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Love drinking gin & tonic? Well researchers say you could be a psychopath!

Well this is alarming! - by Amy Sinclair
  • 19 Dec 2018

There’s nothing better than a nice, refreshing gin and tonic on a hot summer’s day - are we right?

Well a study by researchers could change all that quick smart, with scientists revealing that people who drink tonic could have psychopathic tendencies. Gulp.

Love drinking gin & tonic? Well researchers say you could be a psychopath!

The team found that people who knock back drinks like tonic are more likely to exhibit signs of sadism, narcissism and Machiavellianism. Meaning that they’re prone to gaining pleasure from other’s pain and are cold-hearted, deceitful, selfish and vain. Ouch!

The study saw 1000 people - 500 women and 500 men - rate a wide range of foods on a six-point scale as to how much they liked and disliked each. 

They were then asked to do four different personality quizzes to ascertain their levels of emotional stability, aggression and ‘everyday sadism’ - meaning they had to how much they agreed with statements such as 'I enjoy tormenting people' and 'Given enough provocation, I may hit someone'.

And researchers say the results we clear. 

'General bitter taste preferences emerged as a robust predictor for Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism and everyday sadism,' the researchers wrote in the journal Appetite. 

While the scientists couldn’t explain why people who like tonic may have psychopathic tendencies, they did suggest that they may experience ‘a thrill’ like a ‘rollercoaster ride’ from drinking and eating particularly bitter things.

'We found particularly robust correlations with everyday sadism,' study author Christina Sagioglou revealed.

Maybe it’s time to switch to gin and soda, right?!

Amy Sinclair
Amy Sinclair
Amy Sinclair is the editor of New Idea Food. She is a former weekly magazine editor who loves all things food, cooking and eating - especially the eating! When she's not looking after her three children, you'll find her in the kitchen or busily hiding online shopping purchases from her husband.

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