00, JOIN US AT THE FLEISCHMAN RESIDENCE for the best cycle of your life! TALL page 80 teen to just wait until she's 18 and things will get better doesn't work," Goldman-Foley said. "When you are 13, five years can seem like a lifetime." So they talk about coping tech- niques. About remembering, when someone calls you "Jolly Green Giant" or "Goon," that al- most everyone in school gets teased about something. "When someone says, 'Gee, you're a big girl,' it hurts," Gold- man-Foley said. "But you'll be better off if you can learn to laugh about it. Try not to take it so per- sonally." Brown points out that many people are envious of those with above-average height. "I can't tell you how many times I've had people ask me for an inch or two of mine," she said. And Hawes believes in accen- tuating the positive. "When you are tall, people expect more of you," she said. "But that's not necessarily a bad thing. It can push you to rise to the occasion. "And what else are you going to do, anyway? Tone yourself down so you are nothing? You know, a peacock that hides its feathers is kind of ugly." The tall adults don't claim to have all the answers. 'We're still struggling with some of the same issues that the teens are work- ing on," Goldman-Foley said. Still, 'We have walked a mile in their size-12 shoes," she said. For parents of tall teens, she offers these tips: • Don't harp at them to stand up straight. • Encourage them to partici- pate in sports, dance or other ac- tivities that help them get comfortable with their bodies and develop muscles to carry them- selves better. But don't push too hard. • Use positive reinforcement to remind them that they are in- herently who they are, and it is their accomplishments that make them who they are, not their physical stature. • Allow them to be their age. Just because they are taller doesn't mean they are older. Ultimately, the goal of work- ing with these teens is to help them through what can be the rough years and show them that there are benefits to being tall, Hawes said. "When we are growing up, we all want to be the same," she added. "When we do grow up, we find out that everybody is pretty much the same, and it's neat to be different." Diet Affects Nutrients Two little-known nutrients that are often overlooked are lecithin and choline. Lecithin may im- prove memory function in adults, while choline is neces- sary for healthy liver and re- productive functioning, as well as for optimum physical perfor- mance. Unfortunately, people who cut fat out of their diet may also be sacrificing most of these nu- trients, since both are found in fatty foods. This is one case where grains, fruits and veg- etables cannot take the place of egg yolks, organ meats and red meat. These high-fat foods offer much higher levels of choline and lecithin than, say, a potato, which offers scant amounts. 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