You learn new things every day. No really.

Now the benefits of anti-bacteral gels have been touted for quite some time, given the spread of the H1N1 virus. But what we didn’t know is that they apparently are a good ingredient in cocktails.

The BBC reports of a prison who have banned the alcoholic gels following the discovery of an intoxicated inmate. Supposedly a hospital has had the same problem of people drinking the gels.

Clearly some people really will do anything for a drink, but this isn’t recommended.

Full article here.

The BBC reports that the US has decided to bring its own food to the Olympics, thereby turning down the biggest Chinese Takeaway in Beijing for a very long time.

Understandable in many ways, an athlete has to be confident that s/he is getting all the right nutrients. After all, that’s what all those dieticians and nutitionists are being paid for in a team.

Mind you, I love the question from the journalist who this of the senior official, Kang Yi, at the Chinese press conference:

Ms Kang and her colleagues were asked about the allegation that chickens on sale here are so full of hormones that athletes would test positive for steroids if they were to eat them.

There is no scientific evidence for this, insisted Lu Yong, who runs Beijing’s municipal food safety monitoring centre.

(Courtesy BBC News)

Touché. Only a Chinese journalist could have so much cheek.

More details can be seen here.

Link:

BBC NEWS: US to take own food to Olympics