The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-23
Consumer Notes
Issued Weekly by Consumers
Counsel Division, A. A. A.
Washington, D. C.
Don't Be Fooled BY Diet Fads

IL YOU IHuSJ TcuuCe, uOll DcllGNe any
claims that a cure-all medicine can do
the trick for you.
Dieting fads are legion, but the
trouble with most of them is that they
are just fads. All high-sounding scien-
tific claims about diet or so-called
reducing agent should be checked
with your physician or an expert
dietician.
One of the more common fads is
that sugar is reducing agent, actual
ly burns up fat. Nothing could be
further from the truth Sugar adds
calories-and weight-at an exception
ally high rate.
The reducing diet of bananas and
SKINNED milk-the so-called Johns
Hopkins diets one of the better
diets, but is safe for short time only.
Normally healthy persons can safely
try this diet for 10 days or so, but no
longer if they want to avoid vitamin
deficiencies.
Whatever your reducing diet, re-
member that to be safe for your
health, it must keep a proper balance
Moderate exercise and moderate
reduction of daily consumption of
calories are the only sure and safe
way to reduce" declares the Counsel.
The first step in any reducing diet
program is visit to the doctor. Let
him check up on your physical condi
tion and follow his advice to the let
ter on what to cut down on and what
to keep in the diet.
The limit that any normally healthy
person should reduce and still keep on
the safe side of the danger point is
2 pounds week.
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How to Get Rid of Carpet Beetles
Carpet beetles (also called buffalo
moths) will stay clear of your clothes
closets, furniture, and rugs if you
maintain constant campaign of vigil
ance against them.
Stored clothes can be protected from
them by sprinkling pound of naph-
thalene or paradichlorobenzene be-
tween layers of thin paper placed at
various levels in the clothing. Be sure
you close the trunk or storage box
tightly.
A pound of either of these sub
stances for every 100 feet Of closet
space will keep the destructive insects
out of closets that are also tightly
closed and sealed
Kerosene oil pyrethrum solution
sprays, often used in closets, work
Only when the spray comes in contact
with the carpet beetles.
Nailed-down carpets provide hiding
places for these bugs. The best way
to rout them out from under carpets
is to carpet only within II or Is inches
of the wall, so you'll have plenty of
room to lift up and clean the rug.
Vacuum or sweep the carpet on both
sides. When stored, rugs should be
thoroughly cleaned on both sides, we'll
covered with naphthalene or paradi-
chlorobenzene, rolled tightly, and then
wrapped in unbroken paper SO that in
sects cannot get to the carpet.
Furniture infested with the pest
should be either fumigated by profess
sional eXterminators or sprayed thor
oughly and often.
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Buy Government Graded Eggs
Egg supplies swell with spring, and
economy minded consumers take adj
vantage of the lower prices to build
up the family diet with this nutritional
food.
1t is at this time of the year that
egg prices are lowest and egg quality
generally highest.
You will get even better buys if you
select Governmcnt-graded eggs" says
the GUIDE.
Eggs graded by experts of the De-
partment of Agriculture have a seal
on the carton which gives the grade
name Of the eggs and the date on
which they were graded. Some dis
tributors voluntarily place on the car
tons mot to be sold after (date)'.
The eggs that go through Govern
ment inspectors hands are sold under
4 grades:
U. S. Specialize kind to buy for
convalescents. Rarely sold in retail
markets. May be marked Retail
Grade AA'.
U. S. Extra-top grade in most
markets; satisfactory for breakfast
eggs; may be marked Retail Grade
A.
U. S. Standard-satisfactory for
cooking and eating; if sold under seals
authorized by the Department Of Agri-
culture, must be marked Retail Grade
b.
u. S. Tradc-suitabc for cooking
and especially for preparing dishes
where egg flavor does not count much.
Grading of eggs by the Department
of Agriculture is done only at the re-
quest of shippers and marketing
agencies. Egg grading service will
be given to any egg dealer willing to
pay the small cost involved wherever
graders are stationed. The cost aver
ages about one-hfth Of u cent per doz
ell.
Some States also grade eggs. You
can easily find out if there are such