Rumours have been circulating over the health of the group's secretary-general, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, with speculation that the drinks he constantly sips during speeches are actually medicine. But Sheikh Nasrallah recently shrugged this off by insisting there was nothing more than lemonade in his glass. Extolling the soft drink's benefits, he said it "helped in delivering speeches" and advised all orators to have some handy, the al-Akhbar news website reports