Sun linked to boost in men's sex hormone

By The Newsroom

Published 1st Feb 2010, 20:05 BST

Updated 1st Feb 2010, 20:41 BST

SUNBATHING could boost men's sex drive, a new study suggests.

Testosterone levels appear to be related to vitamin D, produced by skin in sunlight. Researchers at the Medical University of Graz in Austria found men with at least 30 nanograms of vitamin D per millilitre of blood had much more of the sexual hormone circulating than those with less.