Consumption of fruit and veggies can make you more attractive ...

If you want to be attractive, you should eat fruits and vegetables. A recent study suggested that even a few weeks of consuming fruits and vegetables may give your skin a healthy glow and make you look cuter.

Scientists at St Andrews University observed the food consumption of 35 people and made photos of them over this period.

As a result, consuming an average of 2.9 more portions of fruit and vegetables a day made them look healthier while an extra 3.3 portions enhanced their attractiveness.

This can be explained by the followings: fruit and vegetables are rich in carotenoids which protect against cell damage from pollution and UV rays and can prevent age-related disorders like heart disease and cancer.

It was previously known that eating extreme amounts of certain vegetables such as carrots could turn skin orange. However, it was not known that a small increase in these red and yellow pigments in the skin could be perceptible to others ? or that it was seen as appealing.

A camera that can gauge close-up changes to the skin?s redness, yellowness and lightness found that these considerably increased in people who increased their intake of fruit and vegetables. Using light sensors, the researchers revealed that these red and yellow hues were associated with the levels of carotenoids in the skin.

Hundreds of different types of carotenoids exist, but those thought to have the most dramatic effect on the skin are lycopene ? which gives tomatoes and red peppers their red colour ? and beta-carotene, found in carrots as well as broccoli, squash and spinach.

Ross Whitehead, the leader of the study, said:

?We expected the colour change to be most dramatic in people who ate very few fruit and vegetables to start off with, but it was actually across the board. A lot of the people were already eating close to the recommended amount. But we found even a couple of extra portions could still make a difference to their skin colour.?

It is not known whether it is the same for other races (because the scientists studied only white and Asian volunteers) and for older people (because all the volunteers were aged 18-25).

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