The things men have to do for their heart health! (OPEN THREAD)

Finally, the “study” guys have been waiting for:

(FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) – Guys, listen up. A study says it is actually healthy to stare at a woman’s breasts.

Five-hundred men participated in the German study. Half were told to refrain from looking at breasts for five years, the other half were told to ogle them daily.

The study found the men who stared at breasts more often showed lower rates of heart problems, a lower resting heart rate and lower blood pressure.

The authors of the study recommend that men stare at breasts for 10 minutes a day.

Er, I have an issue here. If this really was true, wouldn’t it mean that there would be virtually no man in the world with heart issues? I mean, from what I’ve witnessed over the years either from being stared at or from seeing guys stare at someone else, this is something y’all do much longer than 10 minutes a day, right? Or, is the fact that you reguarly exceed the “recommended daily allowance” the primary reason for the heart problems …?

Discuss.

23 Responses to "The things men have to do for their heart health! (OPEN THREAD)"

Howie says:

March 5, 2011 at 9:59 am

Use as directed by physician….

Yeah we mostly OD….
Sefton says:

March 5, 2011 at 10:28 am

Half were told to refrain from looking at breasts for five years

And I’m sure they “refrained” just as the doctor ordered. Right.

When does the female butt staring study start?
Not that I’d want to participate…just curious.
But I’ll do it if they need me. ;-)
Severian says:

March 5, 2011 at 10:28 am

I should live to be a hundred then…
Fred says:

March 5, 2011 at 10:53 am

I can’t believe how many conservative blogs just got suckered by an internet hoax that originally appeared back in 1999.

http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/breasts.asp
rrpjr says:

March 5, 2011 at 11:00 am

The question is, how long would our heart’s hold out if we were unable to get our 10 minutes a day? We’ll never know, I guess. Since I started eating bacon I’ve doubled my breast-staring to 20 minutes a day (though it hardly makes sense, puritanically speaking, for one sinful pleasure to balance out another). But as a post-modern man, I’ll accept the dissonance.
ST says:

March 5, 2011 at 11:06 am

Fred, I’m commenting from my phone so I can’t check your link, but I believe the snopes link talks about a UK study. Fox’s report was on a new German study.
Eddie says:

March 5, 2011 at 11:19 am

It looks like it is merely a modification of the hoax suggested by snopes.com.

However, since there is a slight possibility of it being true, I will continue my research in the hopes of better heart health.
Phineas says:

March 5, 2011 at 11:44 am

Dang, I must have the healthiest heart in the world!
Kdaunt says:

March 5, 2011 at 11:45 am

If the report is true, I’m thinking it’s more a case of the stress of NOT ogling causing heart trouble rather than ogling preventing it. Either way, it’s one more piece of advice I’m happy to take.
Wayne says:

March 5, 2011 at 12:16 pm

Doesn’t bode well for gay men.
Spike says:

March 5, 2011 at 12:21 pm

That double bacon cheeseburger and the greasy fries will have no harmful effect as long as it’s eaten at Hooters?
Works for me!
Bryn says:

March 5, 2011 at 12:24 pm

So the widespread deployment of breast implants (in women) over the past 20 years or so must have caused a signficant decline in heart disease in men, then? So much for Lipitor.
DavidL says:

March 5, 2011 at 12:28 pm

I concur with Kdaunt. Men are hard wired to oook. I mean where would we all be, had our father not ogled our mother? Looking is instinctive. suppressing the urge is what causes the stress.
PE says:

March 5, 2011 at 12:28 pm

Does Charlie Sheen know about this?
Carlos says:

March 5, 2011 at 12:44 pm

And, as an added bonus, when was the last time the MSM/LSM/LSM/lefty blogs/statists weren’t suckered by anything dribbling out of the mouth of our Liar-in-Chief, Fred?

I know it wasn’t day-before-yesterday…
Dana says:

March 5, 2011 at 1:08 pm

If this story is true, shouldn’t homosexual males hae a significantly greater risk of heart disease?
James says:

March 5, 2011 at 3:19 pm

Good point. This is a joke, not a study.

Another problem is if my wife catches me ogling other women, my health declines rapidly.
Aarradin says:

March 6, 2011 at 6:09 pm

So, if I spend 20 min a day looking at internet porn at work, do I get a discount on my health insurance?

Where did they find 250 men willing to NOT look at women’s breasts for 5 years?
david foster says:

March 6, 2011 at 11:52 pm

To the extent the whole thing isn’t a joke…I would guess the 250 who agreed *not* to look for *five years* represents a VERY nonrandom sample.
Dana says:

March 7, 2011 at 9:21 am

Aarradin asked:

Where did they find 250 men willing to NOT look at women’s breasts for 5 years?

San Francisco.
Dana says:

March 7, 2011 at 9:25 am

Aarradin asked:

So, if I spend 20 min a day looking at internet porn at work, do I get a discount on my health insurance?

Clearly, more information is required here. Will porn do the trick, or do we have to look at real breasts on real women? And is there a correlation between breast size and health benefits; do we get more benefit from D-cup dolls than A-cup cuties?

If so, should boob jobs be covered by ObaminableCare, since such enhancements would lead to lowered health costs for men?
Dana says:

March 7, 2011 at 9:27 am

And, for those female Sister Toldjah readers who can swing it — so to speak — you need to start going braless; I’m certain that we get a lot more heart benefits from you that way!
Drew says:

March 7, 2011 at 11:49 am

Personally, I’m a leg man.

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