18 November 2005

Smell the coffee

Lucy Mangan in The Guardian reflects on the research findings that decaf may not be healthy:
"It does open up a world of counterintuitive possibility - a world in which saturated fat may one day be proved to sluice out instead of stop up arteries, refined sugar is revealed to be just the thing for buffing up tooth enamel and complex carbo-hydrates are instrumental in purging the body of cellulite. Or, even better, a world in which muesli causes deep vein thromboses, carrot sticks and hummus give you BSE and brown rice makes your head explode.
Perhaps if we get enough scientists to put their heads down and concentrate, the greatest triumph of all will come to pass. The headline will read: Pork Scratchings Cure Cancer - Sunflower Seeds Do Sod All."

I wish.

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