Some of the surprising uses of garlic include treating cold sore and athlete's foot, insect repellant and natural adhesive. But's there's so much more to garlic than what it can do to our bodies.

A new study has revealed men who eat garlic actually smell more pleasant and attractive to women, Forbes reports.

42 male participants were used in the study of three stages in which the amount and type (bulbs or capsules) of garlic given were varied. The researchers gathered their body odor with pads worn for 12 hours, which were subsequently sniffed by 82 women who evaluated their pleasantness, appeal and intensity.

Bread and cheese with 6 grams of garlic was consumed by the male participants in the first phase. The women who sniffed their pads didn't rate their smell any differently in contrast to the scent of men who ate just bread and cheddar. In the following stage, the researchers added 12 grams, or four cloves. The women judged the scent as more pleasant, attractive and less intense than the non-garlic smell. In the last stage the men used up 12 grams in capsules and the women again evaluated their scent as more attractive and less intense.

The outcome tells us that something about garlic in body odor is attractive to the opposite sex, for that reason, we don't know? While the study doesn't provide solid answers, the researchers speculate that the health-boosting benefits of eating garlic may be obvious in body scent.

According to study co-author Craig Roberts, Professor of Psychology at the University of Stirling, UK, "From an evolutionary perspective, formation of preferences for diet-associated body odors was possibly shaped by means of sexual selection. Previous research indicates that many animal species use diet-associated cues to select mates in good physical condition."

Once more, this is theoretical, yet there's fair confirmation connecting garlic to a few notable health boosts, and it's possible that one or a greater amount of them could be identifiable in human sweat.

Roberts adds, "As the health benefits of garlic consumption include antioxidant, immunostimulant, cardiovascular, bactericidal and anti-cancer effects, it is plausible that human odor preferences have been shaped by sexual selection."

It could likewise be that once garlic is processed, it essentially makes a chemical reaction present in male sweat that is appealing to women.

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