Woah, didn’t know that fact about chocolate. Apparently there’s an antiviral compound in it (and red wine) called resveratrol, but you need a whole lot of it to help. I kinda wish Castano drew a cartoon chocolate bar instead, but no one ever said that smallpox was nice to look at.
Reading RBION today, I am reminded of Silver’s recent comment wondering if there were lice that peed out of both ends. A change today from the usual RBION gaseous factoids.
In STEAMBOAT BILL,there’s a famous scene where a wall falls on Buster Keaton but he’s unharmed becausethe only open window in the wall passes over him.
That was an actual 2-ton wall and Keaton would have been killed if he’d moved a half-inch off his “mark”. Keaton was a “bug” on doing his own stunts—he began as a vaudeville acrobat
jasonsnakelover 4 months ago
Too bad chocolate can’t be used to help diabetes.
So fishermen can see through that fish.
May the Lord be with you as He is with me.
monkeysky 4 months ago
Woah, didn’t know that fact about chocolate. Apparently there’s an antiviral compound in it (and red wine) called resveratrol, but you need a whole lot of it to help. I kinda wish Castano drew a cartoon chocolate bar instead, but no one ever said that smallpox was nice to look at.
jmolay161 4 months ago
Reading RBION today, I am reminded of Silver’s recent comment wondering if there were lice that peed out of both ends. A change today from the usual RBION gaseous factoids.
pearlsbs 4 months ago
Apparently chocolate was also once used to treat cholera, tuberculosis, asthma and yellow fever.
Here is a link if anyone cares to look at it:
https://www.worldcocoafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/files_mf/pucciarelli2008.pdf
I'm here for the cookies Premium Member 4 months ago
I now know why I never got Smallpox. My addiction to chocolate
Bilan 4 months ago
So chocolate is good for both smallpox and attacks from Dementors. Nice.
cripplious 4 months ago
As a diabetic, Ill warn you not to eat a lot of sugar free candies. IT can play heck with the digestive system.
Huckleberry Hiroshima 4 months ago
Oui oui, we must have your wee wee. ~ Doctor Pierre LePeese
Take care, may unseen corpuscle detective Rouge “Mon Sang, Ma Peau, Mes Os, Pas Pour Tes Yeux” be with you, and gesundheit.
Gameguy49 Premium Member 4 months ago
I guess the chocolate allowed the patient to die a little happier. Chocolate is my best treat.
WCraft Premium Member 4 months ago
Blood, penicillin, small pox – someone is on a medical kick today.
198.23.5.11 4 months ago
In STEAMBOAT BILL,there’s a famous scene where a wall falls on Buster Keaton but he’s unharmed becausethe only open window in the wall passes over him.
That was an actual 2-ton wall and Keaton would have been killed if he’d moved a half-inch off his “mark”. Keaton was a “bug” on doing his own stunts—he began as a vaudeville acrobat
tremaine53 4 months ago
Penicillin was rare? What? They’d never seen a rotten orange before?!?
Carl Rennhack Premium Member 4 months ago
Are any of those fish in any of the RBIOB Aquariums?
LAFITZGERALD 4 months ago
That was an incredible fact on chocolate – wow!!
Stephen Gilberg 4 months ago
“I said I needed a blood transplant, not…”
Petemejia77 4 months ago
Not a good r.b.i.o.n to read while eating lunch!