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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2013
DUSTIN BY STEVE KELLEY & JEFF PARKER
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Grandpa has reason why generosity varies DEAR ABBY: I have some advice for “Lacking Why,” the girl in your Oct. 18 column who is wondering why the amount of allowance money Grandpa gives her and her sisters varies from one girl to the other: Stop comparing the amounts and try focusing on how attentive each of you is to your grandfather. Do you all visit him with the same frequency? Do you all write thank-you notes for his generosity? Do you all phone him the same number of times each week? Do you all remember his birthday with a nice card or small gift? Do you take turns baking him a birthday cake? I suspect, as with my grandchildren, there are wide disparities in the way these sisters treat Grandpa. I have two grown grandkids who treat me differently and, son of a gun, I respond in kind. — CONNECTICUT GRANDMA DEAR GRANDMA: Your
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explanation is one I received from other readers as well. That letter resonated with a large number of people, and what follows is a sampling of their responses: DEAR ABBY: Financially speaking, I’ll bet there’s a good reason DEAR for the ABBY disparity in the amounts “Lacking” her Jeanne Phillips and sisters receive. If Grandpa intends that each grand-daughter receive the same sum of money by age 18, and he started giving the money to each of them at the same time, he would HAVE to give them different amounts. This concept would be hard
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to explain to a child, which may be why the girls were never sure about the “why.” — NUMBERS GUY IN SAN MATEO, CALIF. DEAR ABBY: My father did the same thing. Each year I received more money from my dad than my brothers did. Eventually I asked him why, and it turned out he felt that over the years he had helped them more in other ways. They had lived at home longer than I had, and Dad had paid for their educations while I’d had a scholarship. In his mind, he was trying to even things out. — SOLVED THE PUZZLE IN DENVER DEAR ABBY is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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On this date: • In 1865, several veterans of the Confederate Army formed a private social club in Pulaski, Tenn., called the Ku Klux Klan. • In 1968, the Apollo 8 astronauts, orbiting the moon, read passages from the Old Testament Book of Genesis during a Christmas Eve telecast. • In 1980, Americans remembered the U.S. hostages in Iran by burning candles or shining lights for 417 seconds — one second for each day of captivity.
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A food intolerance can be managed and soy. When someone with a food allergy eats an offending food, the immune system springs into action. An antibody called IgE signals immune cells to release chemicals that stimulate nerves, dilate blood vessels ASK and cause DOCTOR K. inflammation. This can cause Dr. Anthony lightheadedness; itching, or rash; Komaroff hives swelling of the lips, tongue and throat; and nausea, vomiting, cramping and diarrhea. Rarely, a food allergy will trigger a life-threatening,
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whole-body reaction known as anaphylaxis. That’s one of the reasons that some airlines no longer hand out peanuts on flights. People with food allergies must completely avoid the dietary culprit. Food intolerance results from the body’s inability to properly digest or metabolize a food. Symptoms include gas, bloating, nausea and diarrhea. Lactose, a milk sugar, and gluten, a protein in grains, are the substances that people are most likely to be intolerant or sensitive to. Intolerance to lactose leads to cramping pain in the abdomen and loose bowel movements. The reaction to gluten can range from mild to severe. With severe intolerance, the intestines produce so much uncontrollable diarrhea that a person can suffer from severe dehydration — severe enough that if the fluid is not promptly replaced, they can
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DEAR DOCTOR K: What is the difference between a food allergy and a food intolerance? DEAR READER: They both involve food, but other than that, food allergies and food intolerances have little in common. Food allergies are orchestrated by the body’s immune system. Food intolerance results from the gut’s inability to digest food normally. Food allergies can be fatal; food intolerance causes discomfort but is not usually serious. Food allergies require eliminating all traces of the food from your diet. Food intolerances can be managed without such drastic measures. A food allergy is the immune system’s overreaction to a normally harmless food. The most common foods that people are allergic to are milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, wheat
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die. One common and effective way to reduce symptoms is enzyme supplementation. Say you’re lactose intolerant. This means you don’t produce enough lactase, the enzyme that breaks down lactose, or milk sugar, into smaller, more easily digestible molecules. Taking a supplement that contains lactase can help you digest the lactose in dairy foods. Probiotics might also help. There’s some evidence that ingesting “gut-friendly” bacteria may help relieve lactose intolerance. However, there’s no standard formulation for probiotics, and finding one that’s right for you can be a hit-or-miss affair.
DR. KOMAROFF is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. His website is:AskDoctorK.com.
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