Paper Monitor
12:30 UK time, Monday, 26 March 2012
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
The newspapers today remind Paper Monitor of its old-favourite childhood game Cluedo.
It has been revealed that media mogul Simon Cowell was victim of an alleged break-in at his multi-million-pound home. A woman has been charged with aggravated burglary - but where did the alleged crime take place?
In the bedroom, according to the Daily Mirror 's headline - "Cowell's terror at Bedroom intruder". Over at the Daily Express, it's "Shock for Simon Cowell as female fan is found in his bed."
According to the The Sun, however, "Cowell finds crazed fan in his loo". Cowell, who is said to have been badly shaken by the incident, was at home watching TV at the time, according to his spokesman, Max Clifford.
Now it's been at least a few days since the papers have extolled the "hidden health" benefits of a particular food product - coffee, chocolate, red wine, are the favourites. But Paper Monitor perked up when it saw this headline in the Daily Star: "Forget Fruit and Veg... Snack on Popcorn!".
A number of newspapers have embraced research that states the hull of popcorn has some good nutritional qualities - bad news, however, is that you can't smother it in butter, oil or salt. According to scientists in America, the crunchy hull is rich in polyphenols - the stuff that you also find in fruit and vegetables.
But, obviously, man cannot live by popcorn alone, because fuit and veg have vitamins and minerals in them and popcorn simply doesn't. But don't let that spoil the fun. , with it's "Movie magic for waistlines" comment.
POPCORN, that mainstay of cinema snacking for generations, now turns out to be healthy as well as delicious. Who would have thought that a visit to the multi-screen would be just as beneficial as a trip to the gym?
Now here's another health-related story that on first-look appears quite bizarre - "Heart attack risk rises after clocks go forward."
The Telegraph reports that for two days after the hour goes forward because the body clock is thrown into confusion.
It's to do with sleep deprivation and disruption, explains associate professor Martin Young.
Your reaction to sleep deprivation and the time change also depends on whether you are a morning person or night owl. Every cell in the body has its own clock that allows it to anticipate when something is going to happen and prepare for it. When there is a shift in one's environment, such as springing forward, it takes a while for the cells to readjust. The internal clocks in each cell can prepare it for stress or a stimulus. When time moves forward, cell clocks are anticipating another hour to sleep that they won't get, and the negative impact of the stress worsens.
To be on the safe side, Paper Monitor is now retiring to its bed for 24 hours - with a bucket of popcorn.
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