Cork Scientists Create Atkins-Friendly Stout

Scientists at University College Cork have created a slimline Atkins-friendly stout with 60% fewer carbohydrates and a quarter fewer calories than a regular stout.

Its inventors claim the lighter pint has the same consistency,taste and texture to its full bodied equivalent and it will be presented at a food industry showcase next month.

Surely scientists should spend their time trying to better mankind in some way?In what possible sense does this "invention" do that?Has the world become a better place because of an Atkins-friendly stout?All those years spent getting that degree to do pointless studies like this.Shame.