Romance is bad for your health…

Or so scientists would have us believe. According to US researchers the romantic candlelit dinner is soon to be a thing of the past as scented candles are bad for your health. The American Chemical Society's Annual Conference heard last week that the smoke given off by scented candles is laced with harmful toxins linked to cancer, eczema and asthma.

Researchers at the South Carolina State University burnt a range of candles in a lab and collected and tested the smoke that they gave off. Paraffin candles, which are the most common type, released potentially harmful amounts of chemicals that could be bad for your health. Beeswax candles and soy candles were found on the other hand to be safe to use.

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Dr Amid Hamidi, one of the researchers told the Daily Mail: "An occasional paraffin candle and its emissions will not likely affect you. But lighting many paraffin candles every day for years or lighting them frequently in an unventilated bathroom around a tub, for example, may cause problems."

The advice was reiterated in the Daily Mail article by Dr Noemi Eiser, of the British Lung Foundation, who said that “the occasional use of paraffin candles should not pose any risk to (their) lung health.
'However we would advise people to take sensible precautions when burning candles, such as opening a window to keep the room ventilated to minimise the amount of emissions breathed in.”

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So that romantic candlelit dinner for two is out of the question. How do you then keep the romance alive in your relationship? Well, you could try our range of honeymoon fun and games. Not just for your wedding night, these romantic games for two are perfect for keeping the fires of passion and romance burning long after you have tied the knot and before as well!

Try 52 weeks of wedded romance scratch cards to add a little sizzle to your days and nights. Set the scene for romance with the Honeymoon rose petal seductions and then get the Kama Sutra weekender kit out for sensuous night in! Or give your beloved a treat he'll never forget with the Honeymoon lap dancing kit. Don the Honeymoon lace chemise and thong, throw a black feather boa around your shoulders and he'll be putty in your hands.

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Or how about swopping the romantic candlelit dinner for a night of naughty games. Turn the lights down low (just don't light a scented candle, unless it's beeswax that is!), open a bottle of wine and let the romance begin. Get out the game of Monogamy, Honeymoon Foreplay Connect or Honeymoon Strip and Tease card game and get down and romantic with your partner! Who needs candlelit dinners after all, when you can play games?!

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