Tarrytown Daily News from Tarrytown, New York (2024)

March 18, 1982

Publication:

Tarrytown Daily Newsi

Location:

Tarrytown, New York

Issue Date:

Thursday, March 18, 1982

Page:

14

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MINOLTA BUSINESS SYSTEMS INC COPYTALK HELPUL INORMATION ABOUT COPIERS MIKE STEVENS BRANCH MANAGER COPIER BUYING TIPS Judging from some ads I see think they were giving copiers away But more to buying a copier than just the purchase price Use this check list to be sure getting your worth SERVICE Without a trained service department behind it a copier is just a piece of office furniture It work to capabilities Make sure your copier is backed by a professional service team LONGEVITY Most copiers make great copies the first week What happens after that? Without a long term guarantee sunk With Minolta Business protection plan even our new reductiorrcopier (EP530R) for example is guaranteed for 5 years or one million copies Insist on a guarantee INANCING not unusual in business to low ball the purchase price and make it up on financing commission At Minolta Business Systems we make our living selling copiers not financing Whether you buy lease or rent choose the financing best for you THE RIGHT COPIERWith the number of copiers on the market difficult to match wwHbHBHBSp1 our needs to a specific copier I help solve this problem wee developed the "Copier Needs a work book with comparisons on thiitv lour different copiers Using this guide vou can match your needs to a copier in the time it takes lor a coffee break To get a copy of this guide call Minolta Business Systems: (914)682 0X70 and ask lor the "Copier Needs Analysis" It's lice MINOLTA MINOLTA BUSINESS SYSTEMS(91 4) 682 0870 300 CORPORATE DRIVE MAHWAH NJ 07430 (2 Bl I I I Gannett Westchester Thursday March 18 1982 Consumer Continued from page Bl difference in the potato chips or candy shacks marked as opposed to the regular brands There is exactly the same chemical formula in vitamins as in the vitamins with the label on the bottle and the higher price tag since none of them grow on trees Synthetic vitamins manufactured in the laboratory are identical to the natural vitamins found in foods The body cannot tell the differ ence and gets the same benefits from either source Statements to the effect that cannot be and vitamins have the essence of are without meaning In Dr Victor Herbert chief of the hematology and nutrition laboratory Bronx VA Medical Center and professor of medicine at State University of New York Downstate Medical Center says that when a health hustler tells you you are in danger of being poisoned by food additives and preservatives it is a scare tactic de signed to undermine your confidence in food scientists and in government pro tection agencies Commenting on how ridiculous quacks can get about food additives especially those which are found naturally in food anyway Herbert says propionate which is used to preserve bread occurs naturally in Swiss cheese The quack who would steer you toward (higher priced) bread made without preservatives is careful not to tell you that one ounce of Swiss cheese which you may eat in a sand wich contains enough calcium propio nate to retard spoilage of two loaves of bread Similarly the organic food quack who warns against monosodium gluta mate does not tell you that wheat germ is a major natural source of this sub Some items such as many plant substances sold in health food stores are potentially toxic and can even cause death Sassafras tea was banned by the DA because it contained sarole known to be carcinogenic Kelp a seaweed can have a high arsenic content as do many other products of the sea Potassium chloride sometimes called potassium salt a substance often sold in health food stores as a diet supplement is known to have caused deaths in other wise healthy individuals Lecithin which is favored by many health food fans according to the Na tional Institute of Arthritis Metabolism and Digestive Diseases is found in pa tients with heart attacks in far higher levels in their blood than do patients with no coronary artery disease And high blood levels of lecithin are corre lated with arteriosclerosis even more than high levels of cholesterol or trigly ceride So why hand over money for lecithin? Another word that' guarantee it is organic Again the ood and Drug Administration have an official ruling on organic foods In most cases the consumer who wants to buy organi cally grown food is at the mercy of the seller rom a nutritional standpoint the DA says there simply is no difference between those produced under conditions and those produced under normal conditions reports that orga nically grown foods once they are re moved from the field cannot be told from commercially fertilized plants Plant roots absorb nutrients in organic form regardless of the source and there is no scientific basis for claiming organic foods are more nutritious than conven tional foods One of the alleged advantages of organically grown foods is that no pesti cides are used on them and thus the so called organic products consumers buy are supposedly free of traces or residues of pesticides But the fact is that many of these foods do contain pesticide resi dues Even if no pesticides are used on a particular crop some chemical residues often remain in the soil for years after the last application of a pesticide on a previous crop In addition fresh residues may be deposited from drifting sprays and dusts or from rainfall runoff from nearby farms Traces of pesticides may be found in both organic and conventio nal foods but these residues normally are within federal tolerance levels which are set low enough to protect consumers Since chemically and organically grown foods do not differ in appearance