One of the more interesting studies.
Scientists and researchers must have a great life because sometimes it seems like they just sit around and brainstorm some of the craziest ideas to research.
Doc Brown from Back to the Future might be proud of this recent study that was undertaken by the University of Stirling in Scotland and Charles University in the Czech Republic because they’ve discovered that men who eat garlic are more attractive to women. Huh!?
They discovered that the women who were surveyed found the sweat of men who had eaten the bulb smelt more attractive as opposed to those who didn’t.
The methodology for this study sounds absolutely bonkers but stay with us. 42 men were categorised into three groups; 1) those asked to eat raw garlic, 2) lads that had to eat garlic capsules, 3) guys who didn’t eat garlic. These men then all had to wear sweatpads in their armpits for 12 hours afterwards, to collect body odour.
82 women were then asked to sniff the odour samples and rank these men, who remained anonymous, in the categories of pleasantness, attractiveness, masculinity and intensity.
The smell of those lads who ate garlic cloves/ capsules were perceived to be ‘significantly more attractive and less intense’ when they had eaten the bulb or capsule then those men who hadn’t.
I wonder if men will start wearing cloves of garlic around their necks before heading out on a night out? My mind instantly turns to this.
