ORDER IN EXTRA MUSCLE
A staple of Thai cuisine, holy basil could elevate your testosterone levels. It’s the delicious answer to your prayers for a truly godlike pump
If the idea of indulging in a Deliveroo seems sacrilegious after a week of tough training and clean eating, consider Thai cuisine your salvation. While other grease-laden options can sink your testosterone reserves, a culinary sojourn to Siam could fire up your production of the musclebuilding hormone.
Feasting on protein-rich stir-fried beef will almost certainly aid your progress in the gym, but amino acids can only get you so far. You need a chemical edge. Season the meat with holy basil and your T-levels will spike, according to researchers at the Sharma University of Health Sciences. The scientists fed male rabbits 2g of holy basil leaves for 30 days, and the results were far more potent than they had anticipated. By the end of the experiment, the rabbits’ blood testosterone levels had more than quintupled. We write “more than”, because the equipment couldn’t accurately measure the top end. Their testosterone levels were quite literally off the scale.
Testosterone isn’t just responsible for boosting muscle size and strength – it also speeds up your recovery, helping you feel fresher and train harder at your next session. So, order in a feast from the East this Saturday night, recover on Sunday and be on top form for Monday’s bench press sets. Holy basil delivers natural testosterone by the container. Make yours a pad kra pao and call it divine intervention.