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Want to Eat Chocolate Every Day For a Year?
Scientists from the University of East Anglia are studying the potential health benefits of dark chocolate, and need 40 female volunteers who would like to eat chocolate every day for a year. The chocolate loving 40 must be post-menopausal and have type 2 diabetes so it can be determined if the flavonoid compounds in chocolate can reduce the risk of heart disease. Dr Peter Curtis, of the UEA's School of Medicine, said, "Our first volunteers are about to return for their final visit to see if the markers of heart health - such as blood pressure and cholesterol levels — have changed. A successful outcome could be the first step in developing new ways to improve the lives of people at increased risk of heart disease."
Jeanne Calment, the oldest person who had ever lived, ate a kilo of chocolate every week.
More interesting is that she smoked until the age of 117. As with Henry Allingham, who credited cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women - and a good sense of humour for his longevity.
I'll be picking up some Lucky Strike and prostitute this evening and do my own study.
I haven't seen anybody seriously say that there were absolutely no post menopausal women on Slashdot. You're delusional if you think you're anything but an incredibly tiny minority on this site. Don't be so touchy.