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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1960-11-03, Page 6More Ahoyt Those Slimming Diets Each weekday ztoo the health buffs . who would rather be groond into hamburger than eat one; jam the tiny Vim & Vigor Heath Food Shop, opposite New York's reaovated Carnegie Hall, to sip spinach juice or to sample a daily eegetarian special like baked voltage eheese with hroc. coti. beets, and yaMS. Recently, though, this friendly folk -medi- cine fellowship lute been joined by a new group of customers who ask the man for Slim -Shake --a complete lunch in a glass. jut 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 a big - lersiness, prospering in only one year ($110 million is the estimated annual gross from - the various diet dusts which SOME, two dozen firme are now - turning out in the U.Se. "Jane Fonda comes in bete ail the time, said Barney Margolis, Vim & Vigor's menet:tee ;est mends. "She beets Slim -Shake by the rase (it sells for $2,25 per I -potted jar) and drinks it plain ext the counter. Julie Newrnar likes the chocolate better." From coast to coast, over- weight Americans are ordering at an accelerating rate these pees tiered preparations, all a - carefully blended mixture 01 protein, carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins, and 0 minimum of fat usually flavored with Vanilla, temeolate, or butterecoteh. When teticed with water and drunk at the rate of tour glasses et day, the patient will reduce calorie intake to 000 a day. Fat and ap- petite both disappear without endengering health, the menu- faentrere add. - The first "liquid formula" was Met reeal (metered calories), brought out a year ago by Mcad Johnson & Co, of Evaneyille, Incl. This bat fighter, containing 900 calories of milk, soya flour, eugate starch, corn and coconut oil, yeast, vitamins, and minerals, was sold for $1.59 a can (four deity servings when mixed with * quart of water). Early. this month, the price was dropped to $1.29 an 8-ounee -can. Metreeal remains the bot seller of the powdered diets (estimated earn- ings between $25 million and $30 million in nne year), but the in- evitable imitators have followed. Other 8 -ounce -cans in the 900 - calorie gallery now include Scars. Roebuck's Bal -Cal, 88 rents; Macy's "900 -Calorie Food Concentrate," 81.09; Whelan Drug Stores' Cal -A -Day, 98 rents,: Korvette's Kor-Val, 89 rents: Weldon Foods, Inc.'s, Al- leacal, $1.29; and Leonet Corp,' Reduce', 45 cents. To make things even easier for Metrecal's steers. Mead Johnson lest week made it • available as ready -to - drink in a can containing enough ;or one meal, costing about 40 rents cach. - The idea of the 900 -calorie liquid formula did not originate with Mead Johnson. It is a var- ietiere with a heavier (30 per amt.) protein level, of the widely publici4f0 Rockfeller "c rash developed at We:Muller Institute in New York in 1955 he Dr. Vincent P. Dole arid his eseoeimes. Later, Dr. Dole re- poeted in a medical journal that bie experimental diet of 900 rob 'vs had brought unexpreted elm losoes. in t he patient( Bc. 01v (he truth was out, chub- by .-'-anericane began to .diet the te0O-c;,lorle v.-;,y—with six 010011 • daily port.ions of the forMula, F.omerlincs -with ill ef Mete Die- ismaed, De Dole officially urged. pcople who insisted on using 01tr-xper:rot_nial Met tA-1,-. I ly . and th( 0 on* wide: 1433 or advive. Since the advent of 11e110e1.1 Old other coinmercial low -calorie 41;fr.i howevi:t. -fa mily doctors vo.:1 I as. the eounnea, nutria jimiet, hetes not hi,en sericuisly ISSUE 44 — 1980 alerwed 10 r health Met:tele that might result, "With its stcpr, (1.-1tp protein conicut (7(1 grains hi cY('r,y e110), thcre is no danger 10 health in the judicious use of these pre- parations," send Dr. Nortnan Jai- liffe, director of Now York City'; Bureaa .of Nutrition. "But like all crash diets, sheer Immo- tony. if nothing else, usually rules out prolonged use." • At:cot:ding to Dr. Midas, the uecasional use of the "liquid • formulae" to lose 15 or 10 Pounds "to fit more easily into a new evsning gown or bathing suit" is a happy solution for the mild- ly overweight. After that, says Dr. Jolliffe, "the patients must learn how to subsist on three carefully balanced- meals of the • right food every clay—solids, not liquids." 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 preseription. The doctor will ad- vise him how long to stay on the 900-ealorie 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, Aria., where 30 wo- men lost an average of 01/2 pounds in twelve days. "Tlie 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 front one week to yea -re -lost six to 93 pounds. "The cooperation was excellent," Dr. Tullis reported last week. "Of course, the 900.