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Our diets disaster nutrition authority says By RUDLEIGH MCLEAN Examiner Staff Reporter Emotional illnesses and poor nutrition are closely connected says Dr Emanuel Cheraskin professor of oral medicine at the University of Alabama and international authority in nutri tion and preventive medicine Speaking Friday at senimar on nutrition at Barries Georgian College Dr Cheraskin warned that poor nutrition lifestyles in North America have reached epidemic proportions think Canadian and United States diets are disaster Its our lifestyle thats done us in and the tragedy is we dont realize it he said Based on extensive dietary and nutritional experiments and studies conducted over 30 years Dr Cheraskin produced statistics showing that poor nutrition and malnutrition af fect the rich as well as the poor in society That poor dietary habits and malnutrition happen only to the poor is myth Income is not determining factor in good nutrition For instance one of the worst diet offenders is the medical profession Doc tors eat so wretchedly that it is shameful Dr Cheraskin said POOR DIETARY LIFESTYLE Moreover because of poor DR EMANUEL CHERASKIN dietary lifestyles in North America people have literally eaten themselves into emo tional and menal illnesses but Dr Cheraskin says people also have the capability to eat themselves out of these psychological problems Diet is linked to enzymatic hormonal and biochemical ac tivityall of which are inter related The root of mental il lnesses often originates with the diet Dr Cheraskin said Throu exhaustive series of testsa studies Dr Cheraskin has hypothesized that pie with fewer psychologica com plaints consume higher mounts of niacin iron iodine phosphorus and Vitamin As well he believes fat intake is higher for people who do not ex hibit psychological complaints which is contrary to commonly held beliefs Furthermore Dr Cheraskin said his studies proved that people who go on crash diets are more rone to suffer emo tional lnesses because without unrefined or natural carbohydrates supplied to the organism person develops hypersensitivity and depres sion We need more unrefined carbohydrates for our metabolisms to work properly Dr Cheraskin sai Therefore people on crash diets have tendency to develop emotional illnesses when they exclude all car bohydrates from their diet QUALITY DROPPED Studies in nutrition have shown that the quality and quantity of nutritious foods have dropped considerably since 1944 The main reasons Dr Cheraskin cited for the con We Special speaker at services Rev and Mrs William Hincks of Zambia will be in Barrie Nov 13 at the Collier Street United Church tir Hincks will be the special speaker at both the 930 and 11 am Sunday services Mr iiincks was born in Toronto and graduated from Emmanuel College in 1919 Before his appointment to Zambia as nited Church missionary in 195i he ministered to congregations in Ontario at MatachewanElk Lake and Scarborough Junction He is now pastor of the United Church of Zambia at Kalulushi Africa 48 COllIER ST Marcelle IlypoAllergenic Cosmetics are designed to pam er sensitive skin Even if you ave peaches and cream complexion youll love them too Marcelle offers you mARCEIIE Perfumefree hypoallergenic cosmetics with Super Beauty Bonus for you We BARRIE ONTARIO complete range of high quality beauty products We everything you might ossihly want or need Pure and simply with out perfume rm pit WU 737 IM um um Vv Dylatpne 7266434 tinual decline in nutritious food are to be found in the North American lifestyle of living food rays to accentuate size of edplants by farmers have result in leSS nutritious food crops transportation and storage of foods and vegetables reduce the amount of nutrition in foods But the greatest nutrient loss is during the cooking of food because heat destroys nutrients in food Dr Cheraskin said The seminar audience was also informed that refined sugar or sweet tooth sugar is the single biggest enemy to our diets Over 90 per cent of all shelv ed foods in supermarkets con tain refined sugar Each person consumes about 120 pounds of this sugar each year Dr Cheraskin said If people reduce their sugar intake they will lead healthier lives Doctors and dentists were also criticised by Dr Cheraskin for their negligence in not diagnosing early symptoms of diabetes sugarrelated disease Backlash is felt TORONTO CP project director of the Canadian Coun cil on Children and Youth says North American society has turned against children in backlash against the hippie generation of the 19605 Barbara Chisholm said Fri day at conference on children that adults went too far in the 19603 and abandoned youth to selfdetermination they were not pro red to handle The anger of the backlash is that adults increasingly are less willing to grant children the right to make decisions or officially express opinions con cerning their happiness she said Miss Chisholm said in an in terview that evidence of what she said is antiechild sentiment can be found in horror movies that centre around children possessed by the devil and the refusal of many apartment owners to rent units to families with children Infertility helped by antibiotics TORONTO ICP gt Dr Alan Shewchuk Toronto obstet riciangynecologist says some infertile couples may be cured painlessly and inexpensively by antibiotics United States studies have shown that up to 18 per cent of married couples cannot have children As well 15 per cent of all births occur prematurely and 15 per cent of pregnancies end in miscarriages Dr Shewchuck who ial izes in reproductive pro lems said in an interview he became interested in the possible role of antibiotics to aid fertility about 10 years ago when he and his associates were treating three infertile couples The