Last night I went to a meeting of my local FatFighters Club as they had invited a prominent dietician to give a talk.

There was an exceptionally large audience, in more ways than one!

After the preliminaries the diet doctor was introduced and stood to her feet.

"The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here years ago!" she began, "Red meat is bad for the heart. Alcohol destroys the brain and the liver. Bread, chocolate and crisps are full of fatty acids which perforate the arteries. Potatoes cause imbalance to the blood. Nuts atrophy the spleen. Pork products calcify the muscles and too many vegetables clog the digestive tract to the point where it no longer functions!!"

The dietitian paused for breath and glared accusingly at the audience. The audience stared back in silence, totally gobsmacked.

"BUT!" she continued, "There is one thing that is most dangerous of all and we all eat it. Can anyone tell me what that lethal, deadly product is?

The audience looked hestitantly about, looking for someone to answer. Then at the back of the hall a very sad looking, down-trodden man slowly stood up.

"You sir," waved the dietitian, "What do you think is the deadly food that is killing so many of us?"

The man gulped, "Wedding cake??"