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used to be that the only reading
done a grocery store was at the
checkout counter where all the
magazines and tabloids are kept
But health conscious Americans
are reading in the aisles these
days, as they study and compare
the nutritional labels on food.
Because a well balanced diet is an
important factor in health mainte
nance and disease prevention,
experts say it’s more important
than ever to know what’s in the
foods we eat
If you’ve an avid food label
reader, then you should know that
the U.S. Government recently
changed the requirements for
labels on packaged foods. The
new labels will have more detailed
nutrient information and will
allow you to compare that infor
mation to government recommen
dations for a healthy diet
Food companies have been
given until May 1994 to relabel
their products, but new labels
could start appearing on foods as
early as this year. Here’s a run
down of key changes to look for:
• Serving Sizes. On new labels,
serving sizes will have to reflect
typical consumption habits. As an
example, a 12-ounce can of cola
will be considered one serving.
Currently, some labels indicate
that a 12-ounce can represents two
six-ounce servings. Critics point
to that as an example of how serv
ing size information can be used to
mislead consumers.
• Calories. Many products now
advertised as low calorie may also
be high in unwanted fat. So, in
addition to listing the number of
calories per serving of a particular
product, new labels will also list
how many of those calories are
from fat.
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• Nutrients. Like the old labels,
the new ones will still list the
amounts of nutrients-such as fats,
carbohydrates, sodium, protein
and Fiber. But the new labels put
this information in the context of a
recommended daily diet of 2,000
calories. A typical current label
might show that a single serving
of macaroni and cheese has 30
milligrams (mg) of cholesterol.
New labels will go a step further
by indicating that 30mg of choles
terol is 10% of the suggested daily
intake of cholesterol for a person
on a 2,000 calorie diet.
• Daily Intake Table. All new
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required table suggesting daily
intakes of various nutrients based
on diets of both 2,000 and 2,500
calories. For example, the table
will show that the recommended
daily intake of total fat is 65 grams
or less for a diet of 2,000 calories,
and 85 grams or less for a diet of
2,500 calories.
The government’s daily diet
recommendations are not hard and
fast rules, but they do represent a
good general guideline. Food and
Drug Administrator David Kess
ler says consumers should use the
information to “fine tune” then
diets. Health experts say to set up
a diet specific to your individual
needs you should contact your
personal physician.
New Definitions
In addition to beefing up food
labels, the government has stan
dardized definitions for common
ly used food packaging terms like
“light.” “low fat.” “fat free.”
“cholesterol free” and “high fib
er.” Under the new rules, only
food products that have less than 3
grams of fat for every 50 gram
serving can be called “low fat.” A
food' must have less than 0.5
grams of fat per serving-and have
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Nowadays when I look out the
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Most of the year there are flowers
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roses to add joy to my days. How
ever,-now I watch juncos, house
finches, blue jays and cardinals at
our bird feeder.
It is hung on a low limb of our
old apple tree. And, I do mean old
as I’d guess that it must be 100
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years old. Do apple trees get that
old? It has been in our meadow
long before I knew anything. I do
believe that at some point the cen
ter may have been broken and two
limbs grew from each side. When
we planned a driveway to our new
house, a son suggested that it be a
circle one around the tree and that
is what we did.
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Dr. Hoverman, an internist in
Austin, TX, says steaming, bak
ing, broiling and poaching are
health-conscious ways to cook
delicious meals. On the other
hand, firying food or sauteing it in
butter adds unhealthy fat and calo
ries. “It doesn’t do much good to
carefully select healthy foods if
you’re going to prepare them in an
unhealthy way,” says Dr.
Hoverman.
This fall and winter our fields
have been filled with sea gulls.
I’m hoping that they are eating
weed seeds and not good seeds. I
wonder why these large white and
grey birds travel so far from the
coast line.
Recently we visited my hus
band’s friend who lives quite a
distance from our home and so we
seldom see him. They were
friends at Penn State more than 50
years ago.
The reason that I am mention
ing this is that I recognized simi
larities in their make-up. They
both spend a lot of their leisure
time studying maps. They read
them like others read books. An
other similarity is that their wives
agreed their favorite plaything in
their new homes was the garage
door opener. Even if they come
home for 10 minutes and leave
again, up and down and up and
down goes the garage door. May
be their likenesses forged a friend
ship in the first place.
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