For the study, scientists from University of Grenoble chose 114 men in the age group 18-44. They were given a meal of mashed potatoes with spicy pepper sauce and salt.The team observed who consumed more spicy pepper sauce.
The men who poured a lot of sauce on their dish gave saliva samples, which was used to measure testosterone levels. Researchers found higher levels of male hormone in them, clearly making a correlation between higher hot sauce usage and testosterone.
Low testosterone levels are associated with lethargy or depressive mood. Called Some Like It Hot, the study appeared in the peer-reviewed journal Physiology and Behaviour.
-INDIA TODAY