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IT’S TEA TIME!by Kathy Wolfe

It’s the world’s second most popular and cheapest beverage (after water), so shouldn’t you know a little more about tea? Tidbits has the goods on this drink, so listen up and learn!• Everydayaboutthreebillioncupsofteaare

consumed around the world. In America, it can be found in 80% of households, and an estimated 127 million Americans are drinking it on any given day. Most of that tea comes from India, the world’s largest tea producer, processing about 850,000 tons each year.

• Tea as we know it is about 5,000 yearsold. Legend has it that a Chinese emperor discovered a good cup of tea in 2737 B.C. when some tea leaves off the tree into his pot of boiling water, producing a pleasant aroma. Tea became popular in Europe during the 1600s and was brought to North America by the colonists. Britain’s Duchess of Bedford is said to have created the traditional afternoon tea around 1840, when she needed a pick-me-up to combat what she called “that sinking feeling.”

•WhentheBritishgovernmentheavilytaxedthe tea shipped to the American colonies, in 1773, a group of 116 men dressed as Native Americans boarded British ships and tossed 342 chests of tea overboard, about 90,000 lbs. (40,823 kg) worth. In today’s currency, that was equal to nearly a million dollars!

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When shopping for steaks, many consumers think that only the more expensive cuts can provide tenderness and robust flavor. Due to budget constraints, some shoppers have stopped buying steaks except for special occasions. While “cheap” and “steak” might seem like an odd combination of words, there are many types of steaks that are both inexpensive and delicious.

Once you familiarize yourself with the names and cuts of less-expensive steaks and master preparing them, you can enjoy a budget-friendly steak dinner more often! Here are a few varieties of “cheap” and flavorful steaks:

Charcoal steak, top blade steak, chicken steak: This cut comes from the top of the shoulder blade, which is the second-most tender cut on the animal. It cooks up beautifully when prepared using high-heat methods in a pan, grilled or broiled and served rare. There is a piece of gristle that runs through the middle that is usually butterflied out when the same muscle is cut as a flatiron steak.

Bistec Norteno: This isn’t the tenderest cut on the animal, as it comes from the heel of the steer. It’s lean piece of meat with a bold, beefy flavor. Serve sliced thinly.

Sirloin tip/peeled knuckle: The most tender muscle in the round tip. Best prepared seared using a high-heat method and finished in a 375 F oven for both steaks and roasts. Keep a medium-rare, or 125-degree, center.

Shoulder steak, shoulder clod steak, London broil: This steak can be pan seared, braised, grilled or broiled, keeping a medium-rare center and then sliced thinly.

Top sirloin: Great beefy flavor and tender. Sear using a high-heat method and finish in a 375 F oven for both steaks and roasts. Keep a medium-rare center.

Flank steak: Fibrous, lean, tight-grain, good beefy flavor. It’s commonly used for fajitas and stir-fry. This cut is best when grilled, but also can be pan-seared and sliced thinly.

Brisket: The brisket is a fibrous and fatty muscle with significant connective tissue. It’s best cooked slow and low to achieve tenderness. A brisket consists of two

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IT’S TEA TIME (continued):• Thereareallkindsoftea–white,green,oolong,

and black – but they all come from the sameplant, the Carnelia Sinensis. The end product is determined by the processing of the tea leaves.

•Whilewhiteteaskipsthestepsofprocessing(theleaves are just steamed and dried), green, black, and oolong teas all go through a series of steps. It starts with withering, when the tea leaves are spread out and dried in a warm environment, which makes them pliable. A rolling machine isnext, twisting the leaves inorder to releasetheflavorfulnaturaloils.Somemoreexpensivegrades of teas are rolled by hand, resulting in a higher quality. The leaves then undergo an oxidationprocess,whentheyarespreadoutinacool room. At this point, the tea leaves are still green,butastheytakeinoxygentheygraduallyturn darker. The darkening can be stopped by heating.Green tea isnotoxidized,oolong teaisoxidizedforashorttime,andthedarkblackteaoxidationprocess,whichtakesabout threehours, is uninterrupted. The chemical reactions thattakeplaceduringoxidationarewhatalterstheleaves’colorandflavor.

