I read the news today oh boy! Page 631

Quote: AJGO @ January 13 2012, 1:39 PM GMT

Nicotine treatment of mild cognitive impairment: A 6-month double-blind pilot clinical trial Stimulation of brain nicotinic receptors may be helpful in patients with early signs of cognitive impairment. This study on cognitive performance and clinical status in 67 nonsmoking patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment demonstrated that nicotine treatment improved cognitive performance along with subject-rated measures of memory symptoms. http://www.neurology.org/

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So smoking helps the slightly learning disabled...

Quote: sootyj @ January 13 2012, 2:02 PM GMT

So smoking helps the slightly learning disabled...

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I can attest to that personally.

So basically my whole career could be replaced by giving my clients a pack of B&H and a lighter?

I have never felt so irrelevant.

The study was focusing on people who were around 76 years old so may be useful in delaying or preventing symptoms of dementia, which would be amazing. Interesting that smokers of all ages often feel that they have increased concentration levels when smoking during a task, and this has traditionally been dismissed as instead being otherwise distracted by cravings.

AJGO interesting stuff!

Rob, sorry a news item about eating processed meat, can give you cancer.

Quote: dellas @ January 13 2012, 5:44 PM GMT

AJGO interesting stuff!

Rob, sorry a news item about eating processed meat, can give you cancer.

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Ignore the news item then - and just eat the processed meat!

I don't like to think of a life without processed meats.

Spam Spam Spam etc.

Quote: chipolata @ January 13 2012, 10:41 PM GMT

I don't like to think of a life without processed meats.

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You are a sad, sad man.

So how is bacon processed meat?

Hmmm. Is it because a lot of the shit stuff has water and whatnot injected into it?

Ah, possibly.

Still tastes nice though.

Depends on the version. Really high quality bacon literally just has the fluid driven out with salt. Regular crap stuff has water and nitrates added to bulk it out.

Still tastes nce though.

Bacon's grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat.