Even if families don't sit down to eat together as frequently as before, millions of Britons will nonetheless have got a share this weekend of one of that nation's great traditions: the Sunday roast. _____(1)a cold winter's day, few culinary pleasures can _____(2)it. Yet as we report now. The food police are determined our health. That this _____(3)should be rendered yet another quality pleasure _____(4)to damage our health.
The Food Standards Authority (FSA) has _____(5)a public worming about the risks of a compound called acrylamide that forms in some foods cooked _____(6)high temperatures. This means that people should _____(7)crisping their roast potatoes, reject thin-crust pizzas and only _____(8)toast their bread. But where is the evidence to support such alarmist advice? _____(9)studies have shown that acrylamide can cause neurological damage in mice, there is no _____(10)evidence that it causes cancer in humans.
Scientists say the compound is _____(11)to cause cancer but have no hard scientific proof _____(12)the precautionary principle it could be argued that it is _____(13)to follow the FSA advice. _____(14), it was rumoured that smoking caused cancer for years before the evidence was found to prove a _____(15).
Doubtless a piece of boiled beef can always be _____(16)up on Sunday alongside some steamed vegetables, without the Yorkshire pudding and no wine. But would life be worth living? _____(17), the FSA says it is not telling people to cut out roast foods _____(18), but reduce their lifetime intake. However its _____(19)risks coming a cross as being pushy and overprotective. Constant health scares just _____(20)with one listening.