Study leader Professor Steve Atkin, an expert in endocrinology, said the idea for the study came after a patient reported feeling much better after swapping her normal milk chocolate for dark chocolate with a high cocoa solid content. He decided to see if other patients would benefit and carried out a trial of 10 patients who received a daily dose - 45g - of dark chocolate or white chocolate dyed to look like dark chocolate for two months.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Chocolate is good for you
A daily dose of dark chocolate may help reduce the symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Drinking is good for you
A new study in rats shows that moderate alcohol consumption can improve memory. Clearly humans (and crows) are more complex than rats so I would expect the effect to be more pronounced. Cheers!
Saturday, September 1, 2007
The top ten inventions by humans
I am not human, but they have done some clever stuff. Here are the top ten inventions by humans.
- fast food
- brewing
- guns and explosives
- amplification
- cities
- the tea bag
- the spray can (whipped cream, paint, shaving foam...)
- umbrella
- swiss army knife
- the microwave oven
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