AFTER mad cow disease and the beef on the bone ban, salmonella in eggs and listeria in cheese comes another declaration.

That the food we have been told is good for us all our lives can damage our health.

The nutritional laboratory in York has declared lettuce can be bad for you. So can fresh fruit. Other foods likely to trigger illness include kidney beans, soya, cocoa bean, and salmon!

I don't believe it. Anything can make you ill if you're allergic to it.

Really! If we took any notice of all the food warnings we'd end up starving to death.

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