M Your Need for Calcium "Because it is not yet possible to predict the development of osteoporosis and because of the difficulty in diagnosing and treating this condition, it is desirable for adults to consume 1,200 mg of calcium daily rather than the presently recom mended dietary allowance of 800 mg per day.” That’s the opinion of Dr. Herta Spencer, who has conducted research on calcium requirements for many years at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Illinois. The results of Dr. Spen cer’s 92 metabolic studies carried out in men under controlled dietary conditions showed that a level of 1,200 mg of calcium each day is desirable. This is the amount in a balanced diet that in cludes three glasses of milk per day. A Daily Intake of 800 mg of calcium per day was suf ficient to attain calcium equilibrium in the body for most people in the study group. This is the amount of TAX PREPARATION Farm - Business - Individual HAROLD H. GREIDER BUSINESS CONSULTANT 326 Willow Street Pike Willow Street, Pfl Phone 717-464-2951 PLEASE CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT FARM IF FARMING IS YOUR BUSINESS, WE LL HELP YOU GROW [t takes money to run a successful farming operation, and Farm Credit has it - money for production & livestock, new equipment and modernization. Doctor in the Kitchen*’ by Laurence M. Hurch, M.D. Consultant, National Dairy Council calcium in a balanced diet including two glasses of milk per day. It is also the amount of daily calcium presently listed for adults (other than pregnant and lactating women) in the Recom mended Dietary Allowances. But several patients taking only 800 mg per day were losing more calcium daily than they were taking in. When the body gets too little calcium in the diet, calcium is removed from your bones to maintain normal calcium levels in the blood. Years of such a deficiency in your diet may lead to the disease so commong among our older people-osteoporosis. With osteoporosis your vertebrae and long bones become porous and fragile. Osteoporosis in the ad vanced stage can become painful and disabling. It is especially common in women after menopause. But men also suffer the disease, particularly if they are chronic drinkers. IN HER STUDIES Dr. Spencer included men with no evidence of osteoporosis and also men with advanced MONEY FOR EVERY FARM NEED Our interest rates are the lowest possible our terms the longest around, and we’H go out of our wav to help you f.OME IN. LET S TALK IT OV ER! osteoporosis, with or without symptoms. She fed them js little as 200 mg of calcium per day then the presumed normal of 800 mg. per day, then 1,200 and 1,400 and a high calcium level of 2,200 mg per day. All of those studied achieved positive balance at the 1,200 mg of calcium per day level. (They passed no more calcium in their urine or feces than they were getting in their diet.) When calcium was given as milk, the retention was greater than from calcium tablets, both in the patients with osteoporosis and those without. DR. SPENCER says milk is more effective, probably because it contains phosphorus in an amount that favors the body’s use of calcium. Children and pregnant women require high levels of calcium. Dr. Spencer’s research gives us evidence that adults, many of whom are probably developing osteoporosis (it occurs very gradually), may require more calcium than now officially recommended by the Food and Nutrition Board. Dr. Spencer’s studies have been supported by both the National Institute of Dental Health (one of the National Institutes of Health) and the National Dairy Council. Random Thoughts On Nutrition A couple of months ago, this column carried the title “Random Thoughts On Nutrition” because I had several things to say. None of the ideas would have sustained an entire column. But reader reaction was favorable, so here are more thoughts today: It has become almost a cult today in the United States to define all sorts of patient complaints of “not feeling well” as hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). Certainly, people 411 W. ROSEVILLE ROAD LANCASTER PHONE 393-3921 can feel faint in the late morning it they have skipped breakfast, and especially if, In its stead, they have smoked and drunk several cups of coffee. BUT TRUE hypoglycemia is actually quite rare. This was confirmed again in a recent issue of the journal of the American Medical Association. "Hypoglycemia has taken the place of much of the group of ‘psychosomatic illnesses’ of 15 to 20 years ago” as a medical fad, says Rachmiel Levine, M.D., of the City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California. ACTUAL ADULT low blood sugar can only be properly diagnosed by modern hormonal assays and tests. The complaint of fatigue, weakness, dizzy spells, and exhaustion is not enough since this set of symptoms is very common, and hardly definitive. I mention this because the low blood sugar idea is so commonly discussed m connection with diet. My advice is that you follow a sensible diet and eat your meals with reasonable regularity. Then, if you still have these symptoms, see your physician. Fats are of such im portance in the flavor and texture of food that French cooks divide butter, animal fats, and oils into three separate recipe domains. Butter was so highly regarded that before the days of refrigeration, it was treated like buried treasure and literally hoarded un derground. Butter still en joys its reputation and a great deal of simple and gourmet cuisine is based on it. The road to good nutrition is a narrow path. With respect to some nutrients, we need such tiny amounts that it is possible to not get enough of them if our eating habits are poor. That is why nutritionists stress the four- CREDIT LEBANON R.D.4 PHONE 867-4474 Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Feb. 1,1975 food-group concept of meal planning. In a wide variety of foods offered by these groups, you can pretty well make sure your nutrition is adequate. And the whole idea of the four food groups is that they deal with foods Society 26 Farm Women Society 26 met recently at the home of Mrs. Leroy Esbenshade of Manheim. Mrs. Lloyd Esbenshade was co-hostess. The newly elected president, Mrs. Quentin Buckwalter presided at the meeting. Mrs. John Brubaker had devotions and Mrs. Paul Brubaker gave the roll call which was "a resolution my family would like me to make.” State Convention reports were given by Mrs. Michael Grove and Mrs. Richard Kreider. Entertainment and refresh ments followed. 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The next meeting will be held February 27, 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Harry Landis, 2120 Lyndell Dr., Lancaster. A program of first-aid instructions will be given. K 43
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