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10 ;e Costco Connection MAY 2011
DIALOGUEletters
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9
Avoid tired tires
Your article on when you should change
your tires [“When it’s time to re-tire,” April
2011] was very good and provided information for the consumer. But you failed to show
how to read the date code number, inscribed
on every new tire. The code is easy to understand if you know the format and where to
look. It is four digits long, reflecting the week
and year the tire was made.
Example: 0211 would indicate the tire
was made the second week of the year 2011.
This is also important when buying new
tires, to make certain that the tires were not
lying around on the dealer’s shelf for years.
Edward Buckberrough
Howell, Michigan
Milking the allergy issue
The last point made in the article
[“Fending off spring allergies,” April 2011]
indicating that dairy products increase mucus production is untrue. Studies have proven that there is no association between milk
consumption and increased mucus.
A 2005 study published in the Journal of
the American College of Nutrition states, “In
individuals inoculated with the common
cold virus, milk intake was not associated
with increased nasal secretions, symptoms
of cough, nose symptoms or congestion.” In
addition, a previous study showed that while
people exposed to milk reported subjective
increases in sensations of congestion and
cough, there were no measurable increases
in actual nasal secretions.
Annie Chern, M.D.
Sunnyvale, California
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