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Before venturing out to California for a taste of West Coast-style workouts, make sure to be well-versed in gym etiquette. It's a dog-eat-dog world out there, and you've got to be like an aggressive hawk if you're ever going to land a treadmill machine. Sign-up sheets count for nothing in the real world. Once you've acquired that sought-out machine, finish your sets and remember to wipe it down...
Unlike Britons, whose concerns about what they eat have been on the rise ever since "mad cow disease" (even though it had nothing to do with genetic engineering), Americans have seemed indifferent to g.m. foods. Not that they have much choice: half of all soybeans, about a third of the corn crop and substantial quantities of the potatoes grown in the U.S. come from plants that have been genetically altered. And many more g.m.s are in the offing, including alfalfa, lettuce, broccoli and cabbage--if there's a market for them. Some skittish U.S. farmers now say they may plant...
Your articles on what awaits us in the next century were incredible and full of useful information [SPECIAL REPORT, Nov. 8]. Although we may live longer, resist baldness, cure innumerable diseases, grow and transplant brains, choose to be obese, eat less meat, reduce waste and not need to have sex to have babies, let's not forget to play. Play is essential for maintaining well-being. This will be especially true if we live longer and healthier lives. We'll need to lighten up and not be self-congratulatory in old age. MARC BEKOFF Professor of Biology University of Colorado...
...Sometimes, students will call to ask if there is a private home where they can eat," said Director of the Parents' Association Julia G. Fox. "We encourage host families to invite students to have Thanksgiving with them, but often students will choose to eat with a roommate or friend...
...long as I can remember, my father has said refined sugar and white bread are poison. As kids, we were forbidden to eat these foods. Instead we ate honey or brown sugar and German rye bread. I've always eaten like a horse, as have all members of my family, and have never been overweight. I believe any diet that eliminates these two "poisons" will be quite effective. MATHEW H. HILBING Toronto...