It selects them from hundreds of “news” sites – many of which are new to me – as a method of trying to tease me into their fascinating factoid factories.

Frankly, I find it frustrating and confusing. Here’s a selection from their digital menu this morning.

It starts off with the usual smattering of reality TV stars I have never heard of experiencing shocks, tragedies, dramas, spats, pregnancy and (gasp) cooking disasters. 

But after you get past the first flush of celebs, you come across this:

“10 times Dr Oz has been flat out wrong.” Apparently, he’s an American TV health guru and this expose said these were examples of when his diet/food advice was wrong. Everything from whether blueberries were actually good for your brain to the great lavender soap debate. (Nope, don’t ask me either.)

Then came a tease for an article revealing the horrors of what happens to old airline food.

Then: “Is turmeric safe?” It’s claimed one, just one, woman died in Sand Diego after eating the spice as a way of treating her eczema.

“31 ways you’ve been cooking chicken wrong.”

“We’ve been cooking sausages wrong all our lives says UK chef. Yeah, right.

There’s more on this theme: “You’ve been cooking potatoes wrong all your life.”

“25 superfoods that will help you beat the bulge.”

“Sugar: friend or foe?”

The above question may well have been answered by a lifestyle website which published an article on “Beyond the cronut.” A look at the cream and jam filled pastry which is a cross between a donut and a croissant.

“35 instant weight loss secrets.”

“Man sheds 114 kg after losing his job and his girlfriend.” Yep, that’d do it.

“This woman lost 150 pounds in a year by following these six rules.”

“The one thing you should do before cooking with garlic.” No, it wasn’t open the window and warn the kids.

“Bread is bad for you but Botox is fine. The reason clean-livers love fillers.”

There was one interesting food tease from the Bang Showbiz site: “Sandwich thrown at Kelly Osborne.” The daughter of rocker Ossie Osbourne revealed (love that word. It’s as good as a warning: Stupid stuff ahead.) she had been hit by a foot-long Subway roll thrown through the window of her car …. 15 years ago.

Now there’s creativity – food AND reality TV celebrity.

All the basic crap diet food groups.

Is there really a market for all this junk about food? Especially about junk food?

I await the day I turn on my computer and the first teaser item says: You’re okay. Eat what you like, but not too much and have a very nice day.

Either that, or: “Medical authorities say that dim sims and crab sticks are essential for well-being.”

“Beer makes you better, but batter makes you best.”

“Report reveals what’s actually in a crab stick – crab!”

“39 scary stories about food and how to avoid them … the stories, that is.”

And finally, we await the click-bait tease: “Authorities warn that computer opening pages are bad for your brain.”

WAYNE GREGSON