A Walk Prevents You from Eating a Dessert

Professor Adrian Taylor of the University of Exeter found out that moderate physical activity, such as a 15-minute walk, allows us to reduce up to 50% in the consumption of chocolate.


For many of us snacks is the way of coping with stress or boredom at work. Strolling helps to overcome this habit.
This statement has been confirmed by an experiment: 78 people who regularly ate chocolate at work received a number of tasks. People who walked to work ate about 15 grams of chocolate. The people who were deprived of exercise ate 28 grams in average. The difference in the complexity of tasks did not affect the amount of the consumed chocolate.
Earlier, the professor and her colleagues had proved that exercise can reduce the craving for chocolate.
The conclusion is as follows: in order not to overeat sweets, try walking in the fresh air, and the desire to eat a dessert will disappear!

Men Think Women Are Overconcerned with Their Looks

Most women are overconcerned with their looks. There are even standards which women use to judge the “groomness” of their rivals and themselves. But how much do men care about those standards? We interviewed a man (who wanted to be anonymous) and here is what he said.

Hair Roots

Women with dyed hair have to dye hair roots again and again. Even half an inch of natural hair color showing at the roots is like a sign of terrible taste for many. But men will ever think about those insignificancies only if somebody explains to them what horrible thing this is.
But most of us are convinced that it’s the right way to look and there is no point arguing. If a woman is beautiful and vibrant, no man in his senses will ever notice her hair roots.

Shaving and Epilation

As far as shaving of the private parts is concerned, it all comes down to personal tastes. Some people like to see it trimmed, others prefer it completely shaved. And somebody’s preference will be a bush down there.
Judging seems to be simpler, and harder at the same time, for other part of the body. Almost every man would say that epilation is needed for body parts where hair is not supposed to grow and they are dark and noticeable, like under lip, on the legs an so on. In such a case, going to endocrinologist first is a good thing to do.
On the other hand, removing tiny colorless hairs wherever you spot them is something really morbid. Men either don’t notice it or think it as normal. What’s real problem is spiky bristles a few days after leg shave or irritated skin after epilation (and therefore upset woman)

Manicure and Pedicure

It’s hard to say for sure about manicure. Some men like neatly trimmed nails; others prefer bright nail polish on long nails. Anyway, even the most observing man wouldn’t realize more than 10% of your manicure details. So do we really need to go out of the way for it? It’s better to choose simple and safe choices.
As for pedicure, you don’t have to bother about that at all. There is a small chance a man will be looking at your toe nails. They are much more interested in what lies way above them.

Stretch Marks and Cellulites Creams

Is it a surprise for you that nothing can help against stretch marks? So, try to put up with the fact that nothing could be done. And to fight cellulites, you need exercising, massage and a proper diet.
But we are straying a little bit here. So what do men think about stretch marks and cellulites? Let’s start with the point that most men don’t even guess about the problem until you begin complaining about it, hoping to get comfort or evidence for your heavenly beauty from them.
Those, who know how these “imperfections” look like, don’t mind touching them, though. It’s more important for a man how well you are built and fit. And if you want such a figure, you have to toss out your anti-cellulite compresses and follow the tips described above.

What Does a Man Really Value in a Woman?

Let’s summarize it all quickly. Most men are almost not concerned with those standards for female “groomness”. Obviously, it doesn’t mean you have to do nothing for your appearance. But it would be enough to stick to some middle ground option which allows looking good without spending loads of time and money.
Only some men would demand more than that. Those men can be divided into two categories. First, those are metrosexuals who suffer from the same perversions themselves. Second, they are snobs and wicked chauvinists who are looking for an elite hellcat or a doll instead of a woman with whom they will really feel good.
Are you dreaming of those types?

Men Are More Likely to Abandon Their Sick Wives

A recent study by American scientists found that men are seven times as likely to leave their seriously sick wives as women to dump over their sick husbands. Experts studied data about how 500 married couples dealt with the diagnosis of a life-endangering disease such as cancer.


 Although the number of divorces was basically at the same level, there was a clear difference in the proportion of men and women who left their partner in the lurch with men doing it more often.

For example, of 23 divorces when a partner was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, husbands left their sick wives in 22 cases and only one wife walked out on her husband. Brain tumor separated 23 couples with 18 sick women being abandoned by their spouse. Similarly, women were left to fight cancer alone in 13 out of 14 divorces. 21 % of couples divorced when the woman was sick, while only 3% failed when the man was diagnosed with serious disease.