• While a cup of tea does contain caffeine,it doesn’t compare to the amount found in coffee. A cup of tea has about 40 mg. of caffeine compared to coffee’s 110 mg per cup. The lesser-processed green tea has even less caffeine than black leaves. But if you want a higher caffeine level in your tea, sip yerba maté, which has about the same amount as coffee. It’s made from the leaves of a South American rain forest holly tree, and contains 24 vitamins and minerals, 15 amino acids, and an abundance of antioxidants.

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parts, the point and the first or flat cut. The point is located on top of the flat and is connected by a thick layer of fat. The grain in each piece follows a different direction and must be sliced differently for best results.

The point and flat must be trimmed of fat after being separated. The flat is simpler to carve because it is more symmetrically shaped and the grain of the meat is clearly defined. The point is more difficult because of its shape and the grain is more difficult to follow.

Slice the flat by determining in which direction the grain of the meat is following. Simply look at the top of the flat and the grain direction is clearly defined. It generally runs from one corner at the front of the flat to the opposite corner at the back of the flat. The flat is cut at an angle from front to back. Slice the point in the same manner, determine the direction of the grain and cut across the grain from front to back.

My recipe for Southwestern Crock-Pot Brisket combines hearty beef brisket, pure chili powder and slow cooking to create a budget-friendly, tender and tasty dinner.

SOUTHWESTERN CROCK-POT BRISKET

For the leanest brisket, ask for the “first” or “flat” cut, without an overly fatty flap (also called the point) lying on top. Trim off any surface fat; there’s plenty left in the fibers to keep the meat moist.

• 1 cup beef stock• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar• 2 tablespoons yellow cornmeal• 1 tablespoon dark, unsweetened cocoa powder• 2 teaspoons ground cumin• 2 teaspoons dried oregano• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt• 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper• 1 canned chipotle pepper, seeded and minced with 1

tablespoon adobo sauce• 2 garlic cloves, minced• 1 (4-pound) beef brisket, trimmed of surface fat• 1 1/2 tablespoons chili powder

1. Mix the beef stock, vinegar, cornmeal, cocoa powder, cumin, oregano, cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and pepper, chipotle and garlic in a 5- or 6-quart slow cooker.

2. Rub the chili powder and remaining teaspoon of the salt and pepper into the brisket. Place the brisket in the slow cooker and turn to coat. Cover and cook on high 6 to 8 hours, or until meat is fork-tender.

3. Remove meat from slow cooker and skim fat from sauce. Slice meat and serve with the sauce. Serves 6 to 8

***Angela Shelf Medearis is an award-winning children’s author, culinary historian and author of seven cookbooks. Her new cookbook is “The Kitchen Diva’s Diabetic Cookbook.” Her website is www.divapro.com. To see how-to videos, recipes and much, much more, Like Angela Shelf Medearis, The Kitchen Diva!, on Facebook and go to Hulu.com. Recipes may not be reprinted without permission from Angela Shelf Medearis.

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A: Depending on the wattage they offset (of old-fashioned light bulbs), compact fluorescent light bulbs can save you some money. Of course, that savings builds up over time -- months and years. They’re best used as part of an overall energy savings plan for your home.

You don’t have to outfit your house with a complete solar panel array, wind turbines or other top-line (and top-dollar) gadgets to start cutting your energy bills. Savings can start as easily as turning off unnecessary lights and unplugging electrical or electronic items that don’t see much use: for example, a clock radio in the guest room.

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IT’S TEA TIME (continued):• Herbalteas,alsoknownastisanes,aren’treally

tea at all. They come from the roots, stems, and flowers of other plants. There are numeroustypes of tisanes, depending on what part of the plant they come from. Mint, verbena, and lemongrass varieties are leaf tisanes, while chamomile, hibiscus, and lavender are flowertisanes. Cinnamon is a considered a bark type, while ginger, Echinacea, and chicory are root tisanes.

• The invention of the tea bag came about byaccident. In 1904, a New York tea importer was looking for a cheaper way to send samples to customers. Thomas Sullivan had been using tin boxes, but as this proved expensive, hebegan wrapping the tea in small silk bags. His customers didn’t realize the bags were justpackaging, and brewed their tea in them. Soon after, Sullivan was receiving orders for the new product. Today, 96% of the world brews its tea using a tea bag.

