Posted by on Jan 30, 2009 in
Fashion,
Forteana Doesn’t this explain soo much?
Random MM pic.
The beautiful women who are programmed to be unfaithful… by the ‘Marilyn’ hormone
www.dailymail.co.uk | By Fiona Macrae | Last updated at 1:30 PM on 14th January 2009
With her drop-dead curves, Marilyn Monroe’s voluptuous figure has long been regarded as the absolute essence of what it means to be an attractive woman.
But the hourglass shape that made her so desirable is linked to a hormone that, scientists claim, lay behind her inability to hold down a steady relationship.
They believe the hormone they have identified is a major factor in establishing why beautiful women are more likely to be unfaithful.
Those with the most oestradiol, a form of oestrogen, are usually more physically attractive and find it easier to snare a man.
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Posted by on Jan 28, 2009 in
Forteana Not a new article, not the most authoritative source, but still very interesting.
The Big ‘O’ Isn’t Orgasm
www.reuniting.info | 2005-06-23
The Dreamer AwakensResearchers are always seeking answers to fundamental questions about illness: “What is the cause of cancer?” “How does stress damage your cells and organs?” “What causes plaque to build up inside your arteries?”
The flip side of such questions is “what is the mechanism by which love and affection positively affect health?” The answer to this question is oxytocin. Oxytocin is a hormone and neurotransmitter. Once believed to confine its effects to inducing labor and milk ejection, oxytocin actually has far-reaching effects on both sexes. You could not fall in love without it. These days it goes by nicknames such as “the bonding hormone,” “the cuddle hormone,” and even “the love hormone.”
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