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"Eating Better to Look Better"
Inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption
may kill millions around the globe every year,
so the public health community is not beyond appealing to vanity.
Health is intimately linked with attractiveness.
How do you tell if someone's healthy?
You look for that golden glow
that comes from the carotenoids in fruits and vegetables,
found to increase the attractiveness
of African,
Asian,
and Caucasian faces.
These are kind of before and after shots
with more and more fruits and vegetables as you go left to right.
Most think the greater fruit and veggie group on the right
appears healthier and more attractive.
College students going from 3 servings a day
to the recommended minimum of 9 servings a day
for just 6 weeks significantly improved skin color,
and it's possible that even smaller dietary changes could’ve help as well.
And the worse we now eat, the more attractive we may become!
Public health advocates hope this research
suggesting healthy eating may "affect mate choice and *** selection "
provides a powerful message for promoting healthy eating,
towards boosting fruit and veggie intake up to 13 servings a day.
And while a rosy glow associated with cardiovascular health
in the face and lips can also increase one's appearance
of healthfulness and attractiveness,
the color red can also reduce junk food intake.
People drink less soda from cups with red stickers
than from cups with blue stickers,
and eat less from red plates than from blue or white plates.
How crazy is that? Check it out.
They speculate it's because our brains subconsciously are thinking
"red traffic lights, stop-signs, red alert,"
what are you putting in your poor body!