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Infectious diseases that influence human survival are responsible for the  evolved emotional, cognitive and behavioural strategies that reduce the risk  of disease transmission. The preference for spices in foods of contemporary  humans was thought to be an antipathogen strategy that could reduce disease  transmission. We investigated the possible associations between reported  health and anti-pathogen strategies in a sample of Slovak high school  students. We found that the reported consumption of spices and ectoparasite  avoidance was positively associated with the total number of reported  illnesses in the last year and hand washing was negatively associated with  this. This means that immunologically compromised people prefer spices more  and avoid contact with disease-relevant insect vectors more than their  healthier counterparts. Females engaged in anti-pathogen behaviours more than  males, but consumed spicy foods less frequently, suggesting their  evolutionary role in the maternal investment to their offspring or different  susceptibility to certain diseases. Our results suggest that people  vulnerable to diseases are more disgust sensitive and prefer foods with  antimicrobial properties more than healthy people, supporting an idea that  human emotions and behaviour are influenced by the threat of parasites

Preferences for spicy foods and disgust of ectoparasites are associated with reported health in humans