Smarter Children Through Food Supplements

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Smarter Children Through Food Supplements

Posted by michael on Friday March 12, 2004 @06:53PM from the bright-ideas dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Baby rats (mmm...baby rats) fed a little extra choline in utero popped out with brain cells dramatically bigger and faster than pups who didn't receive the supplement. Duke University researchers say the implications are profound for humans and the future of learning."

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ah crap by vena · 2004-03-12 18:59 · Score: 0, Offtopic

as if i didn't have enough of a hard time finding a job with those genetically superior south asians walking around.
Re:Not a chemist by Hello+this+is+Linus · 2004-03-12 19:03 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Choline is a naturally occurring nutrient found in egg yolks, milk, nuts, fish, liver and other meats as well as in human breast milk. ehm, aren't these all also high protein foods?

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10,000 DIGITS OF PI! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-12 19:23 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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Re:Side Effects? by dreadlord76 · 2004-03-12 19:23 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I'm sure you will find someone to love you in this world.
10,000 DIGITS OF 1/PI! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-12 19:26 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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Re:Not a chemist by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-12 19:35 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I don't like semen. Do you have anything on the menu that hasn't got semen in it?
Are you pondering... by Helios292 · 2004-03-12 19:47 · Score: 0, Offtopic

...what I'm pondering, Pinky?
1. Re:Are you pondering... by ScrewMaster · 2004-03-12 20:24 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  Sure am, Brain!
  
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Warning: Parent is a goatse image by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-12 20:06 · Score: -1, Offtopic

nt
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