Nerdy Science Blog

Good news for egg-lovers again, researchers do not only prove that eggs do not increase your blood cholesterol, but also link to lowering high blood pressure.

Kaustav Majumber and Jianping Wu at University of Alberta, Canada, discovered that eggs can reduce hypertension.  Eggs reacted like ACE-inhibiting prescription drugs, which lowered the blood pressure.  They discovered that stomach and small intestines reacted by producing proteins when eggs were consumed.  These proteins released react in the body in a similar manner like the blood pressure medication.  Researchers also found that fried eggs had more ACE-like inhibiting activity than boiled eggs.  The discovery was published in American Chemical Association’s Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

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Your index and ring fingers length can affect your voluntary exercise desire.  According to a recently published paper, people who have higher index:ring finger ratios are more willing to exercise.  Generally women have higher ratio than men.  The study revealed a strong correlation between the digit length and levels of prenatal stress hormones as well, which ultimately affects one’s personality.  This research reminds me of the Chinese palmistry, which use the lines on the hand as well as the shape of the hand, to study one’s life, behaviour, personality, etc.

Reference:

Yan et al. Selective Breeding for a Behavioral Trait Changes Digit Ratio. PLoS ONE, 2008; 3 (9): e3216