While this article won't shed any light on the question of whether or not alcohol and CLL are a good mix, it does look at whether there are any health benefits from enjoying a hot toddy when your are feeling ill with a cold. Merlin Thomas, Adjunct Professor of Preventive Medicine at Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia, writes an interesting article on the derivation of the word 'toddy' including its association with 'toddler' (a young child) and examines the evidence for the legendary therapeutic benefits of this popular cold remedy :
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The accompanying picture definitely tells a story. Cockatoos love pine cones and in Australia, you'll see the underneath of pine trees littered with shredded remnants of once green pine cones. I observed the sulphur crested cockatoo on the right fly out of a pine tree with a fresh pine cone, then proceed to demolish it while perched on one leg in a stringy bark eucalyptus. Its mate watched from a nearby eucalyptus tree then flew across to join it on the branch about a metre away. It then gradually sidled up to its pine cone shredding mate. (You can see the pine cone under the left claw of the right cockatoo). You can imagine the conversation. "That pine cone looks delicious. Would you please share it with me?" "Naah, this is mine; go get your own!" If you have ever tried to break off a green pine cone from a tree, you can well appreciate the reluctance to share...
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