At 4:20 PM -0500 12/24/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 24 Dec 2004 at 7:43, Miguel Roig wrote:
The Wednesday edition of the NY Times had an interesting short piece
about the popular belief that folks that are dying tend to do so
around significant personal dates or holidays. <snip>
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/22/national/22holiday.html
The article, which generally debunks this claim, notes a contrary
result:
"In a study of older Jewish men, Dr. Phillips found a 25 percent dip
in deaths from all causes just before Passover, and a 25 percent
increase in the week or so after".
In other words, eating matzoh can kill! Does the FDA know about this?
Actually, I'd blame it on the Manischewitz.
Five glasses of that could kill a horse!
Particularly when it's used to chase down horseradish.
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