The News On Noise The Prodigal Project The Snack Is Back (NAPSA)—The latest health (NAPSA)—A recent survey re- (NAPSA)—God can use even news has nothing to do with eat- vealed women are replacing meals the most broken of vessels. ing well, exercising regularly or with snacks. Fifty-nine percent of That’s the message in an managing stress. This time it’s all women surveyed said they eat one intriguing new book titled The about the ears. or two meals a day, and 47 percent Prodigal Project (Plume, $12) by Most people don’t think about reported they eat two snacks a day. Ken Abraham and Daniel Hart. hearing protection as a health Fortunately, health and The book focuses on the after- issue. However, according to the convenience are top priorities math of the Rapture—a tremor American Institute for Preventive when women make snack choices. Medicine, too much noise can More than half of all respondents cause hearing problems and tem- named fresh fruit as their pre- porary and/or permanent hearing ferred snack. However, many loss. Noise can also interfere with Now Hear This—Doctors say women were unaware of the sleep, thereby increasing fatigue, it’s important to protect yourself health advantages of dried fruit— Snack Attack—A survey found causing irritability, and making it from noise pollution. only 12 percent said they snack on some women are replacing meals hard to cope with daily activities. dried fruit, such as dried plums. A with healthy snacks, such as According to Dr. R. Don Powell, when it is held next to the ear. surprising statistic considering dried plums. President of the American Insti- • Hearing loss with dizziness that drying fruit actually concen- tute for Preventive Medicine in or discharge from the ear. trates the nutrients found in fresh (hunger, convenience, etc.) and Farmington Hills, MI, “The shock- •Other people tell you that fruit, making dried fruit a healthy, kinds of snack eaten. The groups ing fact is that noise may be the you don’t hear what they say, that convenient snack. were then divided into the follow- most pollutant in Amer- you have the television turned up The California Dried Plum ing categories: ica. Our lives are riddled with too loud, etc. Board (CDPB) recently conducted • Disciplines—Middle-aged, potentially harmful noises, and the •You need to read lips because a survey on snacking. The study active women who eat only one biggest offenders can include such you don’t hear what others are found that “women need more snack per day, usually for energy. seemingly innocent household saying. education about convenient and • Back Burners—Middle-aged items as hair dryers, lawn mowers, Advice On Choosing Hearing healthy snacks. Seventy-six per- women who pay less attention to personal stereos, power tools and Protection Devices cent of our respondents said con- health, but still only snack once daily. even children’s noisy toys. There • Foam ear plugs. An inex- venient foods are rarely healthy,” • Health Nuts—Women of all are currently more than 30 million pensive and easily accessible says Peggy Castaldi of the CDPB. ages devoted to healthy eating and Americans exposed to harmful form of protection. Two popular “Not only are dried fruits nutri- living. They snack for energy and sound levels on a regular basis— examples include Flents Quiet! tious—they also have a longer are likely to be knowledgeable ® ™ including children, adolescents, Please and Real Quiet foam shelf life and their portability about nutrition. For some, the end of time may adults and seniors. People need to earplugs. makes them a smart snacking • Couch Potatoes—Women, just be the beginning. learn more about the risks, and • Rubber or plastic earplugs. solution.” mostly aged 45 to 59, who choose how to take simple precautions A washable and reusable solution, The CDPB survey divided comfort foods after 8 p.m. that sweeps through the lives of like wearing earplugs when these can last for years. Prime respondents into one of five • Sweet Rewards—Women who ordinary people overwhelmed by exposed to high noise levels, to examples are Flents Concert groups. Groups were based on regularly work out and believe their own concerns. avoid future damage.” Earplugs, ideal for providing pro- participation in physical activity, their high level of activity war- Millions around the world dis- In order to educate the public tection from various forms of loud effort put into healthy eating, rants less healthy snacking habits. ™ appear and a chaotic battle for about the importance of hearing music, and Flents FliteMate , number of snacks consumed in a For more information visit survival follows. Into the void protection, the experts at Flents which help reduce noise levels as typical day, reason for snacking www.CaliforniaDriedPlums.org. Products Company have teamed well as relieve pressure in ears Azul Dante, the charismatic up with the American Institute for during air flight. leader of the Prodigal Project, Preventive Medicine to develop a • Silicone and Wax earplugs. shines a light into the darkness of free consumer booklet called Predominantly used for low-level these times, his new world order Hearing Protection: The News on frequencies and water protection. representing a return to the Noise. It offers the following • Specialty earplugs. Down- promised land of the past. advice: Fiber filled plugs like Quiet- Seven men and women set out Signs That You Need To Have Down® provide peace and quiet for separately to find salvation in the Your Hearing Checked occasions such as reading and Prodigal Project. Their personal Halle Berry Another ? •Aringing sound in one or studying and sleeping. trials ultimately prove to be the both ears all of the time. For a free copy of the booklet, sternest test of their souls. Her Facial Structure Says ‘Yes’ • Hearing loss that has not write Flents Products Company, Learn more at www.prodigal project.net. The Prodigal Project is (NAPSA)—Now we know one improved after recent exposure to 5401 S. Graham Rd., St. Charles, reason people think Halle Berry is loud noises (airplanes, rock con- MI 48655, or call 1-800-262-8221 available wherever paperback books are sold. so drop-dead gorgeous: Her facial certs, etc.). and reference Hearing Protection: structure is a lot like icon Audrey • Inability to hear a watch tick The News on Noise. Hepburn’s. Yes, according to the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAF- PRS)—which just named Berry “the modern-day ideal face of beauty”—the shares “striking eyes, full lips, and a long (NAPSA)—Heineken, Amstel columnar neck” with Hepburn. The Light and STUFF Magazine are *** late star of such classic films as offering folks the opportunity to Praise youth and it will prosper. Charade and Wait Until Dark was herself voted the female represen- win a trip (two friends included) to —Irish proverb stay at the 2003 Heineken/Amstel tative of “timeless beauty.” Light Mardi Gras Mansion in New *** Alas, Justin Timberlake, on the Orleans. This 4-day event will be other hand, may be a teen throb, filled with all things needed for a but he received zero votes from proper New Orleans celebration, these facial experts. They pre- including parties with the hottest ferred George Clooney, naming Photo: Corbis DJs and celebrities and a number him the “modern-day ideal face of star Halle of giveaways. For additional infor- beauty” for his strong jaw, deep Berry has the ideal face of beauty, brown eyes, “ever-perfect” olive mation on Mardi Gras and the *** according to the world’s largest chance to enter to win the trip to complexion and strong, straight Education is the vaccine for vio- group of facial plastic surgeons. the Heineken/Amstel Light Mardi lence. masculine nose. 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Convalescence from an emo- has a great smile and seems very izontal lines drawn through the grams created under the 2002 tional “operation” such as divorce sincere when viewed by the public,” anterior hairline, the brow, the Farm Bill. The legislation (offi- or separation is essential. It’s he adds, affirming the idea that real base of the nose and the edge of cially titled 2002 Farm Security important not to upset a child’s *** beauty also comes from within. the chin. Attractive faces, they and Rural Investment Act) cre- routine and to maintain a sense of Bear free and patient thoughts. The doctors gave Cary Grant— believe, tend to fit within these ated many brand new initiatives, stability. Encourage children to —William Shakespeare, who co-starred in Charade with parameters, which reflect a pro- re-authorized popular existing talk to you about their feelings. 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