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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1960-10-27, Page 2MURPHY TUB — A bathtub that folds into the wall is shown TABLE TALKS ..Jam Ancttle,w5. More About Those. Slimming Diets. Each weekday noon the health buffs who would rather be ground into hemberger than eat One: Jana the tiny Vine & Vigor Health Food Shop, opposite New York's renovated Carnegie Hall, to sip spinach juice er to aample si daily vegetarian special like baked cottage cheese with braes eeli, beets, .and yams Recently, though, this friendly folls-medi- tine fellowship has been joined by e new group of customers who ask the man for Slim-Shake --a complete lunch in a glass. Slim-Shake, just 107 calories for 40 cents, is still another of the new powdered-food formulas Which dieters fighting the battle Of the bulge have boosted into * big business, prospering in Only one year ($110 million is the estimated annual gross from the various diet dusts which some two dozen firms are now turning out in the U.S.). "Jane Fonda comes in here all the time," said Barney Margolis, Vim & Vigor's manager, last month. "She buys Slim-Shake by the case (it sells for $2.25 per 1-pound jar) and drinks it plain at the counter. Julie Newmar likes the chocolate better." From coast to coast, over- weight Americans are ordering at an accelerating rate these Powdered preparations, all a carefully blended mixture of protein, carbohydrates, minerals, Vitamins, and a minimum of fat usually flavored with vanilla, chocolate, or butterscotch. When Mixed with water and drunk at the rate of four glasses a day, the patient will reduce calorie intake to 900 a day. Fat and ap- petite both disappear without endangering health, the manu- facturers add. The first "liquid formula" was. Metrecal (metered calories), brought out a year ago by Mead Johnson & Co, of. Evansville, Ind. This fat fighter, containing 900 eateries of milk, soya flour, sugar, starch, corn and coconut oil, yeast, vitamins, and minerals, was sold for $1,59 a can (four daily servings when mixed with a quart of water). Early this month, the price was dropped to $1,29 an 8-ounce can. Metrecal remains the best seller of the powdered diets (estimated earn- ings between $25 million and $30 million in one year), but the in- evitable imitators have followed. Other 8-ounce-cans in the 900- calorie gallery now include Sears, Roebuck's Bal-Cal, 88 cents; Macy's "900-Calorie Food Concentrate," e1.09; Whelan Drug Stores' Cal-A-Day, 98 cents; Korvette's Kor-Val, 89 cents; Weldon Foods, Inc,'s, Al- bacal, $1.29; and Leonct Corp.'s Reducal, 45 cents. To make things even easier for. Metrecal's users, Mead Johnson last week made it available as ready-to- drink in a can containing enough for one meal. costing about 40 vents each. The idea of the 900-calorie liquid formula did not originate with Mead Johnson. It is a var- iation, with a heavier (30 per cent) protein level, of the widely publicized Rockfeller "c r a s diet," developed at Reckfeller Institute in New York in 1955 by Dr. Vincent P. Dole and his associates. Later, Dr. Dole re- ported in a medical journal that Tuffs experimental diet of 900 calories had brought unexpected weight losses in the patients. Before the month was out, chub- by Americans began to diet the 900-calorie way—with six small daily portions of the formula, sometimes with ill effects. Dis- tressed, Dr. Dole officially urged that people who insisted on using his experimental diet do so briefly, and then only under a doctor's advice, Since the advent of Metrecal and other commercial low-calorie diets, however, family doctors as well as the country's nutri- tionists have not been seriously DRIVE w'TH CARE Alarmed over health: hazards that might result, "With its stepped-up protein content (70, graves in every can), there is no denger to health in the judicious use of these pre- parations," Said Dr. Norman Jol- liffe, director of New York City's Btrseast of Nutrition, "But like all crash diets, sheer mono- tony, if nothing else, usually rules out prolonged use." According to Dr, Jolliffe, the occasional use of the "liquid formulas" to lose S or 10 pounds ""to fit more easily into a new evening gown or bathing suit," is a happy solution for the mild- ly overweight. After that, says Di'. Jolliffe, "the patients must learn how to subsist on three carefully balanced, meals of the right food every clay—solids, not With this opinion, the Mead Johnson medical authorities are in full accord. Ideally, said. one of that firm's doctors, "each in- dividual who takes Metrecal should do so under a •doctor's prescription. The doctor will ad- vise him how long to stay on the 900-calorie diet. At the same time, he will help train him in correct eating so that he will be able to maintain his right weight." Already, two carefully control- led medical studies of the use of Metrecal have been undertaken, the first by Dr. Robert J. Antos of the Good. Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz., where 30 wo- men lost an average of 61/2 pounds in twelve days. "The weight loss with Metrecal as a sole source of calories is consis- tent with health; it encouraged the patients to persevere with their diets," said Dr. Antos in the Arizona state medical jour- nal. At the University of Tennes- see, Dr. I, Frank Tullis has com- pleted a Metrecal experiment with 105 overweight patients, from 15 to 77 years, who in vary- ing periods from one week to a year, lost six to 98 pounds. "The cooperation was excellent," Dr, Tullis reported last week. "Of course, the 900-calories-a- day diet will reduce you," said Dr. Charles Glen King, head of the Nutrition Foundation, New York. "You can reduce on 900 calories a day of anything — white bread and ice cream, even champagne and pate de foie gras —if that is all you eat." The thing about liquid diets that dis- tresses the trim, dark-haired Dr. King is the unattractiveness of living on 900 calories of skim mills, soya flour, sugar, starch, vitamins and minerals, "Eating is one of life's major pleasures," he said. What about keeping the weight down once the pounds have been removed? "Swift weight loss merely means water loss." notes Dr. Margaret Ohlson, nutrition, ist of the State University of Iowa Obesity Clinic. 'It does not remove the fat, which is the major target." Yet thousands of A:lac:re-ems were downing four glasses per day of the thick, creamy liquid. Example: The robust young man seated at a New York drugstore counter last week, "That was a pretty goad Metrecal milk shake," he said, "But there's no- thing to chew on . . . How about a cheeseburger and some apple pie?"—From NEWSWEEK ONE OF THEM MUST BE WRONG . • -----., independently of each other, two of the world's most nimble.: minded elders addressed them- selves to the same theme: The elder's view of death. Pope John XXIII, 78, reflected: "What little of one's life is left is made sa- vory by the thought that the Lord is awaiting us with the promised reward f o r go o d works." Wandering author So- merset Maugham, 86—in London to see some plays and replenish his wardrobe—said: "I don't be- lieve in an afterlife. So I have no fear of hell-fire. And I don't have to face the prospect of e teenal boredom in heaven." • THEY ALSO SERVE — Another American institution — the drive-in restaurant — has come to England, Leila Williams, left, and Jill 'Tabor serve cus- tomers in their cars at Farn- borough, Kent. The drive-in is the first of 40 planned for Britain. Hints To Help You If You're Moving Moving does not have to be the ordeal it once was. Moving com- panies are more efficient and. many moving snags can be avoided by careful advance planning. If you are going to move soon, now is the time to sell, give away, or discard useless articles, This will save clutter and crowding in your packing at the last minute. Your mover can supply you with some packing tips. If he sees your house with its furnish- ings, he can give you an esti- mate of the number of crates, barrels, and boxes you will need. A number of baskets for each member of the family to pack some of his own personal be- slangiegs in, will prove very useful and practical, If you pack a picnic basket with sandwiches, cold drinks, paper cups. paper plates and napkins, your family will fare much better. This will be ,handy and ready when the children begin to ask for food. If you have household appli- ances to be moved, have them ready when the moving van ar- rives, Defrost your refrigerator, wipe it dry, and disconnect it. Have the motor bolted down to prevent damage. Radios, phono- graphs, and televisiee sets should be checked and any mov- able parts made fast, Remove all casters from fur- niture and place them in canvas bags which you have tagged. Protect all mirrors with heavy brown paper on back and front, then fold a blanket over them. Never leave important papers or jewelry in dresser drawers but carry theta right, along with you. Pack all books and phono- graph records in extra-heavy boxes, Label your boxes as you pack them. When wrapping -dishes for packing in a barrel, use certain colored paper or towels for your Most fragile pieces and another color for heavier pottery or less valuable pieces, 0', what can 1 do when seine litllnecl starch haS actlithillated oil the bottom of My A,' Disconnect the heifer allow to Cool, then apply paste ailvet polish to' the starch. Wipe the iroti with a slightly damp cloth,, and follow With , a dry one. it's ati simple AS that, If you haven't served baked custard to your family lately, here is a brush-up recipe with variations. BARED CUSTARD 4 eggs, slightly beaten 1/2- cup sugar 114 teaspoon salt 3 cups milk, scalded I teaspoon vanilla 1/2 teaspoon almond or lemon extract Nutmeg (optional) Blend eggs, sugar and salt. Slowly pour scalded milk into egg mixture, stirring constantly. Add flavoring. Pour into custard