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StrongInTheArm · 05-09-2008, 06:09 AM

What better news story on a Friday afternoon than a story about bodily functions

Frédéric Saldmann says they should give free rein to farting, burping and sweating to reduce the risk of cancer, reports the Daily Telegraph.

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The French, he says, should "dare to fart". Getting rid of the two litres of gas produced each day is a "natural process" and retaining it can be harmful to the intestines.

Similarly, he says his countrymen should feel free to belch at will and certainly after each meal.

This, he says, is the best way to reduce the risk of getting a hiatal hernia, an ailment which affects almost a third of French people.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2837827.html?menu=

It seems to be better out than in

05-09-2008, 06:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
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