•Moreoftea’smanymedicinalandhealthbenefitsare being uncovered every day. Green tea seems to be especially healthful. It is high in the amino acid theanine, which has been shown to reduce stress and improve mental concentration. It may also increase the body’s immune system and antioxidant powers. Lab testing indicatesthatcatechins,atypeofantioxidant,inhibitthegrowth of cancer cells and may help reduce the breakdown of cartilage. A recent university study indicated that tea has more potent antioxidantsthan22fruitsandvegetablesthatwere tested. Scientists say drinking green tea might also even help prevent tooth decay! And a study in the Netherlands has shown that those who drink catechin-rich tea are 50% less likely to die of heart disease.

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Another enemy of energy efficiency is dust. Keep the air-conditioning vent covers free of dust, and vacuum the registers monthly. Likewise, change the air conditioner’s filter screen once a month during the cooling season. And, because dust can gunk up a refrigerator’s cooling coils and reduce its efficiency -- as well as its lifespan -- clean the coils and vacuum under and behind the fridge every couple of months throughout the year.Weatherstripping around window and door frames, usually a fall-season chore, can reduce the amount of cool air escaping the house. If you really want to tackle the problem, get a home-energy audit -- offered at low or no cost by many utilities -- to locate the areas of greatest air leakage.

HOME TIP: My husband likes to watch TV until he falls asleep, but then the TV is on all night, running up the electric bill. I solved the problem by programming the television to turn off at a scheduled time -- a feature found on the menu screen.

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If your financial situation at home has changed, thiscouldbe thefirst summerwherebothyouandaspouseare working. The question now might be what to do with school-age children while you’re at work.

Whilesummercampsforkidsoftenarefilledearly,notallofthemare.Ifyoucanfindone,it’slikelytobeexpensive.Here are some that might be more realistic about their costs:

--YMCA:Youmightevenfindasummer-longday-camperprogram where your child will go every day during the week.

--Local churches: Call all of them and ask what type of programs they have, and if any of their members watch children over the summer. You could find the perfectsituation with an at-home parent who’ll take on extrachildren for a small fee. (Beware any local requirements for daycare status and licensing when there are more than sixchildren.)

--College students: If you live near a college, count yourself lucky. Go early to the campus job center and inquire about a summer sitter, perhaps one with an early childhood major. Not all students go home for the summer. Even a mature high-school student might be perfect.

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youtelecommutesomeofthedays?Workacondensedweek, with more hours on the days you go to work, giving you a day off? Can your spouse do the same?--Service Programs: Check whether your area has a Summer of Service program for “tweens,” children who are too old for a sitter and not old enough to be left alone. They’ll spend the summer under supervision doing a variety of volunteer tasks in the community.

Aim for variety week by week. Perhaps grandparents will come visit (and child sit) for two weeks. Alternate between YMCA programs, church programs, recreation department day camps, your vacation days and a hired college student.

If you interview prospective sitters, check their credentials. Passing a safety course should be minimum. Sitter courses are even better. In the case of high-school students still at home, contact the parents and verify what their own vacation plans might be.

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• Tisanes also have medicinal qualities. Ifyou have an upset stomach, try sipping peppermint tea, since peppermint relaxesthe muscles that give you stomach cramps. Theanti-inflammatorypropertiesoflicoriceroot can reduce the swelling of a sore throat. It’s also well known that chamomile tea is a relaxantandisanaturalsleepaid.

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• The youngestWarne brother, Norman, wasassigned as Beatrix’ editor. It wasn’t longbefore a romance bloomed between the two. Her parents did not approve of the romance, and when Norman sent Beatrix a lettercontaining a marriage proposal, her parents forbade the union. Shortly afterward, Norman became very ill, and sadly, just one month after his proposal, he died of leukemia.

• After the tragedy, Beatrix dedicated herselfto her work, using her earnings to purchase farmland, where she raised sheep. A local solicitor,WilliamHeelis,advisedheronherland dealings as she continued to buy up localfarms.BeatrixmarriedHeeliswhenshewas 47 years old, and the pair continued to purchase land, 15 farms in all.

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Neighborhoods hum and bustle with an extra dose of activity this time of year, and some households, like the Gustafson’s, seem to be especially on the go -- make that “on the run,” but in a good kind of way. Watching the action from the sidelines, I can’t help but be inspired by this fit family. All four kids play hockey, baseball/softball and tennis, and two play soccer. Toss in the parents, and biking trumps driving the car whenever possible.

