Wanna look sexy?

[voluptuary_manque]

Eat your vegetables, at least according to this man.

 

[squarejohn]

Eat your vegetables, at least according to this man.

The faces could also show the effects of Photoshop.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

The AH gals would need to graze like the cows they are.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Eat your vegetables, at least according to this man.

Vegetables? What are they? Some new kind of meat product? Never heard of them...

 

[theravenfox]

I agree with Squarejohn. Seems odd that she has the exact same whisps of hair by her ears in the exact same position in both pictures, supposedly taken far enough apart that she had time to build up those cartenoids.

 

[LettersFromTatyana]

Yes, the faces are photoshopped. From the article:

"Using a scientific instrument called a spectrophotometer, I measured the colour change associated with changes in carotenoid levels and melanin levels in the skin. Then, using a computer programme, I allowed participants to adjust the levels of carotenoid and melanin colour in photographs of faces to make them look as attractive as possible. Participants chose to increase melanin colour slightly, but increased carotenoid colour lots."

The Nottingham research is largely about perception, and only indirectly about vegetables. The article combines two theories: first, how what you eat changes your skin color, and second, how our perceptions change based on shifts in skin color. The article did a pretty crappy job separating the two theories.

My guess? The Guardian tried to make the article more exciting by giving it a catchy veggie tittle, instead of something lame like, "In stunning news, scientists confirm that you look better when you aren't pasty from a winter spent indoors eating nothing but meat and cheese puffs."

 

[theravenfox]

My guess? The Guardian tried to make the article more exciting by giving it a catchy veggie tittle, instead of something lame like, "In stunning news, scientists confirm that you look better when you aren't pasty from a winter spent indoors eating nothing but meat and cheese puffs."

ROFL!

 

[stephen55]

My guess? The Guardian tried to make the article more exciting by giving it a catchy veggie tittle, instead of something lame like, "In stunning news, scientists confirm that you look better when you aren't pasty from a winter spent indoors eating nothing but meat and cheese puffs."

Imagine that! The press trying to make up the news instead of reporting the news.

It's kind of like what would happen if physicists at the Large Hadron Collider were foolish enough to tell a reporter that they haven't yet seen evidence of a Higg's boson (a predicted elementary particle, which has been nicknamed The God Particle).

The Guardian would come up with something like...

...Boffins prove that God doesn't exist!!

 

[sillypanda]

Ha - I'm a vegetarian, but all those carrots don't make up for my pasty Irish lineage.

It would be wonderful if they did though - I'd save a fortune on NARS Brightening Serum and Orgasm Illuminator!

 

[theravenfox]

Ha - I'm a vegetarian, but all those carrots don't make up for my pasty Irish lineage.

It would be wonderful if they did though - I'd save a fortune on NARS Brightening Serum and Orgasm Illuminator!

Pasty is not necessarily a bad thing! I'm PALE...check the AV. And I'm a green eyed, freckled, redheaded Irishwoman too!

 

[mynameisben]

No thanks. If I looked any sexier I'd be scared to go out in public.

 

[sillypanda]

Pasty is not necessarily a bad thing! I'm PALE...check the AV. And I'm a green eyed, freckled, redheaded Irishwoman too!

lol - good point! Well, pale isn't a bad thing, pasty has a rather negative connotation. ;D And you've got two on me - I'm unfreckled and brunette, just have the green eyes! xD (and snow white complexion - living in Florida I go through a LOT of SPF 70)

 

[sillypanda]

No thanks. If I looked any sexier I'd be scared to go out in public.

lol - that's awesome. And modest to boot! ;D