Attractive people have better immune systems, new research reveals

[Mito]

It turns out beauty may be more than skin deep.

Attractive people actually have better immune systems, according to a new study published by the academic journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

For the study — which was published on Wednesday — researchers recruited 79 women and 80 men at Texas Christian University, asking them to have their photos taken and their blood tested.

The participants were photographed from the neck up. They were ordered to keep a “neutral facial expression” and the women were not allowed to wear makeup. Each participant subsequently had 85 milliliters of blood drawn for testing.

Afterward, 492 other volunteers were asked to rate the facial attractiveness of the participants based on the photographs that were taken.

The researchers then collated those ratings and cross-examined them with the results of the blood tests.

While facial attractiveness is “sometimes punctuated by idiosyncrasies,” the academics noted it is “often consistent across time and space.

“Features such as clear skin, prominent cheekbones, bright eyes and full, red lips have been deemed attractive throughout recorded human history,” they wrote in the study.

They theorized that there would be some correlation between a person’s attractiveness and their level of immunity, as humans may be biologically programmed to seek out a healthier mate.

Sure enough, the findings affirmed their beliefs, with the more-attractive participants’ blood found to have higher rates of phagocytosis — “the process by which specific white blood cells ingest foreign particles.” Medical researchers have previously asserted that “phagocytes play a central role in innate immunity by eliminating bacteria, fungi and malignant cells.”

Therefore, the study’s authors stated, “perceptions of attractiveness may play a more important role in guiding the choice of partners with high-functioning immune systems.”
Summer Mengelkoch, who led the study, told the Daily Mail: “People who go out to a bar looking to talk to someone attractive are often dismissed as being shallow and told, ‘It is not all about looks.’ But they are really just following their instincts to find a high-quality mate.”

However, the researcher noted that advances in modern medicine mean it’s now no longer as important to pick a partner with high levels of natural immunity.
“Infections are not as deadly as they used to be, so perhaps it’s OK if people lower their standards and start to give people who are less attractive a shot,” she stated.

Attractive people have better immune systems, new research reveals

Researchers theorized that there would be some correlation between a person’s attractiveness and their level of immunity, as humans may be biologically programmed to seek out healthier mates.

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[Perry Staltic]

Too much federal grant money floating around enables low grade research like this

 

[Mito]

“Results revealed that attractive targets (compared to less attractive targets) had higher rates of phagocytosis of E. coli bioparticles (p=0.042), higher basophil counts (p=0.004), lower neutrophil counts ( p = 0.043), greater NK cell cytotoxicity ( p = 0.033; although see figure 1 for interaction effect), and slower rates of S. aureus growth in plasma (p=0.028; although this effect was stronger in women, p ≤ 0.001, than in men, p=0.224). There were no significant relationships between attractiveness and cellular proliferation or cytokine production in response to any mitogen or current levels of inflammation (in vivo).“

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2021.2476

 

[JamesGatz]

Woooo I like this thread - maybe people on this forum will start to wake up to the importance of expanding the jaws and the effects of looks on metabolism

 

[yerrag]

“Infections are not as deadly as they used to be, so perhaps it’s OK if people lower their standards and start to give people who are less attractive a shot,” she stated.

Not as deadly?

Tell that to those lining up for vax shots like they were lining up for new iPhone.

“Results revealed that attractive targets (compared to less attractive targets) had higher rates of phagocytosis of E. coli bioparticles (p=0.042), higher basophil counts (p=0.004), lower neutrophil counts ( p = 0.043), greater NK cell cytotoxicity ( p = 0.033; although see figure 1 for interaction effect), and slower rates of S. aureus growth in plasma (p=0.028; although this effect was stronger in women, p ≤ 0.001, than in men, p=0.224)

I thought you needed neutrophils for a lot of phagocytosis of bacteria, although macrophages phagocytize as well (although without the use of myeloperoxidase enzymes and without the use of hypochlorous and peroxynitrite ROS species).

And how is a higher basophil counts a good sign when it raises histamine levels unless she meant higher histamine levels to mean histamine being high shows the body's immune systems to be working, but if he keep sneezing and has runny nose that doesn't make him attractive, does it?

But then, the study is based on photos, so the sneezing and runny nose doesn't show in photos.

But if the innate immune system can adequately protect, and there is less for the adaptive immune system to do, then there is less b-cell antibody production which leads to less chronic autoimmune diseases.

And with that, people are generally healthier, and with health, better skin and better hair, better eyes and everything else.

Makes the case for less vaccinations and antibody- dependent enhancement of our immunity.

 

[Drareg]

The vaxxed are loosing immunity, it should be effecting their looks then according to this research, covid vaccines make you ugly, this would start a revolution in the era of narcissism.