Letters from our readers.(Sharing)(Letter to the Editor)

I can only speak for myself, however, on the cover of the March 2004 issue of Better Nutrition, there is a picture of Jennifer Beals with her breasts thrust forward, jacket pulled back and two buttons unbuttoned at the top of her blouse. I find this rather distasteful for a publication that focuses on nutrition.

After looking at the names of the editors and various managers, the list appears to be heavy with males in the first chair. Perhaps these minds are focused more on sex than on nutrition. Please save the pin-ups for your bedroom and not for the cover of the magazine.

Bonnie McIntyre * Via email

Thank you for your feedback. In our defense, we'd like to point out that the images of Jennifer Beals were provided by--and approved by--both Ms. Beals and her publicist. Regardless, we hope you found her story as inspiring as we did. Through the use of purely natural methods, Ms. Beals managed to overcome chronic fatigue and Epstein-Barr and she emerged from her fight as a strong, confident and healthy ...