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Some of the keys include eating slowly digested carbohydrates such as brown rice, dark breads, beans, vegetables, and whole fruits; adding in unsaturated fats while taking out trans fats, and getting more protein from plants and less from animals. Another fascinating finding from the Nurses' Health Study is that a daily serving or two of whole milk and foods made from whole milk-full-fat yogurt, cottage cheese, and, yes, even ice cream-seem to offer some protection against ovulatory infertility, while skim and low-fat milk do the opposite. The Fertility Diet also stresses the importance of exercising and maintaining a Body Mass Index between 20 and 24.

Also in the cover package:

-- General Editor Mary Carmichael reports on some of the latest insights

into the complex machinery of genetics and life itself. For years

scientists have known that certain genes can be turned on and off by

chemical switches, but only recently have they begun to understand

that these switches are a crucial link between the DNA and the outside

world. Researchers once saw the order of the base pairs in DNA as a

sort of unchanging blueprint. Researchers now know that chemical

switches are responsible for directing almost all of the body's

fundamental functions. As much as the genes themselves, they are the

biological builders that make us who we are.

-- Reporter Anne Underwood reports on memory loss and the ways people can

keep their minds sharper than ever. Scientists are busy looking into

the workings of how the mind creates and stores memories to better

understand age-related declines in retention as well as developing

drugs and exercises that help

push your aging brain to recall more.

-- Contributing Editor Barbara Kantrowitz reports on the new research and

insights into the complex hormonal
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