A woman in a state of stress can be identified by the smell

If a woman is under stress, it is possible not only to see but also smell. Researchers found that women under stress the body releases a specific odor that is unparalleled.

the smell of the female body

  The smell of the female body   changes under stress as determined by scientists from the United States. The magazine published the results of PLOSone group of researchers led by an expert in the field of body odors Dr. Susan Biel-Hulett, which says that the sweat from the intense heat or exercise by smell varies with sweat, which is released by the body due to stress.

Scientists took samples of sweat in 44 women in three different circumstances (hot weather, sports, stressful situations) and analyzed them. It was found that the scent of stress is markedly different from other odors. And men perceive stress the smell of the female body As the most unpleasant, unlike the sweat released somewhere on the beach by the sun.

"Stress has the worst smell of all three causes of sweat - says Dr. Biel-Hulett. - Moreover, this type of perspiration can be released at any time of the day, and quite unexpectedly, that it becomes very unpleasant. We found that the difference in the smell is so that sweat can be allocated different types of sweat glands. "

It turns out, the sweat of exercise and hot weather made exocrine secretions of the sweat glands and perspiration due to stress (emotional) - exo secretions and apocrine glands. It is this sweat mixes with bacteria on the skin, which creates an unpleasant body odor. (READ MORE)

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