Back in the good old days of black and white television - milk , eggs and cheese were always top of the healthy items list , but then again - so was smoking , and who can forget the famous advertising slogan…………….. “Guinness is good for you “ :)
Unfortunately , all have been proved totally wrong by time , and the armies of scientific guys in the white coats and horn rimmed glasses :)
Fast forward to now - I can remember some advice circulating recently from U.K. Health Authorities , saying you had to drink “several glasses of water a day” as it supposedly “flushes your system out “ , but this particular gem of information , has all but strangely disappeared off the face of the earth , and of course there are even more authority sponsored – fads……. probiotics and of course the ubiquitous …
………………………………“five a day “ ……………………………………..
Now with the past in mind - I just wonder how long it will take our horned rimmed friends to click on that five portions of pesticide ridden , genetically modified fruit and veg’ is maybe not so good for you :) , and I also notice that the so called scientifically proven “ digestion aiding” probiotic products , always seem to be exclusively aimed at women ……………. why ????? ……………. as my limited biological knowledge suggests their digestion system is identical to men , or am I missing something here :)
A friend of mine who drinks red wine , which if you believe health advice is supposedly good for you , was telling me a story the other day , on how a bottle of red wine has gone from 6 to 10 units* ( * units refer to the safe maximum alcohol consumption per day ) , yet neither the capacity or indeed the alcohol content of the bottle has changed ……………strange that :)
It’s rather like saying a mile is now two miles because it suits your purposes , but hey the government has got to pretend its concerned about our health whilst appeasing the drinks industry , so it can still rake billions of pounds of taxes in .
It’s called having your ”low fat “cake and eating it :)
Looking at the news over the weekend - I personally wouldn’t like to be treated in a medical capacity by either the doctor who advocates - taxing chocolate , or indeed the chief medical officer who advocates - a minimum price for alcohol , as both of these actions are in effect - treating the symptoms of the illness and not the illness itself
( obesity ) , and you would have thought these two “Brains of Britain” would have worked that one out :)
