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NCBI ROFL: But do vegetarians taste better?

Discover how meat consumption impacts body odor attractiveness, revealing surprising results about nonmeat diets.

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The effect of meat consumption on body odor attractiveness.

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"Seventeen male odor donors were on "meat" or "nonmeat" diet for 2 weeks wearing axillary pads to collect body odor during the final 24 h of the diet. Fresh odor samples were assessed for their pleasantness, attractiveness, masculinity, and intensity by 30 women not using hormonal contraceptives... Results of repeated measures analysis of variance showed that the odor of donors when on the nonmeat diet was judged as significantly more attractive, more pleasant, and less intense. This suggests that red meat consumption has a negative impact on perceived body odor hedonicity."

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