A Time of Magic

Nothing really.

People die every year with flu. In big numbers too. Massive numbers compared to those that are dying with swine flu.

The difference is that when they die with swine flu it hits the headlines. Moreover, there’s endless digging into the causes of why they died which just doesn’t happen when someone dies with “the flu”.

So, for example, you have the endless questioning as to whether or not those dying had an underlying health problem. There’s the implication that if they did have an underlying problem of some kind that their death doesn’t matter which doesn’t seem right. Granted, people die, but it doesn’t seem right that they die with something so seemingly trivial as the flu.

Sometimes is the short answer.

In fact, whether they work for you will depend on what you need them to do. It’s no use just looking at “diet pills” as you need to first work out what you need them to do then choose the category of diet pill that will do that.

So, if you need something to absorb the fat that you eat, then it’s no use going for a pill that’s designed to burn the fat.

It’s not quite eating for two when you’re pregnant but there are things in your body that will run a little low if you don’t do something about it.

So, for example, you can basically take it as read that you’ll not be taking enough vitamins if you keep eating the same way as you did before you were pregnant. Thus pregnancy vitamins are something that you almost certainly need to take.

The snag with vitamins is that you almost certainly won’t notice if you’re a bit short of one or other of them as the effects of a lack in vitamins are often peculiar.