cups or a 1-quart casserole. Set in baking pan and pour hot water into pan to 1/2 inch from top to custard. Bake at 324° F. until a knife inserted halfway between outside edge and center comes out clean —, 40-50 min- utes for cups and 60 minutes for casserole. Remove promptly from hot water. Serve either warm or chilled. Sprinkle nut- meg over top, if desired. * * I hope you'll try this simple pudding that combines bread cubes with peaches. ' PEACH CRISP PUDDING t4 cup butter 4 cup sugar 1 quart soft bread cubes 0.4- in. cubes) 2 cups diced peaches Cream butter arid sugar to- gether; add bread cubes and peaches, Bake, in uncovered greased square pan 81e x 83/4 inches. Bake in preheated 350' F. oven for 45 minutes. * * You may already have a fav- orite recipe for cake-top pud- thug, but in case you've forgot- ten how much your family likes it, here is one made with lemon juice and almonds that will win their applause. LEMON CAKE-TOP PUDDING 3 tablespoons butter ie cup fresh lemon juice teaspoon salt 4 eggs, separated 1 cup sugar e teaspoons grated C111011 rind 3 tablespoons flour cup milk !.,A cup toasted sliveeed almonds Cream better, add sugar grad- light and fluffy. And egg yolks ually, and, cream together until and beat well. Add flour, lemon juice and rind, and salt; mix well. Blend in cup almonds. Beat egg whites until stiff; fold into first mixture: Pour into loaf dish 9 x 5-ins. Set in pan of hot water and bake at 325° for for- ty minutes. Turn overn to 350° F. and continue baking until pudding browns — about 10 min- utes. Sprinkle with remaining' almonds. Serve either hot or cold. Serves. a a BANANA.RASPBERItY RENNET-CUSTARD paeltage banana rennet pow- der I package raspberry reettet powder 4 ceps milk Warm a cups of the milk slow- ly to lukewarm (not hot). Test as you would for baby's bottle; when right temperature, remove from heat at 'once, Stir eattana rennet powder into mille until dissolved (not more than I Min- ute),, Pour into or 6 individual parfait glasses at once, Let set undisturbed for 10 minutes un til firm. 'Make raspbetty dusts& in same way as above. Pour' raspberry custard over banana custard (by pouring over back of spoon s 2 flavors are prevented from rteinitig together). Do 1161 Move glasses until custard is set — 10 minutes more. Chill, jUSt before serving, garnish with it banana slide, 'a mint leaf, and retapbeerte If you would like to make a trifle using rennet powder com- bined with ladyfingers and strawberry jam, try this recipe. BANANA RENNET-CUSTARD TRIFLE Raspberry jails 5 ladyfingers, split lengthwise 14 cup heavy cream I% cups milk I package banana rennet powder Spread ladyfingers with jam and divide among 5 dessert glasses. Combine milk and cream and warm mixture to lukewarm (not hot). When right tempera- ture, remove from heat at once, Empty rennet powder into milk and stir until dissolved — not over 1 minute. Pour at once while still liquid into glasses over ladyfingers. Let stand undisturb- ed for 10 minutes, until firm. Chill. A Needed Listing , A UPI dispatch from Washing- eon - says the Bureau of Public Roads has been handed the as- signment of setting up a national register of dangerous drivers. The underlying idea is that a. listing of drivers who have had their licenses revoked for drunk- en driving and other grave.. mis- conduct will enable the state to • identify such offenders and deny them permission to drive, As matters stand, it is difficult if not impossible to know wheth- er the person who applies for a license has a bad record if he or she has not been licensed in the state in question; Setting up a national register of bad drivers is not going to an easy task or one quickly ac- complish.ed. There are about a million li- cense revocations a year on the average and 250,000 of them fall into the so-called dangerous driver classification that includes the drunken driver and the driver convicted of a traffic vio- lation that cost a life, By the end of this year there will be seine 92 million driveks' licenses in force. • The very size of the problem, however, is the best reason for going ahead with. it. If the mo- torist tempted . to drive after drinking or to take reckless chances knows he may be ban- ned for years or for life••all over the country, it may deter him. Here's hoping, at any rate, — Commercial Appeal (Memphis), Anturnot Xisse$ Irk, Actor's. .Skins surrounded by ;Frederic Rem- ington paintings of the old west mid figurines of poodles, stocky supervisor James jack Jr. wits doing some paper work in Ilia. Hollywood office of the Ameri. • cart humane •ASSociall911,. First .1. the signed a letter to Twentieth Century-Fox advising them that the animal action in "North to -Alaska" "accords with the re- ? citureinents• -of humanitarian in- ierests ." Then he leafed through seine inspectors' reports on location filming "Had 1064 stock contractor take out two horses; one with sore foot, • the other. one-eyed, skinny, pod