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Spitzer took it to heart. While still an undergraduate at Princeton, he took off for the South one summer to work at menial jobs. He hit the day-labor agencies at dawn and took whatever was available--stacking fiber-glass insulation at a warehouse, operating a jackhammer, cleaning up a sewage overflow at a hotel. He also worked that summer as a migrant laborer in upstate New York, side by side with Mexicans picking tomatoes. "I'd had a comfortable upbringing," says Spitzer, "so I wanted to experience harder work, to see the world from a different perspective...
Fruit and Fiber...
...less likely to develop diabetes than women who rarely touched them. Five tablespoons of peanut butter reduced the risk 20%. What's the secret? It's fat--but the good kind. Nuts contain polyunsaturated fats that researchers suspect may help keep blood-sugar levels stable. The high levels of fiber and magnesium in nuts may have a similar effect. "Just about everything in nuts is healthy," says Frank Hu, the study's leader and a nutrition professor at the Harvard School of Public Health. To get the most benefit, it's best to use nuts as a substitute for high...
Brussels sprouts These little cabbage heads boast big-time benefits. An excellent source of vegetable fiber, they also contain vitamin C, iron and the B vitamin folate, which may lower the risk of heart disease and, according to the latest research, Alzheimer's. Sprouts also contain cancer-fighting chemicals called indoles. If you insist on greasing up the sprouts, substitute olive...
Pumpkin pie With about half the calories and a lot less fat, pumpkin pie is a far better choice than pecan. Like other vegetables with orange flesh, pumpkins are packed with carotenoids. If you don't feel full before dessert, the fiber in pumpkin will do the trick...