couples had been in fertile for an average of seven years he said While their in fertility problems were being studied the couples caught bronchitis and were treated by their family doctors with either tetracycline or erythromycin both general antibiotics First winter carnival ticket sold Marvin Menzies left vicechairman of the I978 Barrie Winter Carnival sells the first book of carnival draw tickets to Mayor Ross Archer Proceeds from sales of the 82 tickets are the main source of revenue for the annual carnival which has no admission charge Examiner Photo Five Star Chapter gets new officers The installation of the 197178 officers of Five Star Chapter No 269 of Alliston and District took place last month at St Johns United Church Hall Alliston large attendance of mem bers both local and from neigh boring chapters as well as special guests of the new of ficers filled the hall to near capacity The ceremony was conducted by Mrs Edna Whitson in stalling officer who was assisted by Mr Ron Burnett past patron of Five Star Chap ter Mrs Betty Murphy District Deputy Grand Matron as installing chaplain Mrs Mary Dawson installing mar shall Mrs Edna Donovan as installing organist Mr Les Alexander immediate past patron of Five Star Chapter as installing warden together with Mrs June Latimer Mrs stic Steers grand ruth of the Grand Chapter of Ontario Mrs Edna Fawcett grand executive committee member of the grand chapter of Ontario and Mrs Patricia Alexander ime mediate past matron of Five Star Chapter who installed the various subordinate officers Mrs Edith Robinson con ducted floral ceremoin following the installation of the five star point of officers Master Douglas Whitsoii made presentations to the new Worthy Matron and Worthy Patron during tiic ceremony Refreshments were served following the closing of the meeting and social hour was enjoyed by visitors and mem bers The following officers were installed tor the 197778 season Mrs Mary Whitson worthy matron Mr 15111 Storey wor thv patron Mrs June Purcell associate matron Mr Albert Bulman associate patron Mrs Gwen Gibson secretary Mrs Emily McMeekin treasurer Mrs Edna Wilson con dustrcss MIS Irene Holland associate conductress Mrs Betty Dean chaplain Mr Les Woods marshal Mrs Marjorie Feller Adah Mrs Audrey Storey Ruth Mrs Marion Ar thur Esther Mrs Lila Hislop Martha Mrs Ann Bulman Electra Mr Frank Whitson Wardcr and Mr Ron Burnett Sentinel Growing family of corn critters is bustling hobby for this man CAMBRIDGE Ont CP When John Fisher was eating corn on the cob few ears ago he suddenly pictur the cobs as the bodies of little creatures complete with faces and their own personalities Putting his imagination to work about two years ago be dried the cobs and started carv ing and now has growing fam ily of corn critters as he calls them His collection includes an owl duck two dogs poodle frog and ajockey Ive never seen anything quite like them before said Fisher who has sold his critters to friends and family in Cam bridge The animals range in price from $150 for the duck to $3for the owl Minimal equipment is needed to make the critters Eyes ears noses and sometimes bod ies are made from pieces of Among the Indoor collection of the Simcoe County Museumand one of the drawing cards for the 19000 students that visit the building annuallyare archeological and Indian displays collected largely from excavation sites in the county In addition to the early displays streets and shops have been set up to simulate those of Slmcoe County pine cones Dried sticks and twigs serve as lifelike legs and arms and pieces of yam make convincing fur The animals stand on wooden bases made from birch bark The cobs are dried either by putting them in the oven or hanging them outside When dry any loose corn is scraped off with rough file or wire brush Then using hacksziw or paring knife Fisher carves the cobs into the desired shapes BODY GLUE TOGEIIIEII Paste or glue holds body pieces together When the crit ters are complete they are sprayed or painted with var nish Fisher made his first critter the owl two years ago but has only been working seriously at the craft since last January when he left his job after 31 Displays attract visitors to museum years of work at 11 Cambridge textile iiiill Now 64 Fisher has year be fore retirement and is on unem ployment insurance seeking work But hes not wasting his time Id been saving these crit tcrs for when quit work he said So now Im doing them dont understand these people who say they have nothing to do when they retire My life is not dull by any means He plans to expand his critter family and is thinking of mak ing monkey with cart Not only does Fisher carve corn cobs he paints with oil and water colors makes furniture and even carved set of salad bowls complete with carved lid spoon fork and toothpick holder Its nice to be versatile he said settlers Visitors are invited to peer through windows and doorways at shoppers in the Toy Shop iciiiiiil Ston iiiul or Doctors Office and to drop In on both night iii the kitchen The entrance wing shown above houses dinpluyii of ilumii and Ojibwa cultures together with it explanatory exhibit of the archeological process of digging site Exiunluci Photo tho examiner Monday Nov 107 AnnLanders Almost quit reading column Dear Ann Lenders Have you considered early retirement If not may suggest it think senility is creeping up on you almost itreading your column after that ridiculous poll you did ast year on whether or not parents would have had their children if they had it to do over again Then you had the gall to try to defend that crazy question by calling it research For some masochistic reason continue to read ou Your latest however is the pits It seems youve gone haywire on how to hang toilet paper Who cares except few neurotic lunatics