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Eat your fruits, vegetables for skin with sun-kissed glow

Date:
August 27, 2014
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Taylor & Francis
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A new study recently published in The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology sheds new light on the importance of skin color as a determiner of facial attractiveness. It also shows that carotenoid coloration has the upper hand over melanisation when it comes to the rules of attraction.
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Forget sun beds, sunbathing and fake tanning lotions. The secret to a sexy, healthy glow lies in eating your five-a-day, reveals new breakthrough research from Taylor & Francis.

A new and innovative study recently published in The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology sheds new light on the importance of skin color as a determiner of facial attractiveness. It also shows that carotenoid coloration has the upper hand over melanisation when it comes to the rules of attraction.

"Skin coloration can arise as a result of two distinct processes," explain the team leading the research: through tanning (melanisation) or the assimilation of fruit and vegetables (carotenoid ingestion).

While it is known that red and yellow pigments found in bright fruit and vegetables increase skin yellowness, recent studies have shown that "carotenoid coloration is a more important factor in healthy appearance than melanin coloration," clarify the academics.

Determined to investigate the importance of skin color in judgements of facial attractiveness, as well as mate choices, in three separate, yet linked, Internet-based studies, the team set out to examine the importance of high levels of these pigments (carotenoids and melanin) in attraction choices.

Establishing the preference for one pigment over the other in judging the appeal of a face was also crucial to the research.

In the first two studies, two separate groups of 60 participants were shown 27 base faces, specifically created for the purpose of testing. Through color manipulation, the skin area of these composite faces was altered alongside the axis of carotenoid or melanin-associated derma colors.

High and low pigment versions of each face were shown in pairs to the partakers, who had to indicate which one they thought more attractive. Results from both studies showed a clear preference for strong color values; 86% of the attendants to the first study voted for the high carotenoid version, while 78.5% of the participants to the second one opted for the high melanin variant.

But that was not all: in a third and final study, the team pitched 24 high carotenoid and high melanin faces against each other, asking attendants to choose the one deemed more appealing; results showed a 75.9% preference for carotenoid coloring over the melanin one.

This interesting research breaks new ground as it is the first to show strong evidence for the importance of skin coloration in attractiveness judgements. What's more, it clearly exposes "the importance of carotenoid coloration as a cue to current health and attractiveness, [a fact that] may be pivotal in mate choices," explain the team.

So, if eating too many carrots has worried you so far, it's time to think again. Turning orange may not be that bad, after all.

 
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1 minute ago, Randomguy said:

SWs should be looking super hot to Speed Demon all the time!  He has those fruits and veggies all the time!

Does he????  Isn't he more the "processed from something originally healthy" sort?  Like that almond milk you abhor?  He's probably Mr Tofu!

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8 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

Does he????  Isn't he more the "processed from something originally healthy" sort?  Like that almond milk you abhor?  He's probably Mr Tofu!

I don't think tofu is too egregious, but I probably have to read the label to verify.  Those fake unmilks are garbage imposters, though.

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5 minutes ago, Randomguy said:

I don't think tofu is too egregious, but I probably have to read the label to verify.  Those fake unmilks are garbage imposters, though.

I'm betting @Square Wheels devours all sorts of single-packaged "vegan" stuff.  Think Whole Foods and it's aisle of energy bars and sports drinks.

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4 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

I'm betting @Square Wheels devours all sorts of single-packaged "vegan" stuff.  Think Whole Foods and it's aisle of energy bars and sports drinks.

Hold up, do you want to give the poor guy another food complex?  All food can be guilt-producing unless you live on the unwashed hippie farm,

SWs has to eat something just like the rest of us.

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"86% of the attendants to the first study voted for the high carotenoid version, while 78.5% of the participants to the second one opted for the high melanin variant."

So a good tan works, too!  The tans that didn't do well were the "high melanin colors."

When I coached spring high school sports, softball or track, practice began March 15th and by the last weeks in May the athletes and coaches had developed a beautiful tan that grew gradually and looked healthier than the quick-tans of a day on the beach, tanning beds, etc.

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46 minutes ago, MickinMD said:

"86% of the attendants to the first study voted for the high carotenoid version, while 78.5% of the participants to the second one opted for the high melanin variant."

So a good tan works, too!  The tans that didn't do well were the "high melanin colors."

When I coached spring high school sports, softball or track, practice began March 15th and by the last weeks in May the athletes and coaches had developed a beautiful tan that grew gradually and looked healthier than the quick-tans of a day on the beach, tanning beds, etc.

Everyone, and I mean everyone, looks better with a tan. 

I don't tan well.   :(

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7 hours ago, Randomguy said:

Everyone, and I mean everyone, looks better with a tan. 

I don't tan well.   :(

I sunburn easily, and I can lose what tan I do get in 2-3 weeks. I use clear Coppertone Sport SPF 50 on my legs, and PI sun sleeves on my arms, SPF50. I use regular Coppertone Sport SPF 30 on my face

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