Physiology and Behaviour Archives

Men With More Testosterone Love Spicy Food

January 10, 2015 by Merv Mandelbaum

Sriracha sauce from Huy Fong Foods on sale during the grand opening of a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. location in the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg

Okay, let’s get this out of the way: some like it hot. There, we said it. Specifically, according to a study published in Physiology and Behaviour, men with more testosterone like spicy food more than men with less testosterone. Researchers had 114 men tested for levels of testosterone, then had … Read More

Being Fat Makes You Lazy

April 30, 2014 by Merv Mandelbaum

Do lazy people get fat? Actually, it may be the other way around—being fat might make you tired and more sedentary. That’s the gist of a new study published in Physiology and Behaviour. Aaron Blaisdell, a scientist at UCLA, put thirty-two rats on two separate diets for six months. The healthy … Read More