full of ticks." "Noted that actors were rac- ing horses between takes and had that stopped," "Horses refused to run toward camera (for a' stampede). Ex .plainest to director that horses (doe not like) to run in opposite direction from where they ate being kept at night. Suggested • they reverse shot . OK," Supervisor Jack • explained to a visitor: 'We cover everything from white mice. to elephants, from snakes and iguanas to Las- sie, Fury, and lain Tin Tin: In our opinion, a five-dollar horse deserves the same treatment as Man o' War or Trigger. Because Lassie is in the $50,000-per-year field and another dog makes only $100 per year is no reason -the low-income dog should be put out after a picture to rob • garbage pails." During the past month, ASIA inspectors • have supervised 1,178. movie and television animals, including horses, mules, cattle, goat's,. lambs, dogs, chickens, pigeons, and one hawk. Horses, naturally, are the organization's No. 1 concern — it oversees about 800 of them a month. Jack has four inspectors: A retired lieutenant colonel from the ca- valry, two former cowboys and stn. AHA veteran of 35 years, In addition, Jack himself pre- views all inspected films to see whether a perfectly humane scene . may appear to be cruel. "Some old women are hard to convince," he says. "They can see that the bad man is not really killed, but they can't see that . about animals." He also checks ke two Aluit nu ptoviouslr shot scenes of such things of bullfights and eacklIghts bays been snetikr'd in -- the A114 is against both. On location, the AHA man otk ten nets es an isnallielel. advises=, During the recent 'filming .of "Day of the Gun," tor example, director Robert • Aldrich wanted -quicksand scene with a horse,. The inspector advised that e•holet be filled with wet fullers earth, and that it be dug with sloping sides so the horse. could get out. • When animals must kiss actors, AIIA, men, who know. that .ani, •• mass dislike the smell;of make., Op, advise that just a touch of milk or clog food be applied on the skin at the kissing point. Generally, says Jack, "we offer no protection insectwise"; but during the filming of "Green Mansions," the AEA made an exception and supervised scene* in which a number of butterflies were used, Founded in 1677,• the Al-IA is a national nonprofit federation that protects children and ant- male from mistreatment, It got into the movies in 1938 as a re- sult of brutality in Westerns — in which horses were run off high cliffs, tripped up at high speeds, and often killed, Today,. training techniques have pro, duced the animal equivalent of the character actor, including such specialists as falling horses (Which bite the dust on cue),. jumping horses (for getting over gorges), rearing horses, and dy- ing horses. A typical Western scene now works this way; non- specialist horses a p preach * gorge; the camera is removed to. a flat area and set in a hole, and jumping horses leap saver it Final shot, at gorge bottom, Dying horses go into their act, Jack platted up another report on his desk — this one about an actor's efforts to make a falling horse stay down after its fall, "'Horse starts to get up'," he read. "'Actor tries to hold hen clown, but cannot, Result: Horse falls on actor. Horse OK, Acts* not so good'. "You know," said Jack, .not un- happily, "there are more stuns men getting hurt today than ani- mals." MIN ISSUE 44 — 1960 AVE MINUTES FROM CAR Id' PLANE — This is the Aerciceira d tor-plarie designed (led Manufactured by Moulton 6, Taylors Itis -ground Speed is 67 m.p.h. and in flight it can truite bt4 leettee thee ltif;) in. "h. It bah be converted frdm bar—to 'lane tr Vice versa pi five Minutes. the Aeratat holds fwci persoett Snit/ OD pteueds of luggage.. at a Rome Industrial show. Don't chive dogs to ahildtee under six. They don't mix. Teach tfdlcIreti to be gentle Dogs jaakii§r)+ guard food; and not oblite or tdaSe pets, don't eet While feeding. SHARP ATTACK — Flourishing a penknife, Soviet Premier Khrushchev puts on a little show for newsmen outside the Soviet U.N. delegation headquarters in New York. In a verbal attack on James Wadsworth, U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Nikita wielded the knife for emphasis and asked: "Can you puncture such a sack as Wadsworth with a little thing like that?" When Canine Uses His Canines-- Forbid *lying boll with dog, Keep On eye on mother dog riding bike neer frisky pet-. if Y6u pi c k „lip her ptiPPIO, lititting fate next to 'dog' toff be ilWitdtidtt MAN'S BEST Oftitt4b1 — The bite of the ciags old 'sayings riolwithstdedirig, it waste than hit beets. ""Man's best friend" nipped 61 1,500 persons in 197 at 0 medical' cost of some nee' Malian dollars, lust-torripleted Study thawS, In Maey cases dots, were` provoked et OXOed4 • Rtstullt "rit1,5. the 514§eSiietit' above taufcf reduce' dog bites lay half, says World Hedithi U.N.1-!iiblislied by World Health Cirgeinliation,