| Nutritionist in no doubt of tea's positive role
IT HAS been the answer to all manner of woes, from a teary relationship break-up to a rough day at work, since the heady days of the British Empire. But the nation's favourite drink yesterday came under the worst attack it has suffered since a group of Bostonians decided to have a party. It seems that tea, long championed for its antioxidant qualities and uniquely capable of being at once relaxing and reviving, may not be quite as full of goodness as the 70% of the British population that reportedly drinks it has been led to believe. The advertising watchdog ASA (the Advertising Standards Authority) ruled yesterday that the UK Tea Council broke advertising rules by exaggerating the drink's health benefits after Tea Council posters recommended drinking four cups of tea a day to "contribute to a diet rich in antioxidants".
Chart round-up: not much brewing
This morning I skipped breakfast because I couldn't be arsed, then I stole two currant shortcake biscuits from the office cupboard and had them with a nice cup of tea while I checked Myspace, where an empty inbox greeted me like a slap in the face. If I could take my tea from a vessel of my choosing it would undoubtedly be the one pictured right, offering as it does the advantage of ample snack storage facilities, but you can't always get what you want. What did you have for breakfast this morning? Which brings us nicely to this week's chart rundown, where there's a twinkle in Sean Kingston's eye as he spends a fifth week atop the single charts, the stirrings of a title assault on Rihanna's ten-week crown perhaps in evidence. Babyshambles ghost in at six with 'Delivery', and without wishing to give the game away, if I were to describe forthcoming album Shotter's Nation using an adjective, as is the fashion nowadays, I could prefix said adjective with the word ‘very' and end up with an apt summary of its overall quality.
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