Want to Eat Chocolate Every Day For a Year? 158
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."
If there's a more underrepresented demographic... (Score:5, Funny)
... on slashdot than post-menopausal women, I don't know what it would be.
Well... (Score:4, Funny)
I bet Chastity Bono is kicking himself right now.
Re:If there's a more underrepresented demographic. (Score:5, Funny)
Pre-Menopausal.
Re:Exercise? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Exercise? (Score:2, Funny)
Given that Chocolate is an Aphrodisiac, I hope that change would be for the better.
uhhh*WINK* ;)
You're doing it wrong (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Anonymous Coward (Score:5, Funny)
Re:slashdot demographics (Score:4, Funny)
Slash DOT. Duh!
Re:If there's a more underrepresented demographic. (Score:5, Funny)
Bisexual, attractive, nudist 19yo women who care more about her WoW character's latest adventure than shoes, that are looking to move into a basement, has a couple of friends of a similar nature that also need a place to stay, and hopes to trade their domestic skills in place of rent so they can afford the gigabit fiber drop, which they'd also share, but only if you agree to referee their jello-wrestling.
There's a problem here.... (Score:5, Funny)
Finding 40 women that will agree to NOT eat ANY chocolate for a year, as a control: yeah, good luck with that.
Chocolate science did it again! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:slashdot demographics (Score:2, Funny)
Brilliant! I'm going to start calling it that. It sounds less offensive. In fact I'm going to go one step farther and just ask my Significant other how the department of transportation (DOT) is going. Basically, I'll just start using traffic metaphors.
Traffic Jam == Constipation ...
Accident == well, obviously
Construction == Bloating
Rush hour == Heavy Flow
Road Rage == PMS
Re:slashdot demographics Useful, especially if (Score:2, Funny)
All that dark chocolate might help them crap out all sorts of unhealthier things they ate months prior to the test. Hopefully, they drink enough water so they don't become a diuretic diabetic in dire need of a medic.
Re:If there's a more underrepresented demographic. (Score:5, Funny)
Women.
Re:If there's a more underrepresented demographic. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:If there's a more underrepresented demographic. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:slashdot demographics (Score:5, Funny)
You'd better not be thinking of the children.
Re:If there's a more underrepresented demographic. (Score:3, Funny)
FEMALE Volunteers? On Slashdot? (Score:2, Funny)
Christ, is this posted on the wrong site!
Most of the regular girls, Bethanie, Silly Pixie, Queenoftheonering, whoever else... They left (figuratively and literally) to Multiply quite some time ago.
Some of these guys who post journals are married - but for the larger demographic, you have better chances finding a woman in the L.A. Galaxy locker room, trying to get a peek at Beckham's bend.
The rest? Well, I have two words: Joanna Rutkowska.
"I'm a boy, I'm a boy,
But my mom won't admit it
I'm a boy,
But if I say I am,
I get it!"
Re:Exercise? (Score:3, Funny)
Who cares if it's a waste of time - they want you to eat chocolate. :)