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Study rates chocolate better than kisses [what is second base?]
abcnews.net.au ^ | 4-17-2007 | staff writer

Posted on 04/17/2007 6:59:42 AM PDT by bedolido

British researchers say they are stunned to discover people get more of a buzz from eating chocolate than passionately kissing their lovers.

"These results really surprised and intrigued us," psychologist Dr David Lewis said after leading a study that recorded brain activity and heart rate from volunteers who tasted pieces of dark chocolate or kissed their partners.

"There is no doubt that chocolate beats kissing hands down when it comes to providing a long-lasting body and brain buzz - a buzz that, in many cases, lasted four times as long as the most passionate kiss."

(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...


TOPICS: Food; Humor; Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: cacao; chocolate; cradleofchocolate; kisses; openwideforchunky; study

1 posted on 04/17/2007 6:59:44 AM PDT by bedolido
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To: bedolido

Thats because the girls were not kissing ME *wink*


2 posted on 04/17/2007 7:02:19 AM PDT by Mr. K (Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
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To: bedolido; LongElegantLegs

Only a guy would be surprised by this....


3 posted on 04/17/2007 7:21:46 AM PDT by Vor Lady (These aren't grey hairs, they are silver strands of motherliness!)
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To: bedolido

Kissing where?


4 posted on 04/17/2007 8:15:42 AM PDT by Thrownatbirth (.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
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“British researchers say they are stunned to discover people get more of a buzz from eating chocolate than passionately kissing their lovers.”

That’s because they have chocolate on their breath. Distracting.


5 posted on 04/17/2007 9:13:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Monday, April 2, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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link works:
Cradle of Chocolate?
by Roger Segelken
Oct. 8, 1998
Digging through history to a time before agriculture, archaeologists from Cornell University and the University of California at Berkeley have found evidence of a village that was continuously occupied from 2000 B.C. to A.D. 1000 as well as hints to the secret of the community's remarkable longevity.

"My guess is, it all comes down to chocolate," says John S. Henderson, professor of anthropology at Cornell and co-director, together with Rosemary Joyce of Berkeley, of the archaeological dig at Puerto Escondido, Honduras. The type of ceremonial pottery uncovered by the archaeologists points to that region of Mesoamerica as a possible "Cradle of Chocolate."

6 posted on 04/17/2007 9:17:09 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Monday, April 2, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Grannyx4

A-DUUUUUH!
Who gets a ‘buzz’ from kissing, anyway? Other than kissing someone who dips?


7 posted on 04/17/2007 9:30:17 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs (<--- "Crazy Aunt" Conservative)
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To: LongElegantLegs

Ewwwwwww! Reminds me of high school where all the drinking fountains contained chew.....


8 posted on 04/17/2007 2:43:56 PM PDT by Vor Lady (These aren't grey hairs, they are silver strands of motherliness!)
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To: Grannyx4

Yeah, I knew that’d get you. ;-P
Such a nasty habit. (wink, wink)


9 posted on 04/17/2007 4:49:58 PM PDT by LongElegantLegs (<--- "Crazy Aunt" Conservative)
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To: bedolido
Then this must be the all-time winner for #1 favorite:
10 posted on 04/17/2007 4:52:14 PM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus)
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