Herald & lantern 16 March '83

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Health Watch by Dr. Robert C. Beitman

Nutrition and diet are going to be our watch words for the next few weeks Americans are supposed to be the world's most conscious people in terms of their diets. But, I'm .sure you'll agree it's extremely hard to put all the nutrition information we hear into the practice of our daily lives! The thought of a nice ice cream sundae is enough to get me to put down my pen and run off to the ice cream parlor; a steak dinner would be nice, too. But, no!! They say that if you're going to shell it out. you have to be able to take it The health guidelines we discuss in these columns are those which I. myself, manage to follow, as well as recommend. "MANAGE" IS a good word, because we are only human and subject to our early childhood conditioning It is not one of) my instincts to avoid red meat — to this day i^iy mother equates a show of love with serving up a nice barbecued steak. It is my instinct to eat the steak and enjoy it! I have a lot of respect for people who can change their eating habits and stick with it. I also have a lot of compassion for people who have trouble changing their diet-it's difficult to do Yet. when you think about it. it makes a great deal of sense that the food we eat can dramatically af feet our well-being After all. it is food which our digestive processes break down to form our cells We literally are what we eat’ We all know people who can eat anything they want, smoke all they want, and still make it to over 90 years old There are even people like that in my own family. None theless, the fact is that most people are affected by w-hat they consume and can benefit from diet changes based upon preventive medicine M () S TOKO l It knowledge about the possi ble effects of diet comes from cross-cultural comparisions One of the ad vantages of our world’s be mg so small is that we can

compare the health status of people in different countries. We can compare the factors that make one people different from another, and then experiment to change our behavior to match theirs. Some health behaviours have been tested long enough that we have documented evidence that they work here in America, as well as the area of origin. Now, you may ask, what about genetics’’ Don’t peo pie from one country have inheritance of disease dif ferent from another? This is sometimes true, but not that often Most inherited disease characteristics pass between family members, regardless of the country of origin. In addition, people have been followed from their country of origin to where they settle in the United States, and frequently they become susceptible to disease that would be unexpected were they living in their original country There is good evidence that they changed some things about themselves when they came to America to make them susceptible to the new illness Very fre quently what was changed is- their environment and diet In the next few weeks we will discuss the relationship of diet to cancer and other diseases, we will also cover types of diets Uhe Pntikin. for examplei Also. I will give a personal opinion on what health measures might be good diets for you to consider Before we continue, a few important points must bo made. 11 You should not make radical changes in your diet without first discussing with your fami ly physician whether the change can adversely af feet you in any way 2) All things in moderation The body has a delicately balanced chemistry; going overboard on any diet can upset this balance Try new diet measures gradually so that you can stop if the measure doesn't agree with your particular constitution

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Business Briefs t.'bXI Guarantee’s ‘George’ Works Saturdays

Full Time, But Not in Japan

By JOE ZELNIK Guarrntee Bank will open its newest “George'' automatic teller machine outside its Cape May City branch in the Victorian Shopping Plaza This is the fifth "Gcorge" in the coun ty and the 29th in South Jersey. “George" handles deposits, withdrawals, payments, account transfers and balance inquiries night and day. seven days a week. On the other hand, automatic tellers in Japan are closed the same days that tellers have off in deference to those financial institutions that don't have "George’s" counterparts Japanese banks arc just starting to close on Saturdays, a controversial move that the public there sees as just another sign banks "don’t care." Closer to home. Marine National Bank will be offering brokerage services through its 11 branch of fices in Cape May and Atlantic counties A tollfree telephone number will

enable customers to place trades, receive price quotas, or inquire about their brokerage account which. Marine says, will be priced competitively with discount brokers John J. Orr, of Capo May Point pointed out a billion dollar tyopgraphical error in our March 2 column The correct peak investment in money market funds was $232 billion last December The slide, partly because of withdrawals into insured money market funds accounts at banks and thrifts, continued last week for the 14th consecutive week with another $2.2 billion depar ting and leaving the total still invested at $1R7 4 billion. Atlantic Electric has introduced “send and return" envelopes, replacing the old two-envelope system and saving $18,000 Atlantic says there were some "glue problems" and some customers sent their payments back to themselves. But a phone survey of 351 customers found more than 80 percent

favored the idea .tqJI found it easy to do. If tax deferred annuities are your bag. or if you'd like them to be, a free seminar by an investment expert with Merrill Lynch in Atlantic City is set at 7:30 tonight in the Cape May County Library in Court House Alexis Gets De Vico’s Help

COURT HOUSE - Samuel S DeVico, retired Mayor of Middle Township, has endorsed James Alexis for the Democratic nomination for Township Committee, and announced that he will ^erVe as campaign manager for Alexis "I have known Jim for many years, and I have long been deeply impress ed with his intelligence, maturity, and strong business sense," DeVico said "I believe his election is crucial to the future of the township."

SEA ISLE CITY - The New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles' agency at 42nd and Park Rd will be open 8 a m 3 pm Saturday. March 19. and Satur day, March 26 In addition the agency will be open until 8 pm Monday. March 21. and Monday. March 28 "The additional hours have been ,scheduled to assist the public during the busy March commercial renewal period," said Clifford W Snedeker. state MV director Some 850.000 com mercial registrations are due for renewal this March Chard Lecture Opens Series CAPE MAY — Daniel Chard. Professor of Art at Glassboro Slate College will give a talk before the County Art league. 1050 Washington St , at 8 p m Wednesday. March 23 At this opening program of the League's 1983 scries. Chard will lecture about his painting, discussing his use of acrylics and his choice of subject matter

This year, put more in your own pocket, less in Uncle Sam’s.

You still have time to give yourself a $2,000 tax deduction for 1902. Just open an Individual Retirement Account before you file your income tax return Even if you're already covered by a retirement plan, you can invest up to $2,000 of your 1902 wages. Up to $4,000 if you and your spouse both work. And a total of $2,250 in separate accounts if your spouse isn’t employed Your investment is tax-free until you retire.

So is the interest. And it's sizeable! You have a choice of a fiked rate. 10 month certificate or a floating rate certificate based on <jtbe weekly Money Market rate 0est of all. your IRA investment is insured up to $100,000 by the FSLIC So before you pay youritffexes this year, pay yourself. Visit an IRA Specialist at Cape May County Savings and Loan today, and open an IRA Account. It's deductible!

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