A dietitian addressed a large audience in Chicago about dangerous foods.

"The material we put into our stomachs years ago is enough to have killed most of us sitting here," she explained. Red meat is just awful . . . soft drinks erode your stomach's lining . . . and your local Chinese food could be loaded with tons of MSG. Vegetables can be disastrous, too," she added, "and none of us realizes the long-term harm caused by the germs that can be in our drinking water."

"But there is one thing that is the most dangerous of foods, and we have all eaten it or will eat it in our lives," she warned. "Can anyone here tell me what food causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?"

A 75-year-old man in the front row slowly raised his hand and said it was probably wedding cake.