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How Your Diet Wrecks Your Waist to Hip Ratio

December 23rd, 2008

According to some of the luckiest scientists on earth, a woman’s waist to hip ratio may be the most important factor in determining her physical attractiveness.

Along with a variety of other factors, a relatively small waist and large hips is one of nature’s tricks to guarantee the evolution of our human race. To be blunt, a woman’s curves tells any available men that she is young and healthy and capable of makin’ babies.

So there you have it: Men are genetically programmed to be attracted to a woman’s curves.

So, how come America’s women have added an average of 6″ to their waistlines since the 1950s?

Where has the hourglass shape gone?

Why are more and more women looking less like this?

photo credit: http://www.nzgirl.co.nz

and looking more like this:

Well, according to a whole lot of research:

It’s your diet.

More specifically, it’s all of the processed carbs in your diet. Like this:

and this:

But, don’t believe me.

Researchers from McMaster University found that the ratio of protein to carbs in your diet will determine your waist to hip ratio.

Eat more protein and less carbs…and you have curves.

Eat less protein and more carbs…and you will turn into a sausage

Want more info?….Here’s the study.

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Physical Attraction, Sexiness and Health…The Female Edition

December 22nd, 2008

Karolina Kurkova

What makes a woman sexy?

According to Wikipedia, physical attractiveness is the perception of the physical traits of an individual human person as pleasing or beautiful. It can include various implications, such as sexual attractiveness and physique and blah, blah, blah, blah and blah.

Who would have thought that a discussion of what makes a woman sexy could be this boring? But wait, it gets better.

Judgment of attractiveness of physical traits is:

partly universal to all human cultures
partly dependent on culture or society or time period, and
partly a matter of individual subjective preference

So, what part is universal to all human cultures?

That’s what we’re really talking about.

Personally, I couldn’t care less about your “individual subjective preferences” I know a guy with a serious thing about feet.

But somehow, I don’t think most people are going nuts about Karolina Kurkova’s little piggies….but then again

And, in regards to culture, society and time period: like it or not, American/Western culture has spread all around the globe. Individual languages and cultures are being swallowed up each and every day. The same probably holds true for our global definition of sexiness.

So, I ask again, what makes a woman sexy?

According to the sexperts:

It all comes down to makin’ babies. Somewhere deep in our ancient, lizard brains, there is a blueprint for the ultimate Baby Mama.

And that blueprint includes:

Facial Symmetry – a marker of good health
Full lips – a marker of youth
Waist to Hip Ratio – more good health
Upper Arm Circumference – granny arms do not qualify as sexy
Body Mass proportion – another marker of good health
Smooth Skin – youth & health
Clear Eyes – youth & health
Lustrous Hair – youth & health
Muscle Tone – youth & health
Breast Size – there are a whole hosts of theories on this one
Erect Posture – another health marker
Height – men prefer women shorter than themselves…must be an ego thing

2008 World’s Sexiest Women

(according to E!)

1. Karolina Kurkova

Waist to Hip Ratio -

2. Bar Rafaeli

Erect Posture -

3. Angelina Jolie

Facial Symmetry -

4. Gisele Bundchen

Clear Eyes -

5. Scarlett Johansson

Breast size -

6. Adriana Lima

Full Lips -

7. Heidi Klum

Muscle Tone -

8. Penelope Cruz

Smooth Skin -

9. Manuela Arcuri

Body Mass proportion -

10. Shakira

Lustrous Hair -

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And what does all of this have to do with health & fitness?

Glad you asked

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When it comes to physical attractiveness, none of these women are relying on just one of characteristics listed above. They pretty much won the genetic lottery as it applies to physical beauty.

But, like all of us, they will get older.

And since so much of beauty is tied to the appearance of youth and health, unless they work at it, their beauty will fade.

And what about us mere mortals?

We all weren’t born to be fashion models or sex symbols.

True, but you can all take advantage of the new research being done to keep us looking better, feeling better and living longer than ever before.

And in the next few posts, I will outline some of that research and show you how you can incorporate it into your lifestyle.

Stay tuned.

(and ladies…I will be doing a Male Edition)

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