As far as giving blood goes, I've learnt the hard and painful way that one of the best things you can do is to drink 2-4 litres of water in the 24 hours before the donation. Between that and a bit of "readjusting" by a little muscle manipulation man, turned me from not being able to give my full 400mL (or so), to being able to do so, and in 10 minutes, not 15! Chocolate hasn't had any effect on my donations ... but I guess I don't eat dark chocolate. KT Kirsty Taylor Editor kirsty.taylor@xxxxxxxxxx Mincom. The People. The Experience. The Vision. This transmission is for the intended addressee only and is confidential information. If you have received this transmission in error, please delete it and notify the sender. The contents of this e-mail are the opinion of the writer only and are not endorsed by the Mincom Group of companies unless expressly stated otherwise. "Michael Granat" <mgranat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 30-08-2004 04:16 PM Please respond to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject atw: Off Topic. Dark chocolate 'helps blood flow' <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200408/s1187502.htm> "good news for chocoholics" Well, sort of. Trouble is , next time you visit the blood bank, they'll expect "a glass and a half" from you. Cheers, Michael E. Granat -- This transmission is for the intended addressee only and is confidential information. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender and delete the transmission. The contents of this e-mail are the opinion of the writer only and are not endorsed by the Mincom Group of companies unless expressly stated otherwise. ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************