No wonder mom Angie always has her favorite chewy power bar recipe handy for easy reference. She and the kids enjoy making the tasty snack that is chock full of healthy ingredients, including flaxseed, wheat germ and raisins. Reese’s Pieces are added to the mix, but she controls the amount.

“The original online ‘Ultimate Power Bar’ recipe, which has been passed from friend to friend, comes from Lunds, our neighborhood market where you can easily find all the ingredients,” she says. “But, like most recipes I prepare, I tweak the ingredients to suit our tastes. The bars are ideal for school lunches, picnics and rest stops when we bike around town with our cycling club, the Mill City Cyclomaniacs. I don’t know a kid who doesn’t like them -- even the picky eaters ask for the energy snack.”Make a batch this weekend with your kids.

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• 3 1/2 cups oats• 1/2 cup raisins• 1/2 cup shredded coconut• 2/3 cup sunflower seeds• 1/2 cup toasted sesame seeds• 1/2 cup wheat germ• 1/2 cup oat bran• 3 tablespoons flax seeds• 1 tablespoon cinnamon• 1 teaspoon salt• 1 1/2 cups natural peanut butter• 1 cup honey• 4 tablespoons butter, melted• 3/4 cup Reese’s Pieces

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.

2. In a large bowl, let one child combine the first 10 ingredients with a big spoon. Continue stirring while another child adds the peanut butter, honey and melted butter. When mixed, stir in Reese’s Pieces.

3. Spoon mixture into an ungreased 9-inch-by-13-inch glass pan. Use a spatula to pack and press it down firmly. Bake 15-17 minutes. Let cool, then chill completely before slicing. Store bars in stacks separated by waxed paper in a covered container in the refrigerator. Makes 36 bars.

***Donna Erickson’s award-winning series “Donna’s Day” is airing on public television nationwide. To find more of her creative family recipes and activities, visit www.donnasday.com and link to the NEW Donna’s Day Facebook fan page. Her latest book is “Donna Erickson’s Fabulous Funstuff for Families.”

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► “For a small splinter that is buried, try this trick before you go digging around with tweezers or a sterilized needle. Lay a piece of banana peel pulp-side down over the splinter and cover it with a bandage. Leave it on overnight if possible. It has something to do with the enzymes in the peel as it ripens, but it will help draw out the splinter. The peel needs to be nice and ripe, and it might take a couple of tries.” -- D.M.

► Need a substitution for buttermilk? Use an equal amount of plain, unflavored yogurt, or for each cup, add a teaspoon of vinegar or lemon juice to a cup of milk.

► “On chore days, I write each chore or step of a chore on a sticky note and attach them to the kitchen counter. Then we all get together and decide who will do what. We end up with our stack of sticky notes and can complete the chores in an organized fashion.” -- R.E. in Alabama

► Keep a lint roller by the sewing machine to quickly swipe up those tiny bits of thread. It’ll keep your sewing area from getting messy.

► Sharpen scissors by cutting through a piece of aluminum foil that has been folded over several times. It really does work!

► Parents of twins (or other multiples): It makes a big difference when you join a multiples club or keep in touch with an organization for that purpose. Most do clothing swaps or sales fairly often, and the money you’ll save on clothing the first year is well worth it.

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IT’S TEE TIME!Fore! Look out as Tidbits presents a few facts about the tools necessary for a good golf game.• The ancientRomansplayed a game similar to

golf as we know it, but the modern game of golf was developed in Scotland in the 1400s. The firstwrittenrecordisthatofabanofthesportbyKingJamesIIin1457,callinggolfadistractionto learning archery, which was necessary for national defense.

•Theofficialrulesofgolfstatethatagolfer’sbagmay contain 14 clubs. A typical player will carry a driver, two woods, seven irons, three wedges, and a putter. The putter has earned the nickname “the money club” because it is the one used to tap theball into thehole.Thefirstclubsweremade entirely of wood, followed by wood shafts with iron heads. In the 1920s, steel-shafted clubs cameintoplay.Shaftsmadeoffiber-reinforcedcomposite materials were introduced in the early 1970s.

