Eating loads of garlic makes men smell sexier: study

Garlic can ward off vampires — and now help men score with women, a new study reveals.

 

Researchers from the University of Stirling in Scotland and

Charles University in the Czech Republic made that conclusion after asking men to eat four gloves of raw garlic, a smaller portion of powdered garlic or no garlic at all — then sweat for 12 hours.

The men in the study wore pads under their armpits to collect that sweat — and the pads were then given to women for the all-important sniff test. The men who had eaten the garlic were found to be more attractive, masculine and pleasant smelling, according to the researchers.

 

Garlic is loaded with antioxidants, which boost the immune system. Its healthy attributes may have kick-started those female cravings.

“Garlic consumption may have positive effects on perceived body odor (sexiness) perhaps due to its health effects,” the researchers wrote in the journal, Appetite.