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From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Barker Abigail (Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust)
Sent: 15 June 2007 12:31
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Subject: Re: [LIS-MEDICAL] Reading helps you diet

This is obviously a big fat fib. If it were true, surely I'd be the skinny size of posh spice and she'd be the not-so-skinny size of me?!

Abigail Barker
Deputy Librarian 
Healthcare Library
Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust
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Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:58:58 +0100
From: "Sarah George (Education Library NPT)"              <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [LIS-MEDICAL] Reading helps you diet
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>Thought I'd share this with everyone as it made me laugh in Wednesday's
>Metro and is useful for anyone who wants an excuse to read more! Don't
>think medical books are likely to have the same effect though.
>
>
>Reading helps you diet
>Wednesday, June 13, 2007
>
>Why slave away in the gym or bother with yet another diet when you can
>lose weight by getting stuck into the latest John Grisham thriller?
>
>All you need to burn off unsightly extra calories is a gripping read,
>say experts.
>
>This is because excitement causes the body to pump adrenaline - a
>fat-burning hormone - into the bloodstream, decreasing appetite and
>boosting metabolism
>The more thrilling or racy the book, the greater the calorie-burning
>effect will be - putting thrillers and erotic romance stories firmly at
>the top of the pile.
>
>For instance, getting through Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code will burn off a
>chicken tikka massala with pilau rice (885 calories).
>
>Grisham's Runaway Jury erases an all-day breakfast sandwich, while
>reading Jilly Cooper's Polo aces a Big Mac Meal, according to the
>research by Borders book store.
>
>
>
>Sarah George
>Librarian
>Education Library Education Centre
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