Posted February 6, 2007 by Marta Holmberg
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We all know that vegetarians and vegans are healthier and smarter. Now, there’s evidence to suggest that us meat-free folks smell better than death-eaters too. (Harry Potter anyone?) That’s right—not only does eating meat lead to cancer and heart disease, but it also makes you smell like, well, rotting flesh. Eeewwwwwww!
According to a study on the “effect of meat consumption on body odor attractiveness” published by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health …
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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So if you aren’t convinced by the fact that going vegetarian can save 100 animals a year, do it so you won’t smell like shit.
I guess it’s true what they say: You are what you eat.
-Noah
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1567 days ago
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My boyfriends (as in, the boyfriends I’ve had in my life, not multiple at one time) always said I smell good, even when I’m not wearing any fragrance spray or lotions… and many of my meat-eating friends have told me I smell…different, but in a good way.
2056 days ago
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Well i was a vegeterian for six months, but some days i just need meat like today i crave it so badly….
2171 days ago
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ive noticed that prob. at school when they dont serve tofu fried rice.it smells like butt.EEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2237 days ago
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I think that’s sooooooooo true! Ever since I turned vegetarian, I’ve noticed I don’t need to wear perfume and I also noticed how my family, (who are ALL meat-eaters), smell very different.
GO PETA!
2253 days ago
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hey hey
i unno about this meat eaters smelling worse
cause though i am a vegetarian i know some meat eaters who smell really nice and they dont wear perfume
. . .
she just smells nice
2262 days ago
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look i hateeeeeeeeee meat i think it is sooooooooooooooo descusting and sooo yea well g2g n remaember NO FURRRRRRRR or LESS ANIMALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2265 days ago
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haha. I gotta show my boyfriend this..
he’s a meat eater. Maybe it will change his mind.
2266 days ago
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Dat’s a fat meat-eatin lie. And I’m proud of my ammonium-chloride-like pheromones. It drives the females sooo wild. Or unconscious, so I take’em to bed easier. Also, I make the best vegburger and vegsnacks recipes. They love them too. VegKibbe, vegmeatloaf, vegnuggets, vegham paté, even vegNutella. Veg’em all. A carnivore couldn’t tell them from the “real” thing. Maybe one day I share them (the recipes, duh.)
2266 days ago
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This makes me so happy too! Especially since I work with the biggest,most obstinate carnivores on the planet. Yay for feeling like less of a minority
2267 days ago
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dudes and dudettes, that’s a sick-tight story: short and sweet! well done Noah! kudos.
2267 days ago
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HeHe Thats FUNNY! We rock we smell better!GO US NON-MEAT EATERS!:)
2268 days ago
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hahahahaha, that’s so awesome! I’m going to tell everyone in my family that they smell bad.
2268 days ago
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I’ve noticed that in myself, too, since going vegetarian and vegan. The most interesting thing about this post for me, though, was the link to the ‘Vegetarians are more intelligent” article! i printed it out.
2268 days ago
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My boyfriend smells much better than any other guy I’ve been with. It must be True !
2268 days ago
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Cool!I thought about this a few weeks ago and I don’t believe it’s here, black on white!I’m really proud being a vegetarian!
2268 days ago
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So glad this was written, as it is oh-so-true. Also (and this may be censored out), being vegetarian effects your uhm… taste. So boys and girls should all do their partner a favor, and ditch the meat.
2269 days ago
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Now see I thought I was crazy because I could swear I could smell an odor from my meat-eating friends. I’m not a nut. Well, at least not about this!
2269 days ago
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Well, PatrickTuttlejr missed the point of this. They placed people on various diets, vegetarian being one of the diets; they weren’t pre-existing vegetarians. When on the vegetarian diet for the point of the experiment, the patients’ perceived odors improved.
2269 days ago
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I have thought this for a very long time, especially when I live in a vegan household and I go and hang out with corpse eaters i really notice it- now it’s been “proven”!
2269 days ago
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that is actually pretty cool, i still don’t see why people are still eating meat.
2284 days ago
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yeah!:-) I smell good!!!=D
2286 days ago
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if were are what we eat then i must be a cucumber.
well…thats better then being a random piece of cow
2287 days ago
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No joke. My roommate is a smelly, smelly chick. And, of course, she eats more meat than a six-person family.
2288 days ago
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LOL!!! hahahahaha
This is so funny!! that’s true cause now that I’m thinking about it, I don’t even need to use perfume or anything like that…
:]
2291 days ago
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Its great that you’re vegetarian Nikki,
now you just need to learn how to spell it.
2291 days ago
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wow, that actually made me so proud to be vegitarian.
haha and the wang part made me laugh
yeeeeah Peta!
2291 days ago
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thats basically, really funny.
:]
go PETA.
thats basically, really funny.
:]
go PETA.
<3
2292 days ago
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haha this made me giggle “limp wang” hahaha
2292 days ago
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hahaha, i was thinking about this the other day! i was like, “i bet eating meat makes you stink.”
:] hahaha, i was thinking about this the other day! i was like, “i bet eating meat makes you stink.”
:] <3
2292 days ago
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I agree with this post at 100%))))
2292 days ago
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Hahahahaha,wow. Yay!:) Go peta
Hahahahaha,wow. Yay!:) Go peta<3.
2292 days ago
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I am a Vegetarian and proud of it.
however bad meat might make you smell, all of the bean protein and other meat substitutes def. give their distinctive oder too.
2292 days ago
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haha
thats so kewl:]
i smell better than carnivores!
p.s. I like the nose pic.
2293 days ago
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Haha, this ultimately cheered up my day. First the nose with the pointer, then that wang comment, and perfect point: do it so you won’t smell like shit.
Rock on, Noah.
2293 days ago
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That’s actually pretty funny!
2293 days ago
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Perhaps the fact that we smell better and are smarter and more civilized is WHY we eat vegitables?