As Mary Poppins said, a spoonful of dirt helps the medicine go brown

A spoonful of sugar has 15-25 horrific calories, but a spoonful of dirt has 10,000 species of bacteria AND fewer calories*. Which would you rather have with your medicine?

If this article didn't waste enough of your time, you can watch a Mary Poppins music video. If you hate your coworkers, sing along loudly.

* Actually, I haven't found data on dirt calories, but there's plenty of information about dirt cake. And some recipes, too.