Some studies have already shown that men are less likely to care about their sick wives and undertake household chores compared with women. According to researchers from Washington University in Seattle, married woman is more likely to devote herself to caring about her sick husband. The study also found that divorced patients spent more time in hospital, took more antidepressants and were less likely to finish their drug treatment.

Why Do Women Drink Alcohol Before Sex?

Millions of women drink alcohol before having sex. Some women never had sexual intercourse sober, and about 14 per cent refuse to get into bed with their partner without being high on alcohol. Why is this?


Trying to establish the link between alcohol drinking and sexual habits, British researchers surveyed about 3000 women. They found that 75 per cent of women preferred to drink one or two glasses of wine before getting into bed with their husband or boyfriend. 6 per cent never had sex sober. Women explained that alcohol helped them shake off their complexes and feel more uninhibited.

A representative of cosmetics company Femfresh that funded the survey, Kathryn Lakeland, reported low self-esteem was a major problem in most women. She said the survey clearly showed that today’s British women frightfully lack self-confidence. The fact that alcohol is so important in women’s sexual life suggests that they use it as a boost for their confidence once they find themselves in bedroom with men. Although a lot of women said that alcohol drinking was the part of dating process, in reality, most of them won’t step in the bedroom without having some alcohol to prop up the courage.

This tells us women can’t fully enjoy themselves unless something helps them to get rid of their inhibitions.  In doing so, women, however, risk to lose self-control. The study found that on average women had sex with eight partners, but were drunk on five occasions. On two out of five occasions, they couldn’t even remember the partner’s name the next morning. Every sixth woman admitted she had not enough courage to have sex without getting drunk.

Wife Allergic to Her Husband’s Sperm

Julie Boyd, 26, has confronted with the rarest problem. When she had unprotected sex with her husband, Mike, 27, on their wedding night, she found she was allergic to her husband’s sperm.


The couple had been dating for two years, but they always used protection. According to Mrs Boyd, the pain she felt after sex was like somebody was sticking thousands of needles inside her and felt burning.

Doctors could not recognize what happened that night, but eventually Julie was diagnosed with Seminal Plasma Hypersensitivity. Dr Andrew Goldstein, from the University of Cincinnati, said that the body recognized sperm as foreign protein just as it would recognize pollen or a peanut. That’s why you have inching and pain and you have inflammation of nerve endings.

After the doctors figured out what kind of protein caused the allergy in Mrs Boyd, they created a serum to fight the allergy. This kind of treatment sometimes works, but, unfortunately, it did not for Julie. The couple initiated adoption proceedings.

Men Don’t Prefer Skinny Women

Here is some cheering news for young women who are so unhappy with their “imperfect” bodies. Men fall for women with ordinary body and normal weight, rather than catwalk skeletons.


 Research team from the University of St Andrews, Scotland, invited a group of students for their study. 84 female students were asked about their health, had their blood pressure measured, and photographed. Then, a male group, also involved in the study, were shown the photos and asked to assess the female students in terms of attractiveness and health. Majority of young men preferred female students with normal weight.

In this study, female students with normal healthy weight were rated the highest for attractiveness and health. This should be considered by young women believing they have to get slimmer to be attractive. Researchers encourage women to rely on the assessment by men aged between 18 and 26 years who were largely attracted by women with normal weight, rather than skinny role models like Paris Hilton or Nicole Richie.
Complete research appeared in Perception on Wednesday, December 9.

Reminder of Loved Ones Can Ease Pain

A mere reminder of our loved ones can help ease physical pain, according to researchers at the University of California. Their findings indicate the importance of social and emotional bonds between people.


 The study involved 25 young women whose personal life was on the right track for the last six months and more prior to the experiment. As the women were looking at pictures of their boyfriends, strangers, or inanimate objects, the heat was applied to their hands until they felt discomfort.

When looking at the picture of their boyfriends, the women felt less pain from the heat compared to when they looked at strangers or objects. So the scientists conclude that a mere reminder of romantic partner using pictures can ease pain.

In other experiment, women said they felt less pain in heart area when they held their partner by hand, rather than when they held a stranger by hand or when they held a rubber ball. This study shows what a powerful impact social bonds can have on our experience and adds to other studies on the importance of social support for physical and mental health.
The study was published in Psychological Science.

Is This True Men Are More Attracted to Leggy Women?

Is this true that men feel more sexually attracted to leggy women? While many women go out of the way to get that supermodel look, the others with more average proportions are winning men’s hearts. A new Herald Sun study claims men are not dreaming about long legged women at all.


