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You are what you eat: within-subject increases in fruit and vegetable consumption confer beneficial skin-color changes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Fruit and vegetable consumption and ingestion of carotenoids have been found to be associated with human skin-color (yellowness) in a recent cross-sectional study.
Ross D Whitehead +4 more
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African perceptions of female attractiveness. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Little is known about mate choice preferences outside Western, educated, industrialised, rich and democratic societies, even though these Western populations may be particularly unrepresentative of human populations.
Vinet Coetzee +5 more
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Examining Demographic Variables Associated with Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Skin Yellowness. [PDF]
NutrientsBackground/Objectives: Skin yellowness measured using reflectance spectroscopy can be used as a proxy for ‘skin carotenoid’ concentration and as a valid estimate of fruit and vegetable intake. However, the association between different ethnic backgrounds,
Jansson AK +4 more
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Yellow skin without jaundice [PDF]
Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening, 2020 In cases of infants with yellow colouration, both the sclerae and the skin should be examined. The top priority is to rule out conjugated hyperbilirubinaemia, which may be a symptom of biliary atresia. Children with this condition will first develop yellow sclerae, and will have jaundice that continues beyond the first two weeks of life.
Hallvard Martin Reigstad +1 more
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An In vivo Comparison of Biomimetic vs. Traditional Skin Moisturization [PDF]
, 2015 The aim of this study was to determine whether a biomimetic cream can deliver superior moisturisation to the skin of human volunteers aged over 60, compared to the effects of a conventional moisturiser containing high levels of petrolatum and mineral oil.
Kurimo, Ritva +3 more
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Daily Consumption of a Fruit and Vegetable Smoothie Alters Facial Skin Color. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Consumption of dietary carotenoids or carotenoid supplements can alter the color (yellowness) of human skin through increased carotenoid deposition in the skin. As fruit and vegetables are the main dietary sources of carotenoids, skin yellowness may be a
Kok Wei Tan +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Facial skin coloration signals information about an individual and plays an important role in social interactions and mate choice, due its putative association with health, attractiveness, and age.
Yan Lu +5 more
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Preferred skin colour reproduction [PDF]
, 2011 The memory colour reproduction is an important factor in judging image quality of photographic images of real life scenes. As the most important memory colour category, skin tone was extensively studied for preferred colour reproduction in this research.
Zeng, Huanzhao
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Effects of eri silkworm (Samia ricini) pupae inclusion in broiler diets on growth performances, health, carcass characteristics and meat quality [PDF]
Animal Bioscience, 2022 Objective The objective of this study was to determine the appropriate amount of eri silkworm pupae meal (Samia ricini) to add to the broiler diet. Methods Two hundred 1-day-old male chicks with initial weight at 50.03±0.56 g/chick were divided into four
Penpicha Kongsup +4 more
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Skin Color Cues to Human Health: Carotenoids, Aerobic Fitness, and Body Fat
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Colorful carotenoid ornaments are sexually selected signals of health in many species. In humans too, carotenoids could provide a perceptible cue to health as they impart an attractive yellow-orange color to skin.
David I. Perrett +3 more
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