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For nearly two decades Franklin
Club has offered the atmosphere,
amenities and value people look
for in a full service adult commu-
nity. From delicious meals served
by a friendly waitstaff to the avail-
ability of various health care
options, Franklin Club may
be exactly the
fortable, spacious models are
available. Prepare your own meals
if you wish, or select one of the
dining plans we offer. Weekly
maid service is another option.
And just moments from your front
door, you'll find everything from
escorted van service, exercise
classes and card games to
dozens of other recre-
ational and social activi-
ties — all are
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older adults who require occa-
sional personal assistance. Resi-
dents may enjoy all Franklin Club
amenities secure in the knowl-
edge that trained, caring help is
available 24 hours a day.
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erals, Herbs and Food Supple-
ments. She consults it on a regu-
lar basis.
Still, before she tries a new
herb, she reads other books to ful-
ly understand its effects.
"It's dangerous to believe every-
thing you read," she said. "You
have to be careful and know what
you are taking, which is why I
don't try something without do-
ing research."
Herbs are centuries old. They
have, however, increased in pop-
ularity over the last several years
along with vitamins and supple-
ments, according to Ms. Engel-
baum, at the Good Food Co.
"People are always looking for
something to alleviate pain and
disease," said Rebecca Reeves, an
assistant professor at Baylor Col-
lege of Medicine and the assistant
director of the Behavioral Medi-
cine Research Center at the col-
lege.
Dr. Mary Ellen Caminre, a food
science and human nutritionist at
the University of Maine, sees a lot
of potential in dietary supple-
ments but, she says, a lot of re-
search needs to be done. Even
then, she is skeptical becausesuch
compounds can be derived from
eating a balanced diet.
"It's hard to tell what's good and
what's bad," Dr. Caminre said.
"It's the old caveat: if it's too good
to be true, it probably is."
Dr. Caminre said she takes fish
oil capsules for joint problems.
While the pills seem to keep her
joint aches away, she has to be
careful because the fish oil is a
blood thinner. She derives nutri-
ents strictly from foods. She avoid
products like bee pollen, labeled
as an energy booster, because she
isn't convinced they do anything.
"People are fed up with tradi-
tional medicine," Dr. Caminre
said. 'There is something appeal-
ing about going back to a natur-
al product. At the same time,
these products can be misleading,
too. For example, some of the en-
ergy pills contain caffeine. Some-
times, the compounds in pills can
be poisonous."
"There is a lot of opportunity for
the industry and not a lot for the
consumer," Dr. Caminre said.
"There is a general misunder-
standing. Natural doesn't mean
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"I respect that, but I also know
people have to be careful not to get
scammed, and that's what a lot of
these are (scams)," he said. "Peo-
ple have to be skeptical and ask
for evidence. Testimonials don't
do it."
Ms. Feldman couldn't disagree
more. She treats all her ailments
with vitamins, herbs and miner-
als. At the same time, she under-
stands why people are skeptical
about natural remedies.
"I was thrown into this by al-
lergies," she said. "People used
herbs for thousands of years.
We've gotten away from it, but the
basis of some of our medicine
comes from [them]."
Ms. Feldman, a retired school
teacher, began studying nutrition
on her own over 25 years ago,
around the time she developed an
allergy to drugs, including antibi-
otics and antihistamines. She
even reached a point where she
could no longer eat meat without
becoming sick because of the syn-
thetics given to the animals. She
turned to herbs and vitamins. Ap-
proximately once a year she vis-
its her physician for a check of her
heart, blood pressure and choles-
terol.
She originally-became inter-
ested sometime before her aller-
gies developed when she
accidently stumbled across a pro-
gram on public television. What
she saw on the airwaves immedi-
ately captured her attention. A
doctor talked with war veterans
who were starved and depressed
from their experiences. He treat-
ed them with a B-complex vita-
min.
"I started thinking," said Ms.
Feldman, a native of France who
was hidden from the Nazis as a
child and subsequently starved
for more than two years. "I went
through the same thing when I
was young."
Ms. Feldman decided to try a
B-complex, and it worked.
"We are all born with different
needs," Ms. Feldman said. "The
first thing you have to do is de-
termine what your needs are. I did
that by reading books. I'm still
learning and educating myself"
Her "bible" is a book called Pre-
scription for Nutritional Healing:
An A-Z Reference for Drug-Free
Remedies Using Vitamins, Min-
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• Bach. Made from flowers, this is what Ms. Feldman uses
when she is under a lot of stress.