British scientists asked over 1,000 men and women to rate a series of photos of women to find out how the most attractive legs look like. In those photos, female legs were either lengthened or shortened relative to the proportions of the whole body but their overall height remained unchanged. Despite most women polled thought that men were more sexually attracted to leggy women, the researchers of the Westminster University discovered that men preferred women of average height whose legs made up a half of their height.

This study backs up other similar studies conducted earlier this year that showed women with average bodies (dress size 14) were more appealing to men than models. Men polled said tall women were “abnormal” while extremely short women were surprisingly seen as “unhealthy”. Men also said that women with short bodies and very long legs were unattractive because they thought that those women could have difficulties carrying a baby. Most men preferred mid-length legs, the legs that made up a half of overall height.

The researchers found that leg-to-body ration was the key factor in determining how attractive women were to men. At the same time, men and women drastically differed in what proportions were sexy and what were not. Clothes that visually changed leg-to-body ratio also influenced how men rated the attractiveness of women.

Older Husband and Smarter Wife Make a Perfect Couple

According to Optimizing the Marriage Market study done by a group of experts from Switzerland and the UK, the couples in which the husband is older and the wife is smarter make a stronger family.


Scientists studied 1,074 Swiss married couples over five years and rated them using several criteria, including age, education and origin. They found that couples in which both partners were not previously divorced, the husband is five years senior his partner and the woman has a higher level of education make stronger families.
If a woman is five or more years younger than her husband, such couple is six times more likely to stay together. If both partners are well-educated, their chance to keep the family is two times better than an average level. If a woman is more educated than a man, the chances of such couple increase by eight times.

The study says that women and men are looking for a partner based on love, sexual desire, similarity of preferences and views and shared values. The experts, however, say that considering such objective factors as age, education and origin can help lower the risk of divorce in future.
Scientists take Beyonce and Jay-Z as example of a couple that has every chance to have a long and happy family life because the husband is 11 years older than his wife and the wife is more educated. On the other hand, the scientists estimate the chance of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas as lower because Douglas had a marriage experience before.

How to Keep Love Alive

Italian psychologist Robert Sternberg has come up with three-component theory of love. According to the scientist, love comprises three scientifically substantiated components, which are passion, loyalty and intimacy.


Passion is a motivational component based on sexual desire. Loyalty is a cognitive component that stems from the need to have mutual responsibilities and endure hardship together. Intimacy is an emotional component behind spiritual bond, caring and the need to spend time together.

Sternberg says love becomes vulnerable when the motivational component, passion, starts declining. It is crucial to focus on loyalty and intimacy to keep the relationship in this period, according to Sternberg.

Why Do We Refuse Sex

One in five married persons regularly finds excuse not to have sex with their partners, claim British sociologists who interviewed 4,000 men and women. Scientist looked at why spouses do not want to make love.

Sex and Headache

They did a list of top ten reasons to refuse having sex. Having headache was the most popular excuse previously. The phrase, Honey, let’s do it another time, I have a headache, was heard in many movies and jokes. Now it was topped by another reason, tiredness. The phrase I’m very tired is currently at number one on the list of reasons to refuse sex, according to Daily Mail.
Sociologists highlight that office work and corporate culture affect marriage in a negative way. The fear of being sidelined pushes career-oriented people to focus on their job, neglecting other areas of life.

Top Ten Reasons to Refuse Sex

1. I’m very tired
2. I’m not in the mood
3. I have a headache
4. I have to get up early tomorrow
5. I’m worried about my job
6. I’m angry with you
7. Children may hear us doing it
8. You have to take a shower
9. My back hurts
10. It’s too early for it

Why Do Men Refuse Sex

It turned out that contrary to the stereotype that men are ready to have sex at any time, they refuse sex more often than women. 28 percent of polled men and 18 percent of polled women admitted they try to avoid their bedroom duties. Men’s reasons to refuse sex, unfortunately, lie deeper than just having a headache or stress.
The survey showed that one third of men don’t want to have sex with their wives because they don’t love them anymore. They prefer not to discuss it for the sake of the family and their children. The same was true with one in five women polled who said they don’t want to have sex with their husband or long-time boyfriend because their feelings died.

Why Do We Avoid Talking about Sex

Most people try to avoid talking about sex, if they have to discuss their sex problems. It may seem that bedroom is the perfect place for sincere talk about sex life, but these talks do not happen because half of spouses pretend sleeping when their partner is getting into bed. The same reason explains why 40 percent of men and 20 percent of women avoid going to bed simultaneously with their partner. It seems like men and women act like children who don’t want to take on responsibility when it comes down to talking about sex.

