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Written by Junksmith   
Saturday, 03 May 2008

According to the Telegraph:

A French doctor is urging his countrymen to give free rein to flatulence, sweating and other bodily taboos to reduce the risk of cancer.

Frédéric Saldmann's book, Le Grand Ménage (Spring cleaning), claims that regular belching is the best way to avoid hiatal hernias and cancer of the oesophagus, and that male sweat "reduces stress in women" and is "potentially very attractive". Mmm....

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written by Andrew Witcombe-Small, May 03, 2008
Male sweat "reduces stress in women" and is "potentially very attractive", eh? Well he would say that, coming from the country with the world's lowest per capita per annum consumption of soap.

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