Caffeine is bad.

At least that's what I read in the papers 2 days back. There's this nutritionist guy (can't remember his name) who said that we should eliminate all forms of caffeine from our diet.

But that made me confused, cos I read elsewhere that coffee is actually good for you. In fact, in a separate article, it was reported that "a study of more than 90,000 Japanese found that people who drank coffee daily or nearly every day had half the liver cancer risk of those who never drank coffee." (Straits Times, 18 Feb 2005)

So am I supposed to drink coffee or not?

Perhaps the key is moderation...but then again, the same study also found that "the protective effect occurred in people who drank one to two cups a day and increased at three to four cups." So, the maximum I should go up to is 4 cups of kopi a day, or does that depend on size and weight and race and gender?

Even the act of eating has become such a brain teaser today.

In an interesting twist to the diet saga, a 19 Dec Straits Times article headlined: "Dieters abandon Atkins method... Disciples of low-carb diet losing interest; next big craze is glycaemic index diet."

So, now we gotta purge the idea that "Carbs are bad" from our heads, and rework that into "Carbs are good, but the question is, what kind of carbs."

Whatever. I'll stick to my bread loving ways anyway :)

In other news...

My throat infection is almost gone - praise the Lord! What's left are some slight sniffles, but they'll be gone in a while. Really gotta give Him all the glory for sustaining me through the past few days, esp Thursday's presentation on Cyberterrorism, which I think went pretty well. Am glad it's over, it's one huge load off my mind, and now I can concentrate on the other projects at hand.

Mum just left for the Philippines yesterday. Wished I could have followed her. I had such a good time in Manila last year when she went over for business around the same time. I miss the awesome food and facilities at the Manila Peninsula - such luxury, I think the hotel bathroom was almost the size of my own bredroom! Plus not to mention the yummy hotel breakfast - Swiss museli, smoked salmon, assorted breads, free flow of coffee... Oooo... And of course, I really enjoyed catching up with Mum. Feel bad for kinda neglecting her over the past few days cos of the busyness of school. Well, Manila will have me next year, perhaps. Hope Mum has a good trip anyway, and that it'll be a good break for her.

K better get ready to go to church. Homecell tonight on BGR, and I'm part of the panel. Need Holy Spirit wisdom man ;)

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