A French research has shown that men who love spicy flavors have higher testosterone levels.
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Always the spicy foods and especially the spices, like chilli, they have been associated with desire and the awakening of the senses. It is no coincidence that there are real menus considered aphrodisiacs that promise to help those looking for a night of passion! Now new research has correlated the fondness for spicy food with the level of testosterone, male hormone.
According to the I study french entitled "Some Like It HotMen who love chilli, curry and other spicy flavors have higher testosterone levels and in general consuming "hot" foods regularly could increase the concentration of this hormone.
The team from the University of Grenoble, led by Professor Laurent Begue, took a champion 114 men aged between 18 and 44 years. All participants were measured their testosterone levels by taking samples of saliva, then each was served a plate of mashed potatoes with the possibility or not of adding chilli sauce on top.
It was seen so that just right those who added the spicy flavor they were also the ones showing higher testosterone levels. Men with a higher concentration of this hormone are considered to be the "alpha males" that is the most sexually active and dominant within the group. But the role of testosterone does not end here, in recent years scientific research has shown that it is also useful for the body in the protection of certain diseases such as hypertension and diabetes.
As Professor Begue stated following the research results: “new scenarios are opening up in the biology of food preference by expanding our understanding of the link between hormonal processes and food intake”.
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