(Jove: /GTON, D.C. _ of Agriculture B< ind and Surge® •al Julius B. Richmor - U.S. Public Heall • Monday announce guidelines whicl said, if followed, coul ve American eatin id maintain health. , from USDA (eased seven diel .endations with i (tails which repre: ional consensus in the gov s food and health a ; ✓ -jr A tnTgy r—ourc« c«nt»n 458-8011 po box34,uwcMaiKl,|Hkl*‘Ho Our customers report the following - BETTER STANDING CORN. MORE PROTEIN AND FEED VALUE IN THE CROPS. COWS EAT CONSIDERABLY LESS FEED AND AT THE SAME TIME PICK UP IN MILK WHEN ABRUPTLY CHANGING OVER TO ORGANIC GROWN HAY. BREEDING TROUBLES ARE MUCH LESS. 125 bu. oats per acre with no fertilizer except seed treatment and iime. Much less or no bugs and diseases. Bugs are scavengers. They don’t like healthy crops. Our Organic Program really works. It’s natural. That is why. BX soil bacteria gets better nitrogen out of the air than most farmers buy at a high price. Better yields with half the fertilizer bills. 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The guidelines booklet, “Nutrition and Your Health; Dietary Guidelines for Americans,” contains details and explanations of what is known .about the relationships of specific dietary components, such as fat, sugar, sodium and cholesterol, to specific dieseases and physical conditions. - Secretary Bergland said, “People constantly ask me, me? Will I be healthier if I eat more of something or less of something else?’ Americans are clearly in terested in good nutrition and concerned about bow and what they eat will affect their health. “For a long time we had nothing but conflicting statements from a variety of sources. Now the scientists of USDA and HEW are mak ing recommendations based on an emerging consensus within the scientific com munity. “We’re not telling people that there is one ideal diet or a nutritional insurance policy that will keep them healthy,” Bergland said. “These are general recom mendations and within them individuals make their own choices from a variety of foods.” “In an affluent society such as ours, more is not always better,” Richmond said. “The problems of our nutrition relate to our abun dance. There are still people in our society who do not have enough to eat, yet the greatest problem for all of us is to make intelligent and in formed choices about what foods we should eat to pro mote our own health and pre vent disease, regardless of our income. “The problems of heart and blood vessel diseases. You don’t need fad diets to shed pounds UNIVERSITY PARK - Even for the most well intentioned dieter losing weight is never easy. But, instead of a fad, crash diet, Louise Hamilton, ci te nison food scientist at Penn State, recommends a slower, steadier approach. Set short-term goals for losing weight, regardless of how much you want to lose. Even if you want to knock off 75 pounds, your final goal is so far in the future that you will probably get discouraged. Short-term realistic goals - losing five or ten pounds at a time - will give you a boost and help you stick with your diet. For a two-prong attack on your weight, step up your activity to help burn up extra calories. Jump rope, jog, swim or hike. You will bum tooth decay and obesity can be traced to our diets,” Rich mond said. “Recent evidence in dicates that even some' cancers may be related to diet. Improved nutrition will not eliminate these diseases; however, the nutrition in formation in the guidelines which are based on the best scientific judgement we are able to get now may prevent further public disregard of the importance of a good diet as a first line of defense against disease.” Esther Peterson, special assistant to the President for your body’s fat while saving fuel if you walk instead of drive or climb the stairs instead of riding an elevator. Drink 'a glass of water before meals to dull the appetite. Bake or broil your meat or fish. Avoid fried or deep fat fried foods. Eat slowly, with friends or family, and pause between small bites. Set the fork down after each bite. Season vegetables with herbs and spices instead of butter or margarine. For desserts, choose fresh fruits or canned fruits packed in their own juices. Hamilton notes that more canned fruits are packed this way in response to consumer demand. 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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 16, 1960—C47 consumer affairs, also par ticipated in making the an nouncement. She said: “Although we cannot say for sure that if you don’t eat some par ticular thing you won’t get this or that disease, we can say that following these guidelines can keep you healthy or even improve vour health.” The dietary recommenda tions were developed after scientists reviewed the pre sent knowledge of nutrition and recent scientific findings on the diet-disease relation ship. make small portions seem larger. Before going to the grocery store make a list and shop only from the list. Never grocery shop ion an empty stomach. Try to eat fairly regular meals. When you plan to eat PREVENT THIS “The guidelines developed by scientists at USDA and HEW givp the public consis tent and substantiated nutri tion information,” Bergland said. “With them, people can make reasonable and confi dent decisions in selecting the best foods to fit their nutrition needs.” Copies of the guidelines may be obtained free from: Office of Governmental and Public Affairs, USDA, Washington, D.C., 20250; state cooperative extension nutrition specialists at land grant universities; or public health nutrition directors in state departments of health. out, save up calories and pre-plan what you will eat. Keep busy so boredom won’t prompt between-meal snacking. If you overeat one day, don’t give up. Cut down the next day, says Hamilton.
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