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Each of Us Smells Different
And women tend to pick opposites
(HealthScoutNews) -- While married couples tend to look
remarkably alike, they probably smell quite different, says David
Bodanis in his book The Secret Family.
Each of us has a "personalized invisible halo" of chemicals that
reflect unique aspects of our immune system, and that are
detectable at a primitive, lower level of consciousness, says
Bodanis. And women tend to pick mates with opposite smells in
an apparent evolutionary attempt to give their offspring an inherited
boost by having more immune variations to protect them.
Bodanis cites experiments in which women are asked to choose
men they like from the smell of their slightly used shirts. "They
almost always prefer those belonging to men with a different
immune cloud than their own," he says, with one notable exception:
Women taking birth control pills make a 180-degree switch,
preferring males with similar immune-system smells. When they
stop taking the contraceptives, the female preference switches
back to opposites, Bodanis says.
And women tend to pick opposites
(HealthScoutNews) -- While married couples tend to look
remarkably alike, they probably smell quite different, says David
Bodanis in his book The Secret Family.
Each of us has a "personalized invisible halo" of chemicals that
reflect unique aspects of our immune system, and that are
detectable at a primitive, lower level of consciousness, says
Bodanis. And women tend to pick mates with opposite smells in
an apparent evolutionary attempt to give their offspring an inherited
boost by having more immune variations to protect them.
Bodanis cites experiments in which women are asked to choose
men they like from the smell of their slightly used shirts. "They
almost always prefer those belonging to men with a different
immune cloud than their own," he says, with one notable exception:
Women taking birth control pills make a 180-degree switch,
preferring males with similar immune-system smells. When they
stop taking the contraceptives, the female preference switches
back to opposites, Bodanis says.

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