20 Nov 2013

The Panel with Brian Edwards and Michelle Boag (Part 2)

From Afternoons, 4:35 pm on 20 November 2013

Topic - Football supporters and commuters alike are expected to enjoy the Fan Trail fiesta in today's buildup to the All Whites versus Mexico FIFA World Cup qualifier. A renowned American neurologist says there's a close relationship between lifestyle, our modern diet and dementia. Dr Pearlmutter says eating grains can lead to dementia, chronic headaches, depression, epilepsy and other health problems. Selfie is the word of the year! The publisher of the Oxford dictionaries says "selfie" saw a huge jump in usage in the past year, bursting from the confines of Instagram and Twitter to become mainstream shorthand for any self-taken photograph.

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