Face it — eating carbs is making you ugly, new study says

Alex Mitchell, David Landsel
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A new study has found that eating carbs makes people actually look at your face with less appeal.
A new study has found that eating carbs makes people actually look at your face with less appeal.

Hey, pizza face!

Bad news for New Yorkers — we really are what we eat, scientists say.

New research out of another carb capital — baguette-loving France — reveals that the opposite sex finds a person’s face less attractive after they’ve eaten refined carbohydrate-filled foods.

The unappetizing findings, published in the journal “Plos One,” invited 104 heterosexual men and women to test their thesis — over breakfast.

Some participants dined on a high-carb menu, while others were offered a low-glycemic alternative.

Two hours after the meal, photos of the subjects were taken and handed out, with volunteers asked to rate each other’s curb appeal.

Carb consumption can actually make your face look less appealing, says a new study. Getty Images
Carb consumption can actually make your face look less appealing, says a new study. Getty Images

Those who ate the carbs — men and women — were given lower facial attractiveness scores across the board.

Those who wrote in their survey that they typically eat high-carb breakfasts and snacks also tanked in the ratings.

Researchers at the University of Montpellier say the next step is a much larger sample size, in order to better understand why foods impact how our faces look.

Be mindful who you eat carbs around. They may literally look at you differently. Getty Images
Be mindful who you eat carbs around. They may literally look at you differently. Getty Images

“Facial attractiveness, an important factor of social interactions, seems to be impacted by immediate and chronic refined carbohydrate consumption in men and women,” the authors said.