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EARTHDATE: April 22, 2007

Official News - page 7


REAL LIFE NEWS: CHOCOLATE BETTER THAN KISSING

by Hazed

It's not that I am obsessed with chocolate, honest, but I do love news stories that tell me it's good for me, or explain just why it's so wonderful. Now scientists have announced that chocolate is better than kissing.

The research monitored the heart rates and the brains of couples in their 20s whilst they melted some chocolate in their mouths, and then kissed. The result: the buzz from the chocolate was more intense and longer lasting that that from the kissing, and the volunteers' heart rates doubled with chocolate.

The secret seems to be allowing it to melt on the tongue, rather than scoffing it down straight away.

I suppose it does depend on the quality of the chocolate, and the identity of the person you are kissing!

And what happens when you kiss somebody with a mouthful of chocolate?

For more information, read this BBC News story.


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