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JUNE 2000 Monica signs a reported seven-figure contract to replace the Duchess of York as celebrity spokeswoman for Weight Watchers. At the press conference, she shows off her new size-8 figure, which she attributes to a liquid-protein diet, running from paparazzi and "crying a lot." She expresses the hope that Linda Tripp will "die in a horrible car crash...
...where have these good germs been lurking all your life? In your intestines, especially the lower section called the colon, which harbors at least 400 species of bacteria. Which ones you have depends largely on your environment and diet. An abundance of good bacteria in the colon generally crowds out stray bad bacteria in your food. But if the bad outnumber the good--for example, after antibiotic treatment for a sinus or an ear infection, which kills normal intestinal germs as well--the result can be diarrhea...
Katzenberg, who during his 10 years at Disney was involved with the making of cartoon hits from The Little Mermaid through The Lion King, believes he has everything to prove. For years, he was known as "the golden retriever"--the superefficient executive who, revved up on diet soda, worked from dawn to dinner. But the nickname contained an implicit insult: Can a dog--even a clever dog--be creative...
When it comes to the iron in your diet, too much of a good thing can hurt you. Folks with a genetic condition called hemochromatosis absorb so much iron from their food that their body literally starts to rust from the inside out. More than 1 million Americans suffer from the disorder, although most of them don't know what they've got. Part of the reason is that hemochromatosis can masquerade as other diseases, like diabetes and arthritis. In addition, according to a series of articles in last week's Annals of Internal Medicine, most doctors still...
...changes can be subtle. For example, iron buildup in the pituitary gland, which controls hormone production in the brain, may trigger impotence in men and early menopause in women. People of Scottish, Irish and Welsh backgrounds appear to be affected more than others--possibly because their ancestors ate a diet deficient in iron. There have also been reports of greater incidence among Hispanics and South African blacks...