Perhaps if females want to feel happy, they should start sniffing a nice sweaty man.

Study: Male sweat brightens women's moods

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (Reuters) --Sweating it out over a big date this weekend? If you're a guy, that could be just the ticket, according to a human biology study released by the University of Pennsylvania.

Biologists said they found male perspiration had a surprisingly beneficial effect on women's moods. It helps reduce stress, induces relaxation and even affects the menstrual cycle.

"This suggests there may be much more going on in social settings like singles' bars than meets the eye," said Charles Wysocki, an adjunct professor of animal biology at Penn's School of Veterinary Medicine.

In a study to be published in the journal Biology of Reproduction, researchers collected samples from the underarms of men who refrained from using deodorant for four weeks. The extracts were then blended and applied to the upper lips of 18 women, aged 25 to 45.

The women rated their moods on a fixed scale for a period of six hours. The findings suggested something in the perspiration brightened their moods and helped them feel less tense. Blood analyses also showed a rise in levels of the reproductive luteinizing hormone that typically surge before ovulation.

Wysocki, a study co-author, said the research could point to a "chemical communication" subtext between the sexes that enables men and women to coordinate their reproductive efforts subliminally.

There was no sign women were sexually aroused by male perspiration. In fact, the women never suspected they had men's sweat under their noses and believed they were helping to test alcohol, perfume or lemon floor wax.

"The study was done in quite a sterile environment. It's not strange that they were not thinking sexual thoughts," said Wysocki. "In a more sensual setting, exposure to these odors might facilitate the emergence of sexual mood or feelings."

Funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers said the study could lead to new fertility therapies and treatments for premenstrual syndrome if the active agent in male perspiration could be isolated. http://ww.cnn.com

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And, all this time, the guys thought we were attracted to their charm and bulging muscles.

Ugh! Fellas, don't give up on the anti-perspirants, please.

Isn't that all about pheromones CB?

Yes, Sue, but this might give men their most effective weapon to deal with their partner's PMS.

One wave from a pongy armpit and it will render her unconscious.

That has got to be the yuckiest experiment ever!!

My wife always tells me I smell good after a healthy sweat (not the bad hygiene as in not taking a shower stink, though).
I knew there was something wrong with her little sick, perverted mind.

love bubba's humor!

I'd heard that whiffs are subconsciously taken note of and do have a bearing on human communication. Also that sometimes odours are welcome and can have an effect on moods and behaviour. This can apply to both sexes I think. However, odours are mostly unwelcome if the smell is out of context with a given activity, i.e. daily office life. The smell of sweat is usually thought to be pretty objectionable if a number of hours have elapsed since its production.

So I’d say it could be good to smell occasionally but as a general rule of daily life it’s best to keep those animal messages to a minimum by washing them away or destroying them with your preferred deodorant/antiperspirant.

Mind you, some jobs produce a lot of sweat and it’s not practical to have to attend to the subsequent smell every few hours. Most men understand this and I guess most women would do too?

Fresh sweat produced by vigorous exercise smells okay, but stale sweat, or the sweat caused by nervousnes or fear---pee-euh!

I like a man who looks like he's done a hard days work but would prefer not to have the smell that went along with it!

I recommend PitsStop deodorant. StrongPong is another good one.

Too late - I bought mine!

But again you don't need to pay to sweat...

Footy season has started and there's plenty of sweat and testosterone. Anyone have any advice for keeping the chicks away from the dressing room? It's becoming a bit of a problem.......

You wish Bertho!

I wonder if the fact that they were told it was perfume or alcohol or whatever affected their responses any--a sort of placebo effect! If they had been told, "We're putting the sweat of ten men on your lips--how do you feel?", they may have gotten a very different response.

Ha, ha.... The news agencies, especially Reuters, publish tones of such 'scientific research' results every day, never take them seriously, but some of them are hilarious indeed.

This is just... gross. Any time I've gotten a whiff of a sweaty guy, I've wanted to vomit.

Interesting topic....a little gamey....but interesting.

I know that, when I've travelled, I've noticed that females who sweat are more offensive than males. In France, for example, deodorant is not high on the 'gotta have' list. It's the same in Russia.

It's a matter of personal hygiene. Sweat turns to body odor if bathing or showering doesn't take place. And body odor is not gender specific.

THis article inspired me---- to take a shower and pour on the deoderant !!

THis article inspired me---- to take a shower and pour on the deoderant !!