Wine. This week it's Bad for you.

Yes, that's right.  A glass of wine a day is now bad for you again, after being good for you for a couple of years.  *sigh* It was good while it lasted.  Now Oxford University tells us that we need to cut down from a glass of wine a day to 'half a small glass of wine'.  Let's face it, that's not going to happen is it.  Who is going to settle down of an evening on the couch, crack open a bottle of Merlot, and pour themselves 'half a small glass' when they sit down in front of the repeat of 'Desperate Housewives'.  Unlikely.




Source:  UK Independent

Lazy Slobs of the World: Rejoice!

Yes, this study reckons that Exercise is bad for you.  Large individuals on straining couches nod knowingly: this was what they have been trying to tell people for years.  Hang on though fatties, it's not quite that simple.  The "heart scarring" referred to in this article applies only to marathon runners and triathletes, not people going down the gym a couple of times a week.  Keep wishing.

Source:   Sydney Morning Herald

Your Shampoo is Poisoned! Look Out!

...only a little bit though, so don't worry really.  Apparently there are lots of chemicals in products like shampoos and sunscreen, even ones advertising themselves as natural, alternative bio-somethings.  And there you were thinking that organic shampoo bottle was filled with flower-perfumed rainwater and baby seal tears (of laughter, obviously).  The Silent Spring Institute did the research here, (apparently they have a great engineering program at that school, football team so-so), and as a result I have no reason to doubt their findings.  


So I guess the message here is: don't drink too much shampoo.  Just one glass a day, and for God's sake don't start binge drinking at the weekend.


Source:  Chicago Sun Times