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Rats! (However, this will not alter my chocolate consumption!) ******************************************* December 21, 1998 NUTRITION NEWS FOCUS "Nutrition news is important. We help you understand it!" Today's Topic: Do Chocolate Lovers Live Longer? A study of 7,841 Harvard University male graduates found that those who indulged in chocolate and sugar confectionery lived almost a year longer than those who never ate those candies. This study was published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/317/7174/1683, carried on the wire services, and suggested that the antioxidants in chocolate might have a health benefit. The questionnaire used in this study could not distinguish between chocolate and other sugary confections. A table of results show essentially identical characteristics of men who ate candy and those who did not for age, body-mass index, intake of red meat and vegetables, yet there were highly significant differences indicated. HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Long-time readers of the BMJ know that each Christmas issue is one of whimsy. This issue also included the CRACKPOT study - Collaborative Randomized And Controlled Kennet Piscatorial Options Trial which was a study of trout fishing using different flies in an English river. Those authors concluded that a prolongation of doctors’ leisure time has serious implications for the National Health Service. The authors suggested that urgent funding of a large multiriver study is needed. In the Harvard candy study, the authors declared in the conflict of interest section that they had a decided weakness for chocolate and confessed to an average consumption of one bar a day each. Obviously, some reporters are not aware of satire when the see it. ******************************************************************** Subscriber report: 2665 readers in 46 countries. Please recommend Nutrition News Focus to your family and friends. If you like, point your browser to http://www.nutritionnewsfocus.com/cgi-bin/birdcast.cgi where you'll find an easy recommendation form. DISCLAIMER: The information in Nutrition News Focus is intended only to help you understand the Nutrition News. We do not recommend any treatment, food or supplement. It is not intended to replace the advice of a physician. If you read something in this newsletter that in any way contradicts what your physician tells you, TAKE YOUR PHYSICIAN'S ADVICE, NOT OURS. Copyright 1998 Nutrition News Focus Inc. ******************************************************************** * NUTRITION NEWS FOCUS * We take the confusion out of the nutrition news * For a free subscription to our daily email newsletter: * Send a blank email to [log in to unmask] * Or visit our website at http://www.NutritionNewsFocus.com ******************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe, send a blank message to [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe, send a blank message to [log in to unmask] To change your email address, send a message to [log in to unmask] with the other address in the Subject: line -- Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD "Nutrition you can live with!" Medical nutrition therapy http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/ Tel: 970-493-6532 // Fax: 970-493-6538 "If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" -Albert Einstein