"Vino" > wrote in message
...
> Sometimes (maybe most of
> the time; mabe ALL of the time) it's best to ignore what happens with
> the stuff we put into our stomachs and simply enjoy the pleasures
> associated with its getting there.

I suspect there are exceptions.

Back in the early part of the 20th Century there was a patent elixir on the
market that supposedly had remarkable curative powers and gave its consumer
a warm feeling of well being - a sort of inner glow, as it were.

The product was called "Radithor" or some such. The active principle was
radium salts.
http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/q...res/radith.htm

Tom S