"Eating Better to Look Better" Inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption may kill millions around the globe every year, so the public health community is not beyond appealing to vanity. Health is intimately linked with attractiveness. How do you tell if someone's healthy? You look for that golden glow that comes from the carotenoids in fruits and vegetables, found to increase the attractiveness of African, Asian, and Caucasian faces. These are kind of before and after shots with more and more fruits and vegetables as you go left to right. Most think the greater fruit and veggie group on the right appears healthier and more attractive. College students going from 3 servings a day to the recommended minimum of 9 servings a day for just 6 weeks significantly improved skin color, and it's possible that even smaller dietary changes could've help as well. And the worse we now eat, the more attractive we may become! Public health advocates hope this research suggesting healthy eating may "affect mate choice and sexual selection " provides a powerful message for promoting healthy eating, towards boosting fruit and veggie intake up to 13 servings a day. And while a rosy glow associated with cardiovascular health in the face and lips can also increase one's appearance of healthfulness and attractiveness, the color red can also reduce junk food intake. People drink less soda from cups with red stickers than from cups with blue stickers, and eat less from red plates than from blue or white plates. How crazy is that? Check it out. They speculate it's because our brains subconsciously are thinking "red traffic lights, stop-signs, red alert," what are you putting in your poor body!