-ealories-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 milk, 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 Clime. "It does not remove the fat. which is the major target." Yet thousands of Americans were clowning four glasses per day of the thick, creamy liquid. Example: The robust young man sealed at a New York drugstore counter last week, ''That was a pretty good 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 ether. two of the world's most nimble - minded elders addressed them- selves to the same theme: The ohler's view of death. -Pope John XXIII; 711, reflected: "What iittl.e ot one's life is, left is made sa- 1..ot:.. by the thouaht that the Lord is awaiting us with the premised reward 110 r go o works." Wandering author So- -mcrset Maugham, 86—in London ece sotre plays and replenish his weeerobe—seid: "I don't be- lieve in an afterlife. So 1 have no fcra ot 1101 -fire. And I don't have to face the prospect of ett...o,d boredom in heriven." ' ' Wataase, FlVE MINUTES FROM CAR TO PLANE •This is the Aerocor, a 03,; det;oord cold inanufneturcal by Moulton B. Te.tylor. P1, 9 o.ind ,,pec.d is 67 m.p.h. and in flight it cart cruise at t ter, than 100) tyt.p.11. 11 can be convened from car to plane e;ce ,sers in fate mmulf.:5. The Amocor hOlds twee persons end NO pounct,. of Intic.:;05;e, MURPHY TUB — A bathtub that folds into th e wall is shown at a Rome industrial show. T BLE T er ,21cme Arvittews. If you haven't served baked custard to your family lately, here is a brush -up recipe with vette t ions. - BAKED CUSTARD el eggs, slightly beaten ta cup sugar to teaspoon salt 3 cups milk, scalded 1 teaspoon vanilla 12 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 ee 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. 80 minutes for caeserole. Remove promptly from hot water, Serve either -warm or chilled, Sprinkle mit- meg over top, if desired. * 3 hope you'll try this simple pudding that combines bread cubes with peaches, PEACH CRISP PUDDING la cup butter • ta eup sugar I quart soft bread cubes (1/2 - in. cubes) 2 cups diced peaches Cream butter and sugar to- gether; add bread cubes and peaches, Bake in uncovered greased square pan 8' -Os x inches. Bake in preheated 350' la oven for 45 minutes. You may already have a Fav- orite recipe for cake -top pud- ding, but in case you're 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 'a cup fresh lemon jniee I:1 teaspoon salt 4 eggs, separated 1 cup sugar 2 teaspoons grated lemon r(m) 3 tablespoons flour 1 eup milk la cup toasted slivered almonds Cream butter, add sugar grad - 1161.y, and creamtogether until light and fluffy, And egg yolks and beet wcal, Add flour, lemon juice and rind, and sell; mix well. Blend in la 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 325for for- ty minutes. Turn overn to 350' F, and continue halting until pudding browns --- about 10 min- ute. Sprinkle with remaining slmondF. Serve either hot or cold. Seil'vs 8. et ANA NA --RA SPBEI1 R Y RENNET -CUSTARD 1 package banana rennet 500'' (1(1 1 package raspberry rennet powder - 4 tugs milk Warm 2 cups of the ;:lmv- . IN' 1', lukewarm (not hot). Test you would for baby's bottle: when rtght tenmeraturc, remove trom lcd 31 once. -Stir banana rennet powder• into milk until dissolved (not more than 1 (11(71' 11101 Prim into 7 or 8 individual partnit glasses at onee. Let set ondisnribed for 10 minutes; firril. Make, -raspberry eumerd • in 0t11Way a:, ;Move. l'our rofThm.ry custard over banana 1310 ord11 by pouring over bock 01 voon. 2 flavors are prevented ITOM running together). Do Hol movi! olossiis until einem:el is sett -- 10 minutes more. Chill. Jute herstet. seeving. garnish with Nmrna h mint leaf, and r.• 07. KS 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 jam 11 ladyfingers, split lengthwise ea cup heavy cream • cups milk 1 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 dispatchfrom Washing- ton 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, 11 10 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 be an easy task or one quickly ace eomplished. 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 he some 92 million drivers' licensee in force. The very sin or the probleril. however, is the best reason for going ahead with it. If the tee- th/est tempted to drive alter drinking or to take reckless chances knows he 101y be bail- ned for years or fol life all over the country, it may deter him. Here's hoping. at any rate..