Shopping does lie in a woman’s genes!


	Shopping does lie in a woman’s genes!

atulk22

8-23-2007 9:24 AM

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<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/c63c41cd-8e65-4c01-8470-2551a9f00b81/DD3672EC-2395-4474-BF7D-C4C50712950D/" 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.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=1a9340e7-b571-45fc-94d7-8bdf4241f7a0&&Headline=Shopping+does+lie+in+a+woman%e2%80%99s+genes!" href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=1a9340e7-b571-45fc-94d7-8bdf4241f7a0&&Headline=Shopping+does+lie+in+a+woman%e2%80%99s+genes!" style="font-size: 11px;">www.hindustantimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=1a9340e7-b571-45fc-94d7-8bdf4241f7a0&&Headline=Shopping+does+lie+in+a+woman%e2%80%99s+genes!">The stereotype that women are addicted to shopping really is true, for a new study has found that the fairer sex has a evolutionary gene which makes them born to shop.</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.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=1a9340e7-b571-45fc-94d7-8bdf4241f7a0&&Headline=Shopping+does+lie+in+a+woman%e2%80%99s+genes!"><P>The finding is based on a study conducted by University of California researchers who found that women really are better than men than not only finding their way around stores, but also at remembering just where those fruits, vegetables are stored in shelves.</p> <P>The reason for this lies in the evolution, the researchers state.</P></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.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=1a9340e7-b571-45fc-94d7-8bdf4241f7a0&&Headline=Shopping+does+lie+in+a+woman%e2%80%99s+genes!">Women, over the centuries, have honed their skill of finding the best fruits and berries to sniffing out the best bargains.</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.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=1a9340e7-b571-45fc-94d7-8bdf4241f7a0&&Headline=Shopping+does+lie+in+a+woman%e2%80%99s+genes!">A further analysis revealed that women’s memories were influenced not by how much they liked the foods but by the number of calories they contained, as they were able to remember foods with higher calorie count better.</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.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=1a9340e7-b571-45fc-94d7-8bdf4241f7a0&&Headline=Shopping+does+lie+in+a+woman%e2%80%99s+genes!">This, they say, is further evidence of an evolutionary origin, as our ancestors would have needed to memorise the location of the foods that would give the most energy</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/DD3672EC-2395-4474-BF7D-C4C50712950D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.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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