Sex Crisis and Economic Crisis

One in five polled said that financial crisis and problems related to it took a toll on their sex life. According to a representative from marketing agency OnePoll that took part in the survey, financial crisis entered even bedrooms. Many people are now working more than ever. They are constantly preoccupied with worrying questions about their wealth and success. Am I going to be fired tomorrow? Will I be able to clean up my credit? It goes without saying that such thoughts may impair sex life.

Chinese Woman to Make Herself Look Like Jessica Alba for Boyfriend

A Chinese woman is set to undergo a series of plastic surgeries to make her look exactly like Hollywood actress Jessica Alba, according to Shanghai Daily.


 The 21-year-old woman told she would do an eyebrow lifting, eyelid reshaping and nose job. She ventured to do the surgery to get her ex-boyfriend back who is a big fan of Jessica Alba.

The woman told how her 28-year-old boyfriend had photos of the actress all over his apartment. He even stored Alba’s image on his mobile phone. The man demanded his girlfriend to do her makeup as Alba does and insisted that she sleep with the makeup on. He also gave her a blonde wig.

They broke up as the woman realized she made herself a laughing stock on the streets and she threw her wig and fake eyelashes to the ground. But she changed her mind later and decided she would do plastic surgery to bring the relationship back. Doctors at a plastic surgery clinic in Shanghai offered to perform the surgery for free. They say the result is attainable but the effects would be irrevocable.

How to Estimate Your Divorce Risk

According to British scientist, a divorce risk can be estimated.  It is covered in the article published in an issue of Psychological Science. The authors of the article believe the most unreliable partners for marriage are those who have to communicate a lot with other people in their line of work.


Psychologists estimated ballet dancers, massage therapists and bartenders face the greatest divorce risk (more than 40 percent).  The same risk group also includes nurses and psychiatrists. Secretaries, cooks and mathematicians have their divorce risk at just 20 percent. They are followed by teachers, fire fighters and writers with 16 percent. Court staff and morticians have the risk at 12 percent, while dentists, orthopedists and clergy risk losing their family just in 2 percent of cases.

Professions largely associated with providing care for other people adversely affect the relationship between man and woman, the study authors report. This happens because people of such professions spend a lot of efforts and energy caring for other people, at the expenses of family relationships. Another reason is that such professions are typically picked up by very sensitive people who are more emotional in personal relationships.
The scientists also calculated a formula to determine the divorce risk depending on the profession of one of the partners. The formula is easy. You take the number of divorced partners within a profession and then divide it by the number of adults less people who were never married.

Men Gave up on the Romantic Stuff

Is romance doomed to be slowly fading away or is it just some temporary quirk that we’re passing through? Judge for yourself, and meanwhile let’s see what a survey conducted by Häagen-Dazs revealed about British men.
2,000 men were interrogated about their romantic inclinations… if any.


54 per cent of those who have somebody whose hand they can hold in public neglected to do so in the year that passed.
80 per cent never thought of buying flowers for their beloved.
83 per cent lived through the year sans a romantic dinner by candlelight.
95 per cent didn’t express their feelings in a letter.
All right, what about the expressions of affection we do get? Here comes… A text message is the answer for 46 per cent of men and 32 per cent would rather do the washing up. Will that be the predominant gestures to be made on the upcoming Valentine’s Day, one wonders?
Commenting on the results, Christine Webber, relationships expert, said that in the welter of modern life we shouldn’t disregard the ingrained need of romance in our lives.
“Romance is a vital part of any relationship and it’s the small thoughtful gestures that often melt the heart when the going gets tough,” she said.

Marriage Makes You Gain Weight

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British survey found a fifth of brides in the UK gained 22 lbs within their first year of marriage. The reasons are simple, human laziness and lack of foresight.


42 percent of those polled admitted they simply decided to relax. 22 percent reported they no longer felt they need to care about their appearance now the goal was achieved. While 25 percent of brides attributed their weight gain to “post wedding depression” so they indulged in comfort eating, feeling sorry that their big day had passed and would never happen again.

Researchers conclude that the common trend is that women are getting ready for their wedding as if it was the only crucial event in their lives, but then, many of them will stop to care. That’s what probably causes divorce.

Why Do Men Marry Less Attractive Women?

Researchers at the Indiana University observed newly wed couples for five years, comparing the appearance of married partners.


The results showed men looked much more attractive than their spouses. Attractiveness was assessed using three criteria including facial symmetry, body curves and height.
In 58% of marriages, men were tall, had well-defined torso and proportional facial features. Their spouses were short in height, chunky, and had a protruding nose, or lips, or chin. Actually, some of them looked cute but their husbands were more attractive, anyway.

