The Saturday Evening Post articles from July 1999

The Saturday Evening Post archives from July 1999

TIME FOR TEA.(tea's therapeutic capabilities)
July 1, 1999... Tea's soothing and healthful properties will make it the coffee of the 21st century. British statesman William Gladstone once said of tea, "If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are depressed, it will cheer you; if you are excited, it...

SUMMER SLIMMERS.(recipes)
July 1, 1999... Low-fat rice dishes help you shape up and lower your risk of heart disease The Healthy Heart Recipes There's something about rice that leaves you satisfied: a feeling that you've eaten well, but not too much. It may be because...

ALLERGY MYTHS: CLEARING THE AIR.(what causes and does not cause allergies)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1999... Misleading assumptions about allergies are almost as widespread as the pollens, molds, and danders that cause them. What we've often assumed to be true about our sneezing and wheezing may not in fact be so. Research has shown the following...

HEALTHY AT EVERY AGE.(health problems and treatments for aged people)
July 1, 1999... An authority in the emerging field of complementary medicine, Dr. Dale Guyer shares his clinically successful strategies to help seniors cope with such health issues as Alzheimer's, memory loss, and hormone replacement therapy. An...

POP ON ICE.(headstones should reflect what a person was called during life)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1999... It's a final indignity when a man's epitaph takes the life out of him. When I was a small kid, one of my favorite signs posted at mom-and-pop grocery stores read, "We don't know where Mom is, but we have Pop on ice." At today's 7-11...

EATING JELL-O WITH CHOPSTICKS.(understanding the meanings of phrases)(Brief Article)
July 1, 1999... If you have ever thought you knew what was being said, only to find it left you shaking your head, then you'll understand this--perhaps. I could be wrong (though I'd hate to spoil my record at this late date), but it seems to me that the...

SEEING THE BIG PICTURE.(neurosurgeon Benjamin S. Carson)(Interview)
July 1, 1999... An Interview With Ben Carson, M.D. One of the world's top surgeons tells of facing life's challenges and offers his perspective on the most important issues of life. Dr. Ben Carson gained international prominence in 1987 when he led...

SWIMMING FOR LIFETIME FITNESS.(exercise for elderly)
July 1, 1999... Across the United States, seniors are shifting to the fast lane--of swimming, that is--to reap the benefits (and awards) of the ageless sport of swimming. Swimming is the perfect exercise for lifetime fitness. No other activity provides so...

WE ARE TRAINING OUR KIDS TO KILL.(children are desensitized to violence)
July 1, 1999... The densitizing techniques used for training solders are being replicated in contemporary mass media--movies, television, and video games, giving rise to the alarming rate of homicide and violence in our schools and communities. I am from...