An Apple a Day..

Scientists in Glasgow are examining whether drinking cider may offer the same health benefits as eating apples. Researchers have found that English cider apples have high levels of “phenolic antioxidants” – linked to protection against strokes and cancer. Twelve lucky volunteers have now been recruited to take part in tests. They will each drink a daily pint of cider, while avoiding all other dietary sources of antioxidants, and urine and blood samples will then be taken and analysed. This fits in very well with my own (unpaid) studies over the past 20 years which suggest that drinking 10 pints of Guinness per day not only provides you with protection against various western diseases, it also makes you smarter, reduces stress and makes you more attractive to the opposite sex. An additional benefit to my studies over the cider one is that you don’t need to have technicians around to extract samples of blood and urine – you can simply send your underpants to the lab instead of putting them in the washing machine.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/5291150.stm