Mice That Eat Yogurt Have Larger Testicles

[FarCenter]

Their goal was to understand how a probiotic diet affects rates of obesity and its related compli­ca­tions, including cancer. But “the most entertaining aspects of all this were things we didn’t anticipate,” Erdman says.

First, the scientists noticed that the yogurt-eating mice were incredibly shiny. Using both traditional histology techniques and cosmetic rating scales, the researchers showed that these animals had 10 times the active follicle density of other mice, resulting in luxuriantly silky fur.

Then the researchers spotted some­thing particular about the males: they projected their testes outward, which endowed them with a certain “mouse swagger,” Erdman says. On measuring the males, they found that the testicles of the yogurt consumers were about 5 percent heavier than those of mice fed typical diets alone and around 15 percent heavier than those of junk-eating males.

More important, that masculinity pays off. In mating experiments, yogurt-eating males inseminated their partners faster and produced more offspring than control mice. Conversely, females that ate the yogurt diets gave birth to larger litters and weaned those pups with greater success. Reflecting on their unpublished results, Erdman and Alm think that the probiotic microbes in the yogurt help to make the animals leaner and healthier, which indirectly improves sexual machismo.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=real-males-eat-yogurt&WT.mc_id=SA_20120514

[KamaAina]

1. Read the fine print. The study was sponsored by the American Yogurt Association.

[FarCenter]

4. What fine print?

Where did you see that?

[KamaAina]

15. I forgot this

[titaniumsalute]

2. Hey I thought my wife had shrunk the crotch in my jeans...

it's just all of the yogurt I have been eating lately.

[cr8tvlde]

3. Maybe it will help with boobs? n/t

[dhill926]

5. searching on aisle 2.........

[Politicalboi]

6. He's got Big Balls

They've got big balls.

Some balls are held for charity
And some for fancy dress
But when they're held for pleasure,
They're the balls that I like best.
And my balls are always bouncing,
To the left and to the right.
It's my belief that my big balls should be held every night.

[spanone]

7. so THAT'S it.

[Dokkie]

8. Good to know

I guess its time to cut down on my yogurt servings. What kind of man wants large testicles?

[OriginalGeek]

25. Mine could be basketballs if

it meant my hair would come back thicker and shinier and luxuriant.

[babylonsister]

9. I never knew that! Thanks; filed. nt

[onehandle]

10. I added Greek Style yogurt to my diet a few months ago. With breakfast and often on black beans.

Time to start a weight diary.

[CBGLuthier]

24. yogurt on black bean?

Now those two foods are major portions of my diet. I eat yogurt every day and black beans at least every other but I have never ever eaten yogurt on black beans. Cold or room temperature I assume?

[onehandle]

26. I warm the beans with some Trader Joe's Chili Pepper Sauce sprinkled on them...

...place on a plate or in a bowl, and top with two or three heaping tablespoons of yogurt.

Think of it in place of sour cream, like you would get on Tex-Mex.

Sometimes I eat it with a spoon, but usually I scoop it with blue or flaxseed corn chips. Very tasty and satisfying.

This hot sauce is sodium-free and not blazing hot.

[kysrsoze]

11. Me too! :D

I eat Greek yogurt almost every day. Great stuff for you... just ask those mice.

[silverweb]

12. Lots of good reasons to eat yogurt.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"](1) Probiotics in yogurt inhibit GI tract cancers. (Always get active cultures.)

(2) Studies re preventing aging obesity are very promising.

(3) Results of this study showing "10 times the active follicle density" and luxuriant fur should excite both men and women.

The fertility and swagger effects are for you younger folks, but I'm going to keep eating yogurt for my own reasons. Might even try making it after I get all moved. Yum!

[TrogL]

13. I'm having enough trouble sitting down as it is

[AtomicKitten]

14. I'm 67% more shiny with my consumption of Greek yogurt.

[Buns_of_Fire]

16. “The most entertaining aspects of all this were things we didn't anticipate...”

Entertaining? Geez. And here I thought I was easily amused...

[TlalocW]

17. I'm looking forward to future yogurt commercials

It's a great, tasty way to get a serving or two of that all important daily dairy requirement. Great snack on the go for both kids and adults, plus other benefits (little cartoon mouse leaning on a small rock, with huge balls and toupee-looking silky hair surrounded by adoring females). Dannon Yogurt: It will give you nice hair and ginormous balls.

TlalocW

[Buns_of_Fire]

18. (This would be where I'd put that famous squirrel .gif, if I could find it.)

[KT2000]

22. would it be this fellow?

the one that crashed the dessert bake-off in England?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2045551/Great-British-Bake-Off-squirrel-Explicit-image-male-squirrel-shocks-viewers.html

[2on2u]

19. I didn't know you could store yogurt down there. n/t

[LuvNewcastle]

20. I would think that the yogurt would go bad quickly.

[NYC_SKP]

21. Well, Frankly, Mice Can Use All the Help They Can Get.

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I mean, have you ever seen their tiny packages?



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[Bake]

23. So I saw this mouse in the yogurt section at the grocery.

He was singing:

Do your balls hang low,
Do they wobble to and fro
Can you tie 'em in a knot
Can you tie 'em in a bow ...



Shouldn't this be in the Lounge?

Bake