The Michael Phelps Diet brings in the gold medals
Well, what did you have for breakfast this morning? I know, you felt pretty good having had that plate of muesli, yoghurt and an apple, didn’t you? Well, while you were munching your healthy breakfast Michael Phelps was eating his breakfast and it wasn’t muesli oh no … he has three fried egg sandwiches with cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, fried onions and mayonnaise (yes, mayonnaise for breakfast , yuck - Beeble). Then he doesn’t rush off for training, no, he hasn’t finished breakfast yet. He has three chocolate chip pancakes, a five-egg omelette, three sugar coated slices of French toast and a bowl of grits (a maize-based porridge) plus two cups of coffee.
… and then after breakfast there’s lunch and then dinner



I was interested in an article by Kate Devlin in the Daily Telegraph last Wednesday 13th August. She says that a leading public health expert Professor David Hunter from Durham University believes that fatty foods should carry health warnings to help prevent the growing obesity problem in the UK. He feels that manufacturers should be forced to display warnings on foods that contain excessive amounts of fat, sugar or salt similar to the warnings displayed on cigarette packets.
I was interested in an article by Victoria Fletcher in the Daily Express on Friday 1st August. She writes about new research at the Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics at Sheffield University in the UK which has discovered that taking garlic every day can be just as effective as drugs for lowering blood pressure.
The Governor of California is at it again: leading America to a healthier life style. He is putting forward legislation to ban the trans fats used in cooking at the local fast food restaurants in the State and it looks like other Californian politicians will approve the ban. On Tuesday Los Angeles officials approved a ban in a 32 square mile area of south L.A.
The weight loss drug rimonabant (known under various brand names, including Acomplia) has recently been approved for use by the National Health Service in the UK. It has not been approved for use in the US due to fears about its safety.
