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YOU SHOULDN'T EAT EVERYTHING PUT IN FRONT OF YOU. You should avoid foods high in cholesterol. It's a fact, a high blood cholesterol level sub- stantially increases your chances of developing heart disease. By cutting down on fatty, rich foods, you can do yourself a big favor. You could lower your blood cholesterol level and reduce your risk of heart disease. For more information about a planned and balanced diet, contact your American Heart Association. We'll give you some free advice on how to plan a diet good for life. Advertising in The Jewish News Gets Results Place Your Ad Today. Call 354-6060 min users," says M s Gridley. According to Ms. Gridley, 95 percent of the study population who took vitamin E also took other vitamin supple- ments. As a result, "we cannot rule out that it is a combination of the vit- amins that is producing the protective effect, par- ticularly since vitamins A, C and E are all anti- oxidants, which are known to help neutralize carcinogenic effects. However, we must also consider that the reduced risk could be attributable to some hid- den factor common to users of vitamins, and not to the vitamins per se." Ms. Gridley also found that multivitamins con- taining vitamins A, B, C and E had no visible effect on lowering cancer risk. "We speculate that the vitamin E dosage in multivitamins (usually. 30 I.U.) was not suffi- cient for a protective effect," Ms. Gridley says. Separate vitamin E tablets sold over-the- counter contain at least 100 I.U., which is 10 times the recommended daily allowance. Unless you're ready to run out and buy mega- doses of vitamin E, Ms. Gridley offers a warning. "This is just one study," she says. "We can't go out on a limb yet." In fact, she adds, two recent studies in Boston show vitamin E to safeguard against heart disease. "That's a better reason to use it." 8. Can' you predict rain because your joints hurt? Does cold weather give you a headache? Are you depressed because you haven't seen the sun lately? If so, you're not alone. Weather definitely plays a significant role in our general health and sense of well-being. Those are the findings of Dr. Maria Simonson and Dr. Joseph Fuhr- maneck, co-directors of the Health, Weight and Stress Clinic at Johns Hopkins Medical Institu- tions. "Weather itself may II not cause specific dis- eases," says Dr. Simon-4 son, but it certainly can weaken our immune sys- tem, making us more susceptible to a variety of ailments and psycho- logical conditions." Did you know, for'4 example, that rainy weather can cause anxi- ety and mild depression 4 in approximately one- half of the general popu- lation? Or that 99 per-.4 cent of us are happier on clear days? And it's not just our , mood that suffers from weather. When the baro- metric pressure decreas- es, the fluid level in our•I body increases, causing our tissues to swell, which in turn reduces I Weather definitely plays a significant role in our general health and sense of well-being. the blood flow to the - brain. This can lead to a slowing of our mental -I process, a swing in our blood sugar levels—par- ticularly noticeable for 00 diabetics and hypo- glycemics. An increase in baro- metric pressure can give rise to fatigue, depres- sion, inertia, sinusitis and headaches, while seasonal hot winds can cause attacks of asthma, arthritis and headaches. What can we do to alle- viate some of the poten- tial health risks during .4 the next few months? Drink plenty of water, says Dr. Simonson, be- cause water is a natural diuretic and will help ease the body's fluid lev- els; exercise as much as -■ possible, within the lim- its of your particular medical conditions; and always wear a hat since we lose most of our body heat through our heads. . 0 And if that doesn't help, remember summer will return. According to Dr. Simonson, June is the healthiest month of the year. ❑