Human Pheromones...

[MedicMan03]

I was wondering if anyone has tried using synthetic human pheromones as a way of attracting the opposite sex to themselves and if they noticed a difference?? Or is it just a load of crap and waste of money???

Medic

 

[Victory]

It's junk science.

http://navisite.collegeclub.com/servlet/channels.ChannelArticleServlet?areaid=22&articleid=3572

"Robert Hensley, an Iowa State University instructor for HD FS 276 (Human Sexuality) and graduate student in human development and family studies, said there is no conclusive evidence to prove pheromones attract the opposite sex."


Penn & Teller also did a segment on this on their HBO series, Bullsh1t, and found that it had no effect on women.

Same with aphrodisiacs.


Victory

 

[sux2bu]

snake oil

 

[HeyPretty]

There has been some research proving that certain foods and scents *slightly* increase blood flow to the genitals. This could be totally psychological stimulus, but it's been proven in lab settings.

For women, as cliched as this sounds: Cucumbers. (Don't ask me, I slice mine.)

For men: (weird) Cheese Pizza, and the combined scent of Pumpkin Pie and Lavender.

*shrugs* Crazy scientists.

Also, Clams, Asparagus, and the token "aphrodisiacal" foods are thought to be mentally-stimulating, because they resemble... ahem... certain biological parts on the human body.

Chocolate however, does create the same chemicals in the human brain as being in love does. Probably why so many people like it.

 

[Player_Supreme]

Human Pheromones... dam...what will they think of next. Your a medic man aren't you. Don't you know that pheremones are suppose to attract the right mate to you...that you should be breeding with.

If you use fake ones...what will you get? I wonder. Maybe that is why there are so many bad marriages...since the advent of heavy cologne usage now women can't smell the right mate for them anymore...lol.

I think it's better to rely on what nature gave you. I can't imagine science being able to come up with the exact pheremone mixture for each individual and making that crap work...stink oil...

 

[Victory]

You could still use the aphrodisiac idea to your advantage, I think. Just make some bull**** up during dinner, like...

You: Hey, did you know that [food she's eating] is known to be an aphrodisiac?
Her: Really?
You: Yeah, they did a study at [some university] about it last year.
Her: Wow *starts thinking about sex*

Even if she sees through your BS right away, it could be a good way to bring the conversation to the topic of sex.

Re pheremones, on the Penn & Teller segment, they did a small unscientific experiment where women were asked to dance with two strangers: one with pheremones and one without. Out of I think 10 women, most of them felt more attracted to the one without pheremones. The interesting thing was that all but one of them picked the second man they danced with. Not sure what that means, but like I said, it was for a TV show and wasn't very scientific.

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