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This is something the no-nonsense stewardesses, amply blessed by nature and the effects of consuming cans of those same soft drinks and spare Spam sandwiches, know full well.

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"In fact, consuming shrimp instead of other high fat foods will have beneficial effects, " said Elizabeth De Oliveira of Rockefeller University.

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