A dietitian was once addressing a large audience in Chicago: The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago.

A dietitian was once addressing a large audience in Chicago: The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago. Red meat is awful. Soft drinks erode your stomach lining. Chinese food is loaded with MSG. Vegetables can be disastrous, and none of us realizes the long-term harm caused by the germs in our drinking water. But there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all and we all have eaten or will eat it. Can anyone here tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it? A 75-year-old man in the front row stood up and said, Wedding cake.