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...mother lived for 100 years and four months. She gave birth to all nine of her children at home. She had no special diet; in fact, she ate exactly what she wanted. She came to the U.S. from Italy at age 19. She never learned to drive, so she walked everywhere. When she was in her 90s, a mugger tried to grab her purse. She whacked him on the head with it and spewed a few choice words at the young tough. She's the woman I've most admired in my life! TONI MITCHELL La Mesa, Calif...
...leap out in front of my car, and in three bounds it was across the road and into a farmer's field. I have never seen a more graceful animal. That cougar is living within a stone's throw of farmhouses, and I hope it stays on its natural diet of deer meat. After reading your article on big cats, I am convinced that with a little patience we can both live in this world together. Dean Price Prince George, Canada...
...Think diet soda helps you lose weight? Think again. According to a study in the International Journal of Obesity, artificially sweetened, low-calorie foods can thwart your ability to regulate how much you eat?if you are a rat, that is. Researchers found that lab animals sometimes fed saccharin-sweetened liquid consumed more food than did rats given an equally sweet but always high-calorie liquid. (Rats given a high-cal supplement the consistency of milk also gained more weight than did rats fed a thicker, pudding-like substance.) The study's authors think the same phenomenon may hold true...
...over the world this summer--couldn't help noticing that he was full of energy and looking mighty svelte. The ex-President was thin--not just for the famously chubby Clinton--but thin by anyone's standard. How did he do it? He had been on the South Beach diet, he told friends, and was getting plenty of exercise. "I'm eating better and working out hard," he said...
...power seems to be swinging back to the hotels," Felton says. So maybe this recovery will be back for an extended stay. The Price of Membership Call it the E.U. diet: soaring food prices in Poland since it joined the Union on May 1 have forced some people to alter their menus. Beef prices shot up by 21.7% in the second quarter, thanks to demand for cheap Polish meat in other E.U. states. Carb lovers suffered, too: rice prices rose 27.7% after Poland implemented E.U. tariffs on imports from countries such as Vietnam. Food and oil have driven overall inflation...