alpha male: Men who enjoy spicy food have higher testosterone levels. 1  Researchers from the University of Grenoble compared the hormone levels of 114 men to the amount of chilli sauce they added to mashed potato. 2  Those with highest testosterone were found to add more chilli to their food.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2874362/Why-liking-hot-curries-really-does-make-alpha-male-Men-enjoy-spicy-food-higher-testosterone-levels.html
French researchers say men with a taste for spicy food have higher testosterone and eating hot peppers may raise levels of the alpha male hormone. French gourmets have traditionally shunned hot, spicy food – so they may be a little piqued by a study indicating that curry-loving men have higher testosterone.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11293112/Men-who-like-spicier-food-are-alpha-males-with-higher-levels-of-testosterone-French-report-claims.html
Side effects of “Low-T” include low libido, limp erections, hair thinning, muscle loss, fat gain, depression ... In fact, one study found that that the lower a man’s testosterone levels, the higher his risk of death from any cause—heart disease in particular.
http://www.eatthis.com/7-testosterone-boosting-foods/
how does spicy food affect testosterone
Men who enjoy spicy food have higher testosterone levels.