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I hr llr p p n r r ( • « iirltr 1 im r x Too many vitamins can endanger health, says USDA nutritionist Too much of many vitamins and minerals can prove as harmful to human health as too little, a U S Iteparlment of Agriculture nutri tiomst said today "Your body needs only so much of each nutnent sometimes only s trace vaid Helene S Guttman. a nutritionist with USDA'a Agricult ur al Hevearch Service Guttman 11 associate director of CSIM's Human Nutrition Kesearch Center at Hells Mile Md Overdoses of certain vitamins, like A and I), can make you seriously ill. and large doses of Vitamin E over long periods can produce flu like symptoms Many other vita mins and minerals have to be ingested in proper balance with one another Too many Americans believe that if one of something is good, then two or three must he better That is definitely not the case with vitamins and minerals she said ‘ Huying too many vitamin supplements can also tie hard on the pocket book The initials "R D A ” on food boxes and vitamin bottles stand for "K e commended hietary Allowance "They mean what they say," Guttman said "Once you have 100 percent of what you need and you self prescribe with many times more of a nutrient, you force your metabolism to work overtime to rebalance Some people are sue cessful in this rebalancing act. others are not " Guttman said an elderly neighbor was suffering from memory lapses while taking large supplements of several so-called anti stress" vit amins "She feared tiecoming senile," she said, "hut when she cut back on the vitamins to no more than the RDA for each, her memory improves! in a few days She is an example of a person whose metabolism could not rebalance when confronted with excessive trace nutrients According to James (' Smith. Jr , who works with Guttman. vitamins and minerals that must be ingested in proper balance are iron, zinc and copper Smith is chief of I'SDA's Vitamin and Minerals Nutrition Laboratory Recent research. ' Smith said, "leaves no doubt that pregnant women and lactating mothers re quire supplements of iron and zinc But we find too much iron inhibits the body s absorption of zinc, and too much zinc, in turn can antagonize the body 's copper " IVtassium and sodium also have to be kept in balance. Smith said Many adult Americans are apt to get more sodium than they need and less potassium "U S D A researchers recently- found during a one year study that blood pressure in men was lowest when their potassium intake was highest," he said Guttman said self administered overdosing with folic acid, another supplement available at the vitamin counter, can also cause problems "It you take huge doses of folic acid to cure a vitamin B12 associ ated anemia you can cause real trouble for yourself, said Guttman There are several types of vita min-deficiency anemias." she said "Some are caused by an insufficient amount of vitamin HI2 and others by insufficient folic acid The folic acid mobilizes the vitamin B12 present in the liver and gives a temporary remission of symptoms, so that you don t notice your mistake right away ‘ But then the liver runs out of vitamin B lI to contribute, and there is a terrible relapse Even worse, vitamin H12 is scavenged from the nerv ous system and you can end up with something worse vitamin B12 deficiency problem of the nervous system called combined system dis ease " She said the surest way to a nutritionally adequate diet for most adults is to rat balanced diets containing a variety of food "It's good to he an adventurous diner, she said "That way you won't get bored and meals become and remain a pleasant experience "The Chinese philosopher who advised all things, but in modera lion was on the right track when it comes to good nutrition When you get your nutrients from a wide variety ol foods instead of pills, you not only gel the vitamins and miner als we know about you also get all those good things that haven't twen discovered yet l*llls should he reserved for supplementation when needed Smith said research on the func tions ol mans minerals in human M rp p n rr. 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I*** 1 H H F F Engagem ents nutrition is far from complete He said recent studies show chro mium may allev tale symptoms of hoth hyperglycemia and hypogly cemis too much sugar in the blood and too little l SDA scientists at Heltsville Md have found that most people have a marginal intake of chromium Bather than taking pills what can you eal that is high in chromium’ t'ereal products, nuts and mush rooms said Smith Black pepper and brewer's yeast are relative l> high in chromium, but the usual diet contains little of these There mav be special cases where meas urist supplements of specific miner als such as chromium are neces sary ” Smith said USDA scientists re centlv found the increased popular itv of running and other forms of strenuous exercise may increase dietary needs for chromium and zinc There is an increased excretion of those two minerals among people who exercise regularly ami hard, he said Guttman Smith and their l SDA colleagues study ways to define human requirements for essential nutrients and the metabolic role of nutrients alone and in combination with other substances Green Horen — Mr and Mrs Harry I. Green are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter Kilo Mae Green to Dav id Jean Klorea son of Mr and Mrs (tennis Baird and Mr and Mis Clarence Klorea \ December wedding is planned We Give And Accept November 2 2 . Remembering JFK Navt*ml»*r 22nd will mark thr '21st anniversary o f the death of on** of our most remarkable prem drnl» John F Km nedy Anion# thoae who havr felt his loss most keenly over the years is a group *>f some of our most dedicated work ers public employees President Kennedy did what to*» few Presidents had done before him and too few have done since, they feel he honored public employees In his first State of the I'nion message he said /Aft the pub lu sen ice hr a proud tinti luely career Aral let ei cry man anti unmen who works m any area of our national ffoi ernment, in an v branch. at any level, be able to say uath pride and honor in future years I sensed the Ignited States Government in that hour o f our n ation ’s nerd' The young President often stressed that the quality of government is directly tied to the capabilities and dedlCa lion «il those w ho serve our na tion He believed that “a career government service is one of the foundations of democracy It must be strong it must have prestige, there must I k * sufficient renumera turn to make it worthwhile In the problems hr faced, from racial unrest to the Cuban Missile Crisis Ken nedv looked not only to poll* » choices for solutions, but to the people entrusted with car rving out the nation's will He matched his praise for the civil service with deeds, in eluding the landmark Federal Pay Reform Act o f P#>2 Morale in today's civil ser vice is far from as high as it was in the Kennedv era The consequences of Mbeating up on the bureaucracy" have l*een grave According to the Public Frnplovees Koundta hie a non profit educational group, many top federal em plovers leave government for jobs with higher pay ifnd bet ter benefits In spite of these trends and perhaps because o f them the anniversary of President Kennedy's death takes on special meaning for public servants He spoke of an American ideal of* service to one's country that still nur lures millions of government workers As Kennedy once said W e need to draw upon America's entire reservoir o f talent and skill to help conduct our generations most important business the public business " \ ! f This information i* pnn ided by The Publie Km players Hound table, a group concerned u ith the quality of g o i ernment sert n e, with the support of the Blue Crons and Blur Shield Federal Em information PF.H B O B om 7fiW Wash P C 20044 H E p p N E R M ERCHAN TS § “Family Christmas '’’ Real Money Coupon SAMPLE '' v.»d « Heppner Downtown M erchants "Fam ily Christm as" REAL M ONEY C O U PO N S can be used at the Follow ing M erchants: Bucknum’s Tavern Case Furniture Coast to Coast Country Rose Gardners Mens Wear Heppner Gazette-Times Modern Barter Shop MycaF § EXCLUDING CONSIGNMENT A V k l HEMS Pettyjohn’s Builders Supply E x a U O lh t. 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