— COmmercial Appeal 1M-en:phis). Aninieil Kisses Irk Actor's Skins S,urrounded by Frederic Rem- ington paintings of the old West and figurines of poodles, stocky supervisor James Jack Jr. was doing some paper work in the Hollywood office of the Ameri- can Humane Association. First he signed a letter to Twentieth Century -Fox advising them that ihe animal action in "North to Alaska" "accords with the re- quirements of humanitarian in- terests . . ," Then he leafed through some inspectors' reports on location filming: "Had local stock contractor lake out two horses; one with sore foot, the other one -eyed, Skinny, and full of ticks." "Noted that actors were ras- ing horses between takes and had that stopped," "Horses refused to run toward camera (for a stampede). Ex- plained to director that horses (do not like) to run in opposite direction from where they are being kept at night. Suggested (hey 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 Rin 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, AHA inspectors have supervised 1,178 movie and television. animals, including horses, mules, cattle, goats, 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 en AHA veteran of 35 years. In addition, Jack himseH pre- views all inspected films to see whether a perfectly humane scene may appear I 0 be cruel. "Some old women are hard to ctonvince," he says, "They can see [hat the bad man is not really killed, but they can't sec that about animals," He also checks to make sure that no previously shot scenes of such things as bullfights and vockfights have been sneaked in — the AHA is Against both. On location. the AHA nuut oa- ten acts as an unofficial adviser. During the recent filming of • "Day of the Gone' for exatsr:ii«, director Robert 4.0sieti weeled a quicksand scene 'with a 1...orets, The inspeetor advised that s P10 be filled with wet fuller's earth, and that it he e:Lig W h slaping sides se the hoot could get cut, When animals must kiss a:'s.•rs,, AHA men, who li.00w that ant , - mals dislike the sAtell ot r 013(11. up, advise that :hist a toeelt of milk or dog food be appliet 0,11 the skin at the beiesing ectint. Generally, says Ja4„ "we offer no protection ineeetwise"; aut during the filming of "C,...cen Mansions," the AI3A roade an exception and. supervised se,l.les in which a number of butte:Oes were used. Founded in 1377, the A.111..4. 1 11 national nonprofit Piler,•;; that protects children ane. ani- mals from mistreatment. It got into the movies in 39158 as a re- sult of brutality in Wester.:s in which horses were -rus: off high cliffs, tripped up at high speeds, and oaten killed. Tatafay, training techniques have tgo.. dueed the animal equivalc..: or the character actor, incleaing such specialists as faWilg eersee (which bite the duet en cue), jumping horses (for getting ever gorges), rearing horses, ana dy- ing horses, A typleal Welton scene now works this: way: 0011- $peciaiist horses tt ppro 01: ll 3 gorge; the earneea be remoYed to a flat area and set 10 0 holi, and jumping horses leap eye.: it. Final shot, at 905g0 Dying horses go into their nt, The AHA and Hollywoce get on well together, Foil dissee- xnents are rare. Hot a nit" sort. of headache has come fror.1 he dotage of TV Westerns: :fest movie cowboys are fair in the .saddle, but some ea thei: TV counterparts have never ;realest at all, which is bard on :J.:tor' and horse alike. Jack picked up ee Faber 5111011 on his desk — this one ebeet an actor's efforts to 0:10K0 a 00:1171a horse stay down eater its atai„ "'Horse starts to ge.' reed, "'Actor tric, -!!) down, but cannot, -Res, ii•ese falls on actor. 1-1oy_e- not so good'. "You know," suld .1 _4i, "there vie men getting hurt traey to --* mats." DRIVE CAREFULLY — fee life you save May Its eout eae. 1 xxxx V a X ,.; THEY ALSO SERVE — American institutice drive•in restaurant --ates ::0 to England. tale left, and Jill Tobc: ie Comers in their ce-s et •• borough, Kent. The c••• the first of 40 913 0'. Britain. When Canine Uses His Canines -- Don't 9155 dogs to children Forbid playing ball with dog, riding bike near frisky pet. undet six. They don't nix, Keep an eye on mother dcg if you pick up her puppies Teeth children to he gentle Dogs jealously guard food; and not abuse or tease pets. don't pet while feeding. Putting face next 11i11e can be invitation to nip, MAN'S BEST FRIEND? The bite of the dog, old sayings notwithstanding, is worse the bark. "Man's best friend" nipped 611,500 persons in 1 957 at a medical cote of !C. :C.f. million dollars, o lusacompleled study shows, In mony roses dogs weee prove'red Result: Biles. The suggestions above could reduce dog biles by holt, says World published by U.N. World Health Organization.