It’s morning and I’m imbibing a beverage that has no nutritive value. I only hope it won’t cause me harm, as it’s a beverage that slides down my gullet with regularity. Of course, today’s poison may be tomorrow’s panacea. This is one of the amusing ironies in the medical arena. Every 10 years or so, it seems that what was felt to be medical dogma gets tossed out by a new set of studies, which will be reversed a decade later. Remember when every peri-menopausal woman was advised in the strongest terms to take hormone replacement to protect her bones? That was then... As to our diet, these recommendations are also subject periodic mutations. Butter in. Butter out. I am presently planted in what can safely be regarded as a fast food establishment, where in a single meal, one can exceed his daily caloric need. With my fidelity to personal responsibility, I don’t blame the establishment for the free choices that its patrons make. Some years ago, Burger King (BK) w
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