Lead expert, Patrick Demius, said that many men tend to marry less attractive women to disguise their own physiological problems. But attractive looks does not often reveal a good personality as you scratch the surface. It often shows exactly the opposite. Carefree machos or overly groomed men start revealing their selfish personality, thinking once they are attractive their women are doomed to court and cherish them.

Every Tenth Woman Owns to Faking an Orgasm

Moreover, the study that enveloped 3,000 representatives of the fair sex in Great Britain revealed that women resort to pretension nearly every time they make love. That goes for 9 per cent of women for whom it seems to have become a habitual thing. The number of women who did it but occasionally dramatically rises to 48 per cent!
More than two-thirds of these nine, driven by their constant dissatisfaction in bed, went so far as to discard their partners; ninety per cent of those withheld the real reason for the split.


25 per cent out of the 3,000 had complains about their sex life, those most often named being a lack of foreplay (16 per cent), and partner’s orgasm coming on too quickly (11 per cent).
The poll was commissioned by Stimul8, which gave out the following comment: “It appears guys in the UK have their work cut out if one in five women are saying they are extremely unhappy with their sex life.
“But it’s not all down to the blokes as women need to communicate a bit more with their partner to let them know what it is they really want.”

The importance of proper communication seems to be different from place to place, and cities were made known where it is most sorely needed. Exeter is the city that tops the poll with Brighton and Belfast following close behind, showing more than half of the women regularly faking an orgasm. No wonder than that Exeter women prefer Oxford as the place to spend their weekend, where the percentage is down to 35!
The list of the cities with most frequent bed fakes also includes Glasgow, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Bristol and Birmingham.

What Makes Women Attractive

How to strike a conversation with a stranger man at the bar? Andrew Trees, the author of Decoding Love advises on using non-verbal signals. His findings show repeated eye contact combined with a smile is the most effective way.


 More than 35 signals an hour can make you an average of four approaches. Another seduction mechanism was discovered by American psychologist Geoffrey Miller as he studied strip dancers.  The amount of tips greatly varied from week to week depending on the women’ fertility cycles. During menstruation, the dancers made an average of £22 an hour, while women who was neither menstruating nor ovulating made an average of £32 an hour. Ovulating women raked in £45!  It has also emerged that contraceptive pills are enemies of tips (and sexual appeal), reducing the amount of tips by an average of £10.

Men Choosing Between Blondes and Brunettes, Bed and Marriage

It seems that most men believe blondes to be the best bedmates, but brunettes to be the best lifemates – at least as regards the 1,500 plus blokes that participated in the recent survey commissioned by Philips Sensual Massagers.


61 per cent of them opt for brunettes as perfect wives, believing them to be sexier than women with other hair colors. They have a good word to put in for their ability to be affectionate and engage in a hot loveplay. 60 per cent credit them with such qualities as loyalty and integrity. While only 14 per cent attribute these qualities to blondes.

As for conversation, brunettes win again if you want something more than a light chat – you will be listened to and understood by brunettes better in the opinion of 63 per cent with black-haired women following closely, chosen by 18 per cent.

But while brunettes stand supreme as queens of marriage and relationship, they lose to blondes when it comes to lovemaking. Although men regard brunettes as passionate, they would prefer a blonde in their bed, said a spokesperson for Philips Sensual Massagers. “Blondes have always had a reputation for being fun, carefree and adventurous and it seems that can also be applied to relationships, as men think they have the best skills when it comes to the bedroom.”
What about becoming less serious, brunettes?

Women’s Expectation in Men Runs to £50,000

A £50k salary makes an unequivocal top on the list of women’s expectations as regards men they would like to date. Overlooking economically troubled time, or maybe taking it into consideration, 83,000 British women involved in a survey conducted by UKDating.com came together on this main point: £50k, more not making a problem.


Coming closely in the wake of the money issue, the second requirement for the dream man is having an established career.

Owning an Audi TT which he would handle perfectly holds the third and the fourth places firmly.
The fifth requirement swerves from material possessions into education: a desirable man should have an academic degree.

Background cleared satisfactorily, having good time takes its turn. The sixth and seventh points are the wish to spend an evening now and then watching a movie or a play.
Comments from a spokesperson for UKDating.com underscore that women’s standards maintain their high level of expectation no matter how much the times may change, and single successful men rank high as everybody’s love icon.

“The fact of the matter is that all single females want to live the dream, and a high-achieving partner is another step in the right direction.
“Money has now become more important than ever to our members who cite it as one of the key things they are looking for in a man – as well as good looks of course.”
Oh yes, good looks were mentioned, occupying the ninth place on the list, in company with height. An ideal male must stand 5’11” tall.