PASSIONATE RATIONS

So, I went to CNN’s web site with the idea of typing in the word “food” to see what came up.   Before I even got that far, however, I noted they had a food-related news item on their front page, the link to which was entitled, unceremoniously, “Booze, Cancer Link.”

Turns out wine, which, along with chocolate, was touted oh-so-recently for its health benefits (yay, flavanoids!) now has been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer.

Yes, according to the new research, drinking just one or two drinks of alcohol a day increases the risk by 10 percent.  Three or more, and you can triple your bets.

So much for takin’ my two girls out on the town.

Then again, tomorrow those medical researchers may come out with a study that says a particular Bordeaux cures shingles.

I think I’ll take my chances.