After Soccer, Testosterone Soars in Amazon Men, University of California, Santa Barbara Study

Men from an isolated indigenous group in Bolivia experienced a 30 percent increase in testosterone after a soccer game.Even an hour after the game, testosterone was still 15 percent higher than under normal conditions for Tsimane men, who have a baseline testosterone level that is 33 percent lower than that of men living in the United States, report researchers in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

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