• The earliest golf ballswere probablymade ofwood. Golf balls in the early 1800s consisted of thin leather pieces stuffed with feathers. Those thatwereverytightlypackedflewthefarthest.More than 5,000 patents have been granted for various forms of golf balls since 1900. Those little indentations on the ball are called dimples


Don’t be Fooled by Fancy Title

A recent report to Congress by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau details the many problems seniors have in determining whether financial advisers are genuine.

The long title of the report was “Senior Designations for Financial Advisers: Reducing Consumer Confusion and Risks of the Broker or the Investment Adviser.” It focuses on the special credentials that are used to market senior financial services.

Here are a few examples:

At least 50 different “senior designation” credentials are used to market advisers’ services, all designed to confuse us. Some of those titles and acronyms sound similar to others or imply a legitimacy that isn’t real, such as “Registered Senior Investment Adviser.” The report says that “all too often, these are just clever marketing ploys to bait the hook.”Those senior designation credentials give the impression that advisers have specialized training or expertise in dealing with the finances of seniors. The report notes that there’s a big difference between a college-level course and a weekend seminar.

There’s no oversight or enforcement for the use of those designations. Another study showed that, unfortunately, seniors

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are more likely to rely on someone who uses one of those senior designations.Seniors are the targets of financial marketing, since it’s assumed we have loads of retirement savings, inheritance money and equity. We’re invited to “free lunch” seminars, which are ways to get us in one place to sell us financial products.

To get help if you question the “senior designations” you’re shown, call the CFPB at 855-411-2372. To report violators, call the whistleblower line at 855-695-7974, or send an email to [email protected]. The CFPB even has an Office of Financial Protection for Older Americans, so it has our best interests in mind.

Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Send email to [email protected].

Plugs and PugsThe iPad isn’t yet where it needs to be as a personal computer, television or consumption device, but it does offer some pretty compelling applications for the sports fan and news junkies in general.

So far, the best news-reading application I have come across is Flipboard.What Flipboard does is aggre-gate news by topic, like say, the Indiana Pacers, or source, such as The Chicago Tribune. The application also allows you to follow twitter feeds and tumblrs, and when all of these components are compiled, the program turns it into an aesthetically pleasing format closelyresemblingamagazine.

Its latest update allows users to create their own per-sonallycuratedmagazine,andbeingonthebleedingedge of technology, as I so often am, I have done so. The application is free, so if you have an iPad, why notgive it a spinandsearch for the twomagazinesI’ve put together: “A Sporting View” (natch) and “Ali,” and subscribe. Again, there is no charge ever to do so, and it is not advertiser supported or anything like that ... it’s just a companion piece to this column. The“ASportingView”magazineisupdateddailyandisanaggregateofsportsstoriesIfindparticularlyin-teresting that could be used to spur enough thought to create a column out of, and every share comes with added,ahem,“expertcommentary.”

The “Ali”magazinewasbornout of a discussion Ihadwithacasualboxingfaninhis40swhosaidhere-

ally didn’t know anything about Muhammad Ali -- whom I, much like Ali himself did, consider to be the greatest of all time.

His father-in-law, himself a great fan of the “sweet sci-ence,” and I began to prattle on and on in a brandy Man-hattan-fueled (no cherry) oration to Ali and began tick-ing off his major accomplishments inside and outside the ring. I also suggested he take some time to watch his fights,mostofwhichwereonYouTube,thepopularInter-net video service.

Then it struck me like a Larry Holmes left ... why not create a Flipboard for him, a multi-media site combining the written word, photographs and videos of Ali’s greatest hits all in one site. So, on the evening that Floyd May-weather was thoroughly outclassing a kid they call “the ghost,” I set to work on the document, and I hope it’s one that all can enjoy.

Ifyouarenotaware,boxingisinaveryprecarioussitu-ation. The sport cannot sustain another death in the ring, particularly amid the increased scrutiny on head injuries in sport nowadays, and decades of pay-per-view cham-pionship bouts have shaken off a generation’s worth of wouldbe fans. In a future column I’ll touchonboxingreform -- a concept that is way overdue -- but in the mean-time, I will continue to unabashedly revel in some of the sports all-time greatest moments here, there and every-where.

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•Anofficialgolfballshouldnotweighmorethan1.62 oz., andmust be at least 1.68 inches indiameter.

