<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/450dbb85-a6a8-4cb2-be22-68b64b00328c/9FF49530-7721-40E6-8D9F-1E67F0EF25AF/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=461695&in_page_id=1774&ICO=HEALTH&ICL=TOPART" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=461695&in_page_id=1774&ICO=HEALTH&ICL=TOPART" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dailymail.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=461695&in_page_id=1774&ICO=HEALTH&ICL=TOPART">Scientists claim that simply reading a racy novel can help you fight the flab.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=461695&in_page_id=1774&ICO=HEALTH&ICL=TOPART">They have calculated that a few hours engrossed in a book can double your basal metabolic rate.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=461695&in_page_id=1774&ICO=HEALTH&ICL=TOPART">reading encourages the production of adrenaline, causing BMR to rise to up to 1.75 calories per minute</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=461695&in_page_id=1774&ICO=HEALTH&ICL=TOPART">if you read at a rate of 300 words a minute, you burn off more than 1,100 calories</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=461695&in_page_id=1774&ICO=HEALTH&ICL=TOPART"><P>The other works in the top ten are - </P><P> The DaVinci Code: Dan Brown (885 calories) </P><P> The Shining: Stephen King (745) </P><P> Runaway Jury: John Grisham (722) </P><P> Bravo Two Zero: Andy McNab (605) </P><P> The Day of the Jackal: Frederick Forsyth (604) </P><P> The Exorcist: William Peter Blatty (465) </P><P> Dirty Blonde Diaries: Courtney Love (444) </P><P> Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen (443) </P><P> And Then There Were None: Agatha Christie (327)</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/9FF49530-7721-40E6-8D9F-1E67F0EF25AF/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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