Beautiful Women Unhealthy for Guys
Who would have thought that those Latin lovers down in Spain would figure out that hanging around and ogling attractive women is actually bad for a guy's health?! In a seeming effort to keep scare off the rest of us men from beautiful women, researchers at The University of Valencia in Spain allege that being around prettier specimens of the female persuasion raise will a guy's level of cortisol production to unhealthy levels. They proved this unfortunate hypothesis by recruiting 84 unsuspecting male college students to hang out one at a time with a beautiful woman engaging in an activity as non-sexually charged as possible, playing Soduko.
By measuring the subjects' cortisol levels before the interaction and afterward, these researchers discovered a huge spike in the level of cortisone directly after being near the attractive women. In fact, the poor guys participating in the study had hormones so spiked that they were nearly off the chart, similar to the surge seen during a life-threatening activity like jumping out of a plane.
Elevated levels of this adrenal-gland secreted hormone are attributed to psychological stress, fear, pain, extreme exertion an a few medical-related causes. Quick blasts of cortisol can hurt the heart while longer periods of elevation could cause a man to put on a few pounds, suffer from diabetes, impotence, high blood pressure, a weakened immune system, impaired learning and more. Unless you're looking to keel over and croak in the near future, those more homely than hot girls should be looking a bit more tolerable about now.
You can always save your health and alter your reality, by drinking yourself into a state of "beer goggles". With the every-looks-better-at-closing-time mentality, a few drinks will lower both inhibitions and expectations and is arguably better than a massive cortisol surge. The National Institutes of Health have reported that frequent drinking in moderation may protect men from cardiovascular disease leading to death and the American Heart Association adds that a drink or two per day may help to elevate cognitive function. So, forget about those Maxim-model types and lift your beer mug in toast to the average gal! Or, throw caution to the wind (science isn't always right) and keep on chasing the sexiest skirt in town.
Frequent drinking in moderation may protect men from death due to cardiovascular disease