• Thereareabout32,000golfcoursesworldwide,with close to 20,000 of those in the United States. The country of Singapore has one course every 10 square miles, giving it the record for the highest per population density. England has one course every 27 square miles, and Scotland every 56. Yet some of the most populated areas oftheworldhavenogolfatall,forexample,theUkraine,whosepopulationexceeds47millionwith nary a course in sight!

• During a 1971 tournament in England, a26-year-old golf pro named John Hudsonachieved two consecutive holes-in-one at the 11th and 12thholes.Don’texpect to tiehisrecord–thechancesofrepeatingthisareonein67 million.

• If you’d like to golf on the world’s longestcourse, you’ll have to travel to Australia. Some of the tees are 50 miles (80.5 km) apart on the 850-mile-long (1368 km) Nullarbor Links course that spans two Australian states. Don’t be surprised if you encounter the occasional wild camel or wombat. Be sure to notch out enough time for your game – somewherebetween three and four days! The cost seems reasonable, however at $46.

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Come along with Tidbits as we consider the marvel of engineering called the human foot!• With26bones,114ligamentsand20muscles,

a foot is an amazing invention.A quarter ofthe bones in the human body are located in the feet. (Add in the bones in the hand, and that accounts for fully half of our bones.) Feet need to be structural marvels.

• Considerthattheaverageadulttravelsaround1,000 miles a year on foot, taking about 10,000 steps per day. A typical 70-year-old human will have walked a distance equivalent to going around the circumference of the earth four times. The feet strike the ground 17,000 times in a 20 mile marathon run, but even a mile of gentle walking subjects the feet to about 80 tons of weight. Feet must be sturdy.

• Although98%ofusarebornwithhealthyfeet,80 out of 100 Americans develop foot problems during their lifetime. At any given moment, about 30 million Americans suffer from foot problems, ranging from corns and ingrown nails to club feet and fallen arches.

• Fourtimesasmanywomenasmendealwithfoot problems, mostly due to high heels. Podiatrists trace 95% of the 500 known foot ailments to ill-designed shoes or improper foot care.

• Highheelspreventtheanklesfromabsorbingtheir normal share of the force of walking, shunting it instead to the toes. A three-inch heel puts more than seven times the pressure on the forefootthanaflatshoe.Thispromotesmanyfoot ailments such as bunions, hammer toes, and neuroma, which is a painful thickening of the nerve that connects the toes. A study

of 3,000 surgeries performed on the forefoot found that 87% of the bunion surgeries, 81% of hammer toe surgeries, and 89% of the neuroma surgeries were done on women’s feet.

• High heels also affect the knees. A studypublished in the British medical journal The Lancet showed that high heels cause strain and pressure on the joint that joins the kneecap and the underlying thigh bone. The rotational forces on the inner part of the knee joint were 23 percent higher when women participating in the study walked in heels than when they walked barefoot.

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the rest of the toes have three. Although nearly every boneinthebodyhasanofficialname,oneexceptionis the toe bones. They are known only as “metatarsal digits #1-5.” A fourth-year medical student at Yale decided to undo the injustice by bestowing names on the toes. He called them porcellus fori, porcellus domi, porcellus carnivorus, porcellus nonvoratus, and porcellus plorans domun. In Latin, these names translate as little pig at market, baby pig at home, meat-eating piglet, small pig that has not eaten, and piggy crying all the way home. Some orthopedic surgeons have picked up his names, but doctors have not yet gone hog wild over the idea.

• Not surprisingly, the place on the bodywhere theskin is thickest is the heel of the foot, where it’s about 1/16th of an inch thick. Compare that to the thinnest skin on the body— the eyelids— at 2/1000 of an inch. Although the heel is the area on the body that is least sensitive to pain, it’s also the sweatiest area. The 125,000 sweat glands in a single foot can excrete as much as half a pint of sweat per day.Research done at the University of Miami centered on foot odor. How does a research team study foot odor? First you get a bunch of volunteers to sit with their feet in plastic bags. Then you have the laboratory staff sniff the feet. They discovered that people with foot odor had large numbers of a certain bacteria on their bodies— the same type of bacteria found in Limburger cheese. They also discovered that antibiotics can reduce the number of bacteria, andthusimprovethesmelloffeet.Whysomepeoplecarry large amounts of this bacteria and others don’t is still unknown, but is under investigation. It could be differences in a person’s sweat or pH balance. Since it’s not a good idea to take antibiotics to reduce odor,thisvaliantresearchteamisnowtryingtofindways to keep bacteria from sticking to the skin, to prevent bacteria from getting a “foothold.” Around 80 million Americans suffer from smelly feet.

