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Calorie-laden Menus Persist
Laws haven’t
stopped
unhealthy eating
Law s requiring U.S. restaurant
chains to list calorie counts have
not stopped them from o fferin g
unhealthy m eals that pack in calo
ries, fat and salt, a group that e n
courages healthy food has found in
a new report.
A pancake breakfast providing
1,3X0 calories, a single-serve pizza
that packs tw o days' w orth o f so
dium and a pasta dish sw im m ing in
four day's w orth o f fat top a list
published by the C enter for Science
in the Public Interest.
The group, w hich "outs" the calo
rie , fat a n d so d iu m c o u n ts o f
A m erica's favorite foods every year,
said it looked for evidence that res
A menu for fried chicken and French fries is displayed on a wall at a fast food restaurant in New York.
taurants are trim m ing back their o f
ferings in the face o f new law s and
political pressure.
T hey found little.
"O ne m ight think that chains like
O u tb a c k S te a k h o u s e a n d T h e
C heesecake Factory m ight w ant to
1 ighten up their m eals now that c alo
ries w ill be required on their m enus,
courtesy o f the health care reform
law sig n ed in M arch," M ich ael
Jacobson, executive d irecto r o f the
n o n -profit group said.
"B u t th e se c h a in s d o n 't p ro
m o te m o d e ra tio n . T h e y p ra c tic e
caloric extrem ism , and they're help-
ing m ak e m o d e rn -d a y A m e ric a n s
b e c o m e th e m o st o b e se p e o p le
e v e r to w alk th e E arth ," he said in
a sta te m e n t.
M ore than tw o-thirds o f A m eri
cans are overw eight or obese.
T he U.S. Institute o f M edicine
says the average A m erican needs
about 2,000 calories a day, 1,500 m g
o f salt and no m ore than 20 gram s o f
saturated fat. M ost get far m ore
than this.
T he food and restaurant indus
try has been lobbying for self-reg u
lation, arguing that A m ericans need
to control their ow n eating habits.
B ut the Institute o f M edicine says
the U.S. Food and D rug A dm inistra
tion should start regulating the food
industry to help rem ove salt from
food.
N ew Y ork C ity, which has banned
sm oking and artificial trans-fats in
restaurants, has pledged to c o o rd i
nate a n ationw ide effort to reduce
salt in re sta u ra n t and p a ck a g e d
foods by 25 p ercent over five years.
U.S. healthcare reform legislation
passed in M arch requires large chain
restaurants to give calorie counts
on m enus.
Dr. Billy R. Flowers (above center) and his skilled s ta ff are ready to help those in need.
THE
SPINACOLUMN
An ongoing senes of questions and answers about Americas natural healing profession
Part 4- Stress: How Chiropractic can
help ease life's day-to-day pressures.
: I hear a lot about stress
these days. Just how seri
ous is • it?
: Stress causes high blood
pressure, w hich in turn is a
m ajor cause o f strokes and heart
disease. It can lead to asthm a,
arthritis, insom nia and m igraines.
It im pairs the im m une system and
is estim ated to cost the nation
over $ 100 billion each year in lost
p ro d u c tiv ity , a b se n te e ism and
health care costs. T hat's pretty
serious.
I have a very stressful! jo b .
How can Chiropractic help m e?
: M odem C hiropractic care can
help d e-stress y o u r body. By
helping your nervous system w ork
m ore sm oothly. C hiropractic helps
assure that all y o u r body funcions
(including the ones negatively af
fected by stress) are w orking p ro p
erly. W hat's m ore, today's C h iro
practors can also help you w ith
n a tu ra l re la x a tio n te c h n ig u e s
such as yoga, m essage and v isu
alization. For less stress, o r m ore
answ ers to any q u estio n s you
m ight have about y o u r health,
you'll find that C h iro p ractic is
often the answ er. C all us for an
ap p o in tm en t today.
Flowers' Chiropractic Office
2124 NE Hancock, Portland Oregon 97212
Phone: (5 0 3 ) 287 *5504
Knee replacement surgery is one o f the top 10 surgeries to
acquire life-threatening infections.
Report on Infections
A new report by the O regon
In 2009, there w ere 199 reported
H ealth A uthority finds that the state in fe c tio n s fro m 50 O re g o n h o s p i
is doing better than the national ta ls. P re v e n tin g h e a lth c a re a c
average in preventing tw o out o f q u ire d in fe c tio n s is a key w ay to
three healthcare acquired infections. red u ce co sts o f m ed ical care. T hey
O regon is one o f 10 states in the a re o n e o f th e to p 10 le a d in g
country that requires hospitals to c a u se s o f d e ath an d c o st $33 b il
report the three o f the m ost com m on lion a y e a r n a tio n a lly . In O re g o n ,
acquired infections during m edical th ey in c re a se th e c o st o f a h o s p i
treatm ent: central line-associated tal stay by $ 3 2 ,0 0 0 . •
bloodstream infections, those that
The healthcare reform bill w ill
o ccu r after knee replacem ent su r require all hospitals to begin track
g ery , and th o se co n n ected w ith ing such infections beginning next
coronary bypass grafts.
year.