Its enough that you printed that let ter from some dude whose uncle hap ned to manage hotels in Switzerland And then you print another letter from an idiot who advises toilet Esper manufacturers to put the print on the other sideso design wont face the wall when hung properly The real solution would delight the environmentalist whom ou insulted recently by saying they have overdone good thing and now we are having an energy problem mention the environmentalists because they claim that white toilet aper causes less pollution since it does not con tain colorechye Obviously the best solution would be to recycle your column Signed DRT From Wakesfieid Neb Dear am properly chastened by your thoughtful letter have no plans to retire at the moment but one more letter on toilet paper may well send me around the bend and they will take me off the job with butterfly net Dear Ann Landers You made reference in regent column to Murphys Law Unfortunately you printed lily part of it Perhaps you are unaware that there is more May Iprovide the rest Murphys Law of Perversity Nothing is as easy as it looks Everything takes longer than you expect If anything can go wrong it will If there is possibility of several things going wrong the one that will go wrong first will be the one that will do the most damage Left to themselves all things go from bad to worse If you work on thing long enough to impmve it it will break If you think everything will be OK you have surely over looked something Mother nature always sides with the hidden flaw Mother nature is witch We Love You in harlevoix Mich Dear Love Thanks for providing me with the full ver sion of Murphys Law Sorry had to change the first letter in the last word but this is family newspaper Confidential to Why the Icicies Longfellow said it best Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not Oftentimes we call man cold when he is only sad Erma Bombeck Lot of foods fighting back was leafing through magazine the other day when my eyes fell upon fullpage ad of potato with two eyes mouth and two little gloved hands saying am not fat tening wanted to believe the little devil He seemed so sincere Besides never met potato didnt like It occurred tome lthat lately lot of foods have been fighting back at ugly pub icity Health enthusiasts have made me uptight over milk products paranoid over sugar and couple weeks ago ate glazed doughnut and felt so guilty established Weight Watchers scholarship in my name If more carbohydrates would take stand it would cer tainly make it easier for those of us who are weak and motivated by your basic hunger went to lunch the other week with my friend Ellie who gives me royal pain with her dieting When my hamburger came with mound of French fries thought shed break out into rash Ah ah ah naughty naughty You are wrong said carbohydrates offer you im portant vitamins and minerals such as vitamin I36 and niacin Where did you hear that Merv Griffins salutetostarches night Youre lying You do that all the time to get out dieting Thats not true always buy dietary bread And put gravy on it ate carrot stick last week With two pounds of dip on the end of it Didnt bu whole box of caramel appetite killers And melt them to put over your ice cream Why would potato lie to you Whats in it for them Addressing the potatoes asked Have we ever met be fare think youve popped your cork said Ellie No want to pursue this Why would some strange potato single me out to deceive me can see you are not motivated to being thin Thats all you know said opening my purse and sanc timoniously popping small artificial sweetener pill into my cappucino Hopefully the potato ad is trend mean if you cant trust chocolate eclair looking you in the eye and saying am not crook whom can you trust Shellac may yellow wood DEAR POLLY have blue and white panels in my kitchen and they have turned yellowlooking even though put shellac on them have tried using cleaners but nothing has worked and they stay yellow looking wonder if you or any of the readers can suggest anything else could use BARB DEAR BARBI presume these panels are wood since you shellacked them have an idea that the shellac may have caused the yellow look Did you use colorless or clear shellac How about this readersPOLLY DEAR POLLYWhen make chocolate cream pie use cornflake crust instead of one made with graham crackers think the pic has added zest and flavor and of course the good part is that one does not bake it use one cup crushed cornflakcs onefourth cup sugar and onethird cup butter Press in nineinch pie plate and chill use homemade pudding for the filling but instant will do DIANA DEAR READERSMrs JAs question concerning her nonstick cookware brought an answer from the company that Invented and manufactures this widely used product We hope their answer will help not only Mrs JA but the other readers who may have the same problem What may look like the finish scraping off may only be staining or spotting which can result in sticking and churned buildup of food or grease residues This can he reduced or removed by the following home remedy Mix one tablespoon chlorine bleach and one tablespoon vinegar with one cup of water simmer for five to ten minutes and then remove from the stove Pollyl notc0f course this is done in the pan in question Wuh rinse and dry thoroughly and then condition the pan with thin coating of cooking oil or thortc before using again This may improve the noniticl qua life on such pnnuItllY DEAR FULLYMy ciirold son has uni learned to blow bubbles with him ow with sticky dirty gum all over his face After us soap and water and alcohol he was still mess so tri baby oil To my surprise it wiped the um ht off tight more must be other Mom with tiieumelgrobiom muiownni to iihiiro my discovery JAN le gum He came in the other day