• OnecompanycalledSweetFeetcombatedfootodorwith scented socks. Impregnated with various scents such as powder, citrus, strawberry, and peach, the footsie socks threw off a long-lasting fragrance. The odor remained even through many launderings and the socks cost about $20 per pair.

• Manypeopledonotwear thecorrectshoesizefortheir feet.Often this isbecausepeoplestick to thesizetheyweremeasuredforwhenyoungandfailtorealizethattheirfeetchangeshape.

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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: While having dinner with my father, he suddenly had a blank look and stopped eating. He couldn’t speak clearly. My brothers and I got him onto a couch, and he stayed there for about 15 minutes. Finally, someone suggested he might be having a stroke, and we called 911.

In the emergency room, the doctor had a CT scan done and then gave him a clot-busting drug. It worked unbelievably. He regained his speech and could move. Is this common? I thought strokes came from bleeding in the brain. What’s going on? -- T.M.

ANSWER: Strokes come in two varieties. The less-common kind is bleeding from a broken brain artery, often one that has an innate weakness in its wall. That’s an aneurysm. It has an explosive onset and produces a “worst headache ever.” This is a hemorrhagic stroke, accounting for 15 percent of strokes.

The more-common kind of stroke is an ischemic (is-KEY-mick) stroke, one that results from a blockage of blood flow through an artery serving the brain. It’s similar to what happens in a heart attack when a heart artery is plugged up. Your dad had this kind of stroke. The CT scan your dad had is one way of differentiating a hemorrhagic stroke from an ischemic one.

Signs of both kinds of stroke are a sudden inability to speak, an inability to understand the spoken word, loss of sensations from parts of the body, weakness of a leg or arm and vision changes.

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drugs can establish circulation to the brain area deprived of blood. If such treatment is given within three to four hours from the onset of symptoms, people can make a complete or near-complete recovery of function.

The booklet on strokes provides information on this common and often tragic malady. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue -- No. 902W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.

***DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My son is 33. During his last visit, he happened to mention that he had floaters in his eyes, and they drove him crazy. He didn’t go into

detail about this, but I would like to know about floaters and their implications. I never had them. -- L.H.

ANSWER: Floaters are dark, small spots that dart across a person’s field of vision when the person moves his eyes. They’re deposits of debris in the vitreous, a gellike substance that fills the entire back two-thirds of the eye. Nearsighted people are prone to developing them. I bet your son is nearsighted.

There is no treatment for floaters. People learn to deal with them.

A sudden onset of a large number of floaters indicates that the retina is tearing away from its attachment to the back of the eye. Detachment of the vitreous can do the same. If such an event takes place, an immediate examination by an ophthalmologist is mandatory.

***Dr. Donohue regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but he will incorporate them in his column whenever possible. Readers may write him or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.

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• It was ancient Roman dramatist, philosopher and statesman Seneca the Younger who made the following sage observation: “While we are postponing, life speeds by.”

• You might be surprised at some of the seemingly innocuous things that arouse passions in a group of people. Take the venerable 1960s television show “Mr. Ed,” for example. Evidently, an evangelist named Jim Brown took issue with the show’s theme song, claiming that when played backward, the tune contains the message “the source is Satan” and “someone sang this song for Satan.” His preaching on the subject was so persuasive that members of a church in Ironton, Ohio, made a bonfire of recordings of the song.

• If you’re planning to visit the Hawaiian island of Kauai, you might want to trek up to Mount Waialeale. If you do, though, be sure to take an umbrella, as that mountain holds the distinction of receiving more rainfall than any other place on Earth, with an average of about 40 feet -- yes, feet -- of rain annually.

• A recent national survey of adult children with living parents found that a whopping 70 percent of respondents are against the idea of a parent moving in with them. If it became necessary for one parent to move in, though, two-thirds would choose Mom over Dad.

• It was noted wit Ambrose Bierce who, in his “Devil’s Dictionary,” defined faith as “Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.”

• Those who study such things say that an ordinary human being can live four weeks without food, four days without water and four minutes without air.

***Thought for the Day: “Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.” -- Bertrand Russell

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