A DESIRE to read tawdry articles about health may be a sign that your brain is not working properly, doctors have warned.
A nice cup of tea and some fear
Clinicians believe a fascination with articles about the risks of coffee and implausibly easy exercise regimes may be caused by a deficiency in the region of the brain that recognises complete bollocks.
GP Donna Sheridan said: An increasing number of patients are coming to me with idiotic questions like Can I prevent Alzheimers by eating more sausages?
It invariably emerges that theyve been reading health articles but their brain has failed to tell them its clickbait dashed off by a journalist whos been told to increase web traffic or fuck off and get a job with Plywood Monthly.
Many victims develop an almost religious belief in the healing properties of completely ordinary foods. One man was eating 11 pounds of raw cabbage and onion a day, which cant have been pleasant for him or the passengers in his taxi.
Others develop a morbid fear of largely harmless substances like coffee, which will either cause a fatal heart attack or improve your memory, depending on which day of the week it is.
Dr Sheridan now believes health articles may somehow cause brain damage, because there was no other explanation for people believing that doing a few stretching exercises at your desk is a substitute for actually keeping fit.
Office worker Tom Logan said: I read loads of health articles and Ive never felt better, apart from living in constant crippling terror of dying from margarine, gluten or dust mites.
