THE STUDENT HEALTH CENTER NEWSLETTER
Foods
We Eat...
"Cholesterol Free.' 'Organic All
Natural. Lite these are just a
few of the catchy words which food
manufacturers use to grab our atten
tion You the consumer need to be
aware that what you see is not always
what you get Be aware that the laws
regulating food labels are confusing
and often times outright deceptive
Serving size is one deceptive prac
tice This is purely based on how the
manufacturer chooses to define it
Many people look at the calories listed
on the side of a box of cereal and as
surne that constitutes one bowl of ce
real. In actuality, the listed one
ounce " serving is only one thud of the
amount the average person con
sumes If the consumer is unaware of
this they may actually be packing in
more calories, fat. etc than they are
aware of Worse yet some food menu
tacturers simply decrease the serving
see and market the food as reduc ed
calorie1"
Keep your eye out tor flashy pack
ages where the word diet is empha
seed A manufacturer's interpretation
of diet is anyone s guess since the
FDA has no specific regulations sur
rounding this Low Calorie means
that the product can have no more
than torty calories per serving This is
where you need to examine the serv
mg size it might hr1 shockingly
small When a food is marketed as re
duced calorie it must have only 1/3
the calories of it s non diet counter
part For example reduced versus reg
ular Ranch Salad dressing This is also
where a bread can be sold as re
due ed calorie when actually it is only
sliced thinner
The terms light or lite are only
f L)A regulated when applied t. poultry
■ a meats in general When the product
is meat it must ■ ontain 25 less tat
sodium or cholesterol than it s non
11to ■ ounterpart This means that all of
with the eye catching light word could
be just as high in fat as a standard
product For example light ream
, >i,-. ,• has been wfepped se the te>
ture is lighter Lite corn oil generally
refers to a tighter color and light
soup usually refers to less sodium
Another corn ern with food uhelmg
is cholesterol W.itcti out for no cho
lesterol' on the product label Since
cholesterol is found only in foods ot
animal origin, any plant product such
,i . vegetable oil is inherently rholes
terol tree so marketing it as such is
a way to entice the buyer f either
more the manufacturers are not re
quitod to tell you that many ot these
products contain highly saturated oils
such as palm oil and coconut oil
which may be |ust as harmful for your
cardiovascular health a-, animal fat;.
These high fat oils show up in pro
cessed foods such as muffins, cook
ies and cakes This also goes for the
100 vegetable shortening which is
portrayeci as being sooooo healthy1
Since vegetable oil is liquid try origin,
vegetable shortening has to be hydro
qenated or hardened making a once
unsaturated oil 30" saturated tat
It you are lured by the sugar free hi
bel be aware that although these
foods can not contain sugai there is
no control over the use of sugar alco
hols such as sorbitol, xylilhol and
mannitol Although sugar is probably
not the leading source' of > alorios
there is still a form of sugar present
hidden under th»- guise of sugar ah
hoi
Mauuf.i turer* are aware ?! the if*
r r t' I * a i 11 w1' r ’at - ! c . i I ■ S t e (i,, ami
sugar This has forced them to market
..vti.it we wan! to spe and !■ disguise
what we don I Be aware of the labels
on foods — they nr
mism than fact1
ty be m
Dana Hiatt
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Are you groggy9
Having difficulty
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Feeling irritable and
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is burning you out A
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can help you issess
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and provide inf rmatii 1
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Hey all you radicals
out there!
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tismq t. .< it! labeling pu
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concern in the 1990s
Th.. Student Health Cen
ter Health t Cur .it ,rt Li
tirary has subscriptions
to progressive new.let
ter- discussing what s
going on .vith our ' or!
Sto( t>v and • heel, out
some lit our r. ■ . Ilf its
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fk.. a of the Student
Health Center
Tired of playing
the weighting game?
Talk to .1 Peer Health
Nuttiti ai nit'..-' I a* ■ J
learn at - at the New S< i
(ini >■ ' t Weight Control
we don ! control our
weight we manage it
It - not lei much how
much you eat a- what
you eat Lenin about
toiid tii 'toe-, and life
style '-abits lor a life
time ol good health and
slim eating1 Cali
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