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Posted by Cheryl Isaak on October 13, 2007, 7:35 am
On 10/12/07 3:53 PM, in article 5na1kuFh1gciU1@mid.individual.net, "Karen C
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> http://www.kcra.com/health/14326408/detail.html
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> A small study links the type of bacteria living in people's digestive
> system to a desire for chocolate. Everyone has a vast community of
> microbes in their guts. But people who crave daily chocolate show signs
> of having different colonies of bacteria than people who are immune to
> chocolate's allure.
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> In fact, the study was delayed because it took a year for the
> researchers to find 11 men who don't eat chocolate. Kochhar compared
> the blood and urine of those 11 men, who he jokingly called "weird" for
> their indifference to chocolate, to 11 similar men who ate chocolate daily.
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> Don't miss the survey questions on that page!
So how did you score on the quiz? I disagree with one answer (on chocolate
liquor). I've read an article that says its a cheat to get more flavor out
of less chocolate.
So - I'm only a lover
C
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> A small study links the type of bacteria living in people's digestive
> system to a desire for chocolate. Everyone has a vast community of
> microbes in their guts. But people who crave daily chocolate show signs
> of having different colonies of bacteria than people who are immune to
> chocolate's allure.
>
> In fact, the study was delayed because it took a year for the
> researchers to find 11 men who don't eat chocolate. Kochhar compared
> the blood and urine of those 11 men, who he jokingly called "weird" for
> their indifference to chocolate, to 11 similar men who ate chocolate daily.
>
>
> Don't miss the survey questions on that page!