A new research has found out that men can appear attractive and hot by doing just this one thing.
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According to new research, we need to start garnishing all of our meals with this ingredient to help boost our s*x lives.
For all you garlic bread lovers out there, it’s time to rejoice. Garlic has long been associated with bad breath. A first date no-no. If you go in for a kiss after just eating garlic, chances are you are going to be rejected.
However, a recent study shows women are more attracted to men who eat garlic and also think they smell more pleasant.
Not their breath, but their body odour. The study also showed men in the study who consumed the garlic, up to four cloves per day, enjoyed the effect. The study which was published in the journal Appetite, had three phases.
In the three phases the amount and type (either bulbs or capsules) of garlic given to the 42 male participants varied and researchers collected their body odour with pads worn for 12 hours.
These pads were tested (sniffed) by 82 women who were asked to rate their overall pleasantness, intensity and attractiveness.
During the first phase, the men ate two cloves of garlic with bread and cheese. The women couldn’t tell the difference between this body odour and the odour of men who simply ate bread and cheese.
However in the next phase, the men ate four cloves and the women said their odour was significantly more pleasant and less intense than the non-garlic odour.
The final phase consisted of 12 grams in garlic capsules and again they were rated as more attractive and less intense.
Researchers speculate the reason behind this could be you may be able to pin-point the health-enriching benefits of garlic through the body odour.
“From an evolutionary perspective, formation of preferences for diet-associated body odours was possibly shaped by means of sexual selection. Previous research indicates that many animal species use diet-associated cues to select mates in good physical condition,” Craig Roberts, Psychology professor at University of Sterling and study author told Forbes.
“As the health benefits of garlic consumption include antioxidant, immunostimulant, cardiovascular, bactericidal and anti-cancer effects, it is plausible that human odour preferences have been shaped by sexual selection.”
So what are you waiting for? Pile in the garlic. Perhaps just give your teeth a good brush after.