Entries Tagged as 'alcohol'

Harmful Food

A dietitian was addressing a large audience in Chicago: “The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago. Red meat is awful. Soft drinks erode your stomach lining. Chinese food is loaded with MSG. Vegetables can be disastrous to some and none of us realize the long term harm caused by the germs in our drinking water. But there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all and we all have eaten or will eat it. Can anyone here tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?” A 75 year old man in the front row stood up and said, “Wedding cake

Suffering from Fatigue

Worried patient: ‘Doctor, I’m very worried. I’m still suffering from exhaustion and fatigue when I come home from work every evening.’

Doctor: ‘Oh, that’s nothing to worry about. Just have a few drinks before your dinner - that will soon wake you up.’

Patient: ‘Thanks very much, doctor! But when I consulted you before, you told me to cut out drinking alcohol completely.’

Doctor: ‘Yes, so I did. But that was last week, old chap - and medical science has progressed enormously since then.’