taste or chemical analysis the only way to assure that a product labeled as is truthfully labeled would be to keep watch over the product from planting to harvest to sale and to check soil and water reports The ex pense of such a program would of course be prohibitive Honey brown sugar sucrose fruc tose or ordinary sugar there's no difference All have relatively little nu trition all have plenty of calories But ordinary sugar is much cheaper There are no extra benefits what soever to be had from buying stone ground flour or cold pressed oils except the privilege of paying more Writing about the great health food hoax author Keith Alan Lasko MD diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine said the Pope even the church is sometimes doubted by even the most devout follower But nobody doubts the virtues of health NATURAL They re still smoking but not as much i By GWEN HALL Consumer Editor going going almost gone for three Gan nett Westchester Newspaper employees trying to kick the habit The idea that people may be shortening their lives by smoking cigarets certainly new but it until three weeks ago when United States surgeon general identified smoking cigarets as the chief preventable cause of death'2 that the three really thought about it Dr Everett Koop said risks asso ciated with smoking are the most important i health issue of our Otherwise intelligent people are actually spending money to speed themselves toward death Nearly one third of the 430000 cancer deaths a year in the United States can be blamed on smoking At about the same time called a revolutionary smoking deterrent having been 7 tested and passed scrutiny by the ood and Drug Administration became availablein local" drugstores The three journalists all heavy smokers volunteered to try the complete stop smoking program Healthbreak works to break the smok ing habit in about three weeks The medication Healthbreak tablets which are in chewing gum form reacts with tobacco smoke to produce an unpleasant or objectionable taste The tablets do not affect the taste of food or drink They went on the program 17 days ago and what has happened Beverly Tirado editorial assistant who for merly smoked a pack a day is down to about six cigarets She said have not complied with the program so far this week because of a severe 7 sore throat but I also smoked very much I plan to resume chewing the gum as soon as my throat is better because it definitely Kathy McClusky a Lifestyles copy editorU 5 said still like the feeling I get after chewing the gum and I been doing it consistently But I have cut down considerably i from the 30 a day I used to smoke to about six to 2 eight and I will John Gambrill city editor of the Reporter! Dispatch said the first two weeks I found 7 that the effect of the gum began to wear off '1 slightly It seemed to lose its effectiveness in masking the taste of cigarets I started to smoke a bit more though still smoking 10 or fewer a day (from 20 40) which is far less than I did before I started chewing the gum still trying to quit and I still think the gum provides a helpful starting So although these three have not yet kicked 7 the habit they are satisfied that the Healthbreak program is effective ns MB Maan 1 IV UL ltli eft important news for our customers who call us during the day Announcing expanded telephone service Monday thru iday am to 8 pm Saturday 9 am to 1 pm CALLUS: (212) 490 4141 While you can still contact us at the above number during regular business hours now you may also call us after 5 pm and on Saturdays until 1 pm We want to serve you better After all your health deserves our time So call us Blue Cross Blue Shield of Greater New York Registered Mark Blue Cross Association 'Registered Service Mark of the Blue Shield Association Bodyworks A un Way to Get Healthy Monday March 22 through Saturday March 27 Now the store that's been addressing your good looks (and dressing them up for every occasion) gives you the occasion to look and feel your best from the inside out That's right a week long celebration of all good healthy things As a special tribute to yourzbody come in and meet our experts in exercise nutrition diet and massage And when you're good and ready we'll fashion that new body after your ownwith activewear that will keep you going Even when you're sitting down To tone you up from head to toe special guests all week long for demonstrations and get you going Tony Santamauro from the Jack LaLanne Health Spas with nautilus and aerobics exercises Anne Katz demonstrating yoga Barbara Tatarzewski of the Jackie Sorenson Aerobic Dancing School James Kalvin with Shiatzu Japanese massage and hypnosis Al leming of Westchester Gymnastics and Dance with vaulting and tumbling And on a tastier note: Jan Vinikoor speaking on cooking healthy food creatively Karen Ensle Goldmaker on nutritional diets and tips on weight control rancis Anthony demonstrating delicious ways to cook with wine while counting calories And as if that isn't already enough incentive to hot foot it in here we'll be giving things away! Prize drawings to include Jack LaLanne Health Spa memberships aerobics sessions Calvin Klein Sportswear give aways and a grand prize drawing for a pampering "Escape to a Health Weekend at Marriott" In addition you'll find healthy goodies all throughout the store from terry socks to hair dryerscookbooks to skillets And don't miss all the easy to wear'fashions for men women and informally modeled all week long All for you just for the feel of it And the feeling good for it On all floors in White Plains blaomingdole's BLOOMINGDALE ROAD WHITE PLAINS NY 684 6300 OPEN MONDAY AND THURSDAY IO AM TO 9:30 PM TUESDAY WEDNESDAY RIDAY AND SATURDAY 10 AM TO 6 PM.

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