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The
PLAIN TRUTH
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1971
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Teaching Children Myths
Many notable authorities warn against teaching children
myths. The common myths whicb many people consider
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"Easter" eggs.
harmless, cute, good, or "for the children" - Santa Claus, the
Easter bunny, the stork, the good fairy, the boogie man, and so
on - can actually be psychologically damaging to children.
Dr. Brock Chisholm, a noted psychiatrist and one of the
framers of tbe World Health Organization's constitution,
says parents can damage their children psychologically for life
by teaching them fables. He says a child's thought processes
can be retarded to the point where he can't adjust to new
conditions or understand true cause and effect.
In other words, the damage is in telling a falsehood.
Claiming it is a "good fable" is not relevant.
Psychologist Chaytor D. Mason says parents should tell
children the truth from the very beginning. Otherwise, a
child may grow to distmst bis parents and begin doubting
what they say. A credibility gap results.
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Even
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Fireworks Can Kili
Many countries have regular fireworks seasons. The
United States has its 4th of July, or Independence Day, and
Britain has its 5th of November or Guy Fawkes Day. And in
every fireworks season a large number of people are injured
and even killed by fireworks . Loss of one or both eyes,
and maimed hands are common injuries.
"Bootleg" fireworks - fi.reworks sold and bought ille–
gally - and homemade fi.reworks are tbe major injury-causing
culprits. But even those fi.reworks considered "safe" can
injure and even kili.
Sparklers,
for example, buen at nearly 2000 degrees
Fahrenheit and leave a metal core still hot enough to burn
flesh and set clothing or dry brush and grass on fire.
Before you attempt to use fi.reworks check with yocr
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police department to see whether it's legal to sell, buy or
use fireworks in your area. Fireworks are strictly forbidden
in
many areas.
Use common sense whenever and wherever fi.reworks are
used. Don't allow your children to run off by themselves and
play with fireworks. A child left to himself with fireworks is
bound to experiment and horseplay with them, and possibly
permanently injure himself or others. Fireworks are not
harmless fun toys.
fiREWORKS ARE EXPLOSIVES!
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Refined Sugar and Disease
Published studies now point to refi.ned sugar (white
sugar, and all the varieties of sugar commonly used in candy
bars, cakes, cookies, pies and many other commercial
products) as a major contributing factor in many of today's
degenerative diseases.
John Yudkin, Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics at
Queen College of the University of London, Dr. E. Cheraskin
and Dr. W. M. Ringsdorf at the University of Alabama Med–
ica! Center, say refined sugar is a major factor in causing
heart disease
!
Dr. Denis P. Burkitt of Britain states that highly refined
foods like sugar may be in part responsible for
many
of our
civilization's diseases - among them heart disease, diabetes,
appendicitis and cancer of the digestive tract.
According to Dr. Cheraskin and Dr. Ringsdorf, our
bodies were not built for consuming large quantities of
reftned sugar. Sugar in its natural state is packaged with the
necessary elements needed for the body to properly metabolize
it. Refining strips them away. What is left
is
the so-called
"pure" white sugar minus the necessary elements needed by
the body. This sugar is empty of nutrition. In fact, refined
sugar actuaUy
robs
the body of needed nutrition and is high
in fattening calories.
Refined sugar is especiaUy dangerous for "carbohydrate–
sensitive" people. Though everybody's metabolic system turns
sorne sugar into fat, "carbohydrate-sensitive" people turn so
much sugar into fat so fast that the blood very rapidly
becomes overloaded with it.
Britons and Americans particularly should take note
of these latest warnings about refined sugar. They lead the
world in sugar consumption. It is estimated that the average
Briton and American consumes from 100 to 170 pounds of
sugar per year.
For your health's sake, don't take tbese latest warnings
lightly. Take this advice and reduce tbe amount of sugar in
your diet:
Eliminate or reduce the amount of refi.ned sugar you and
your family consume. Cut clown or cut out sugary snacks like
candy bars, chocolates, hard candies, ice cream, soft drinks,
etc. Keep in rrund that a small six-ounce bottle or can of soft
drink contains
3V
2
teaspoons of sugar, an average serving of
ice cream contains 7 teaspoons of sugar, and 4 ounces of
candy contains 20 teaspoons of sugar. Instead of using
refined sugar for everything, why not try natural honey, sor–
ghum or ribbon cane molasses
oc gemtine
maple syrup? These
are avai lable in most areas and can
be
a pleasant substitute
for sugar.