MAKE NUTRITION COME
ALIVE
Welcome to
Nutrition Month!
March is the month set aside
by American Dietetics Associa
tion to recognize the important
role that nutrition plays in
maintaining good health.
National Nutrition month is
also a time to focus on individual
nutritional needs. Calorie, pro
tein, vitamin and mineral
requirements vary from person
to person depending upon sever
al factors: gender, age, health
status, and lifestyle, including
the amount of physical activity
one has. A meal plan can be
geared for these needs and to
include an individual's food pref
erences whether they are from
their ethnic background or gen
eral likes and dislikes.
There are several guidelines
that serve to provide a frame
work for daily food choices.
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you are in the only business that has to buy retail and sell wholesale. We
invite you to take advantage of this loan.
The Cropbuster loan may be used for seed, lime, fertilizer, herbicides
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Nutritional recommendations
can be found in the Food Guide
Pyramid, the diabetic exchange
system, and the Dietary
Guidelines. These are "tools"
for the individual to assess
where their diet plans currently
stand and then provide a "blue
print" to building a healthy meal
pattern.
National
To start this individual
assessment, one must keep
accurate food records for at least
three days. Keep note of portion
size, such as 1/2 cup of orange
juice, 8 ounces of milk, or 3
ounces of hamburger. Also note
the way the food was prepared,
such as 8 ounces of skim milk, 3
ounces of broiled hamburger, or
4 ounces of fried chicken. You
may be good at guessing size,
but a food scale, measuring cups
and spoons are more accurate
for this assessment.
Then take a look at either the
Food Guide Pyramid, the diabet-
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ic exchanges, or the Dietary
Guidelines. Choose only one
"tool" to use because using more
than one can become confusing.
Compare each of your three-day
food record with this tool. Note
where you were right on target,
then where you fell short.
Perhaps you didn't meet the rec
ommendations of 5 fruits or veg
etables per day or maybe you
were low in milk consumption.
Next, you make a plan for
improving your choices. To
make this process easier, select
only three goals that you feel are
realistic and can be accom
plished over the next seven
days. For example, you can
write your goals as:
1. "I will eat three pieces of
fruit each day."
2. "I will decrease my intake
of butter or margarine by two
teaspoons."
3. "I will increase my con
sumption of milk to 16 ounces
per day."
Once you have accomplished
these goals and they become
part of your eating habits, then
move on to a set of three other
goals. This way, you have indi
vidualized our plan for better
nutrition.
Some people may have health
problems that make this assess
ment and planning more diffi
cult. They may have diabetes,
stomach or bowel irritations,
heart disease, lactose intoler
ance, or food allergies that
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require special dietary adap
tions. People who have these
conditions must leam about food
substitutions, foods to avoid, or
those which must be increased
to prevent a vitamin or mineral
deficiency.
A registered dietitian can
help plan meals for these special
health considerations. He or she
Lancaster Society 18
Lancaster Farm Women Society
18 held its February meeting on
Feb. 21 at the home of Lettie Niss
ley as hostess in her Willow Valley
apartment filled with lovely anti
ques. President Martha Stoner
called the meeting to order. Devo
tions were presented by Mae
Weaver, a scripture portion fol
lowed by a poem. Roll call was
answered by telling of winter pro
jects, interests, and accomplish
ments. 17 members were present
Members filled shoe boxes with
gifts for needy children at Christ
mas to raise the number to
1,3000,000 for the Boone family to
give out as one of their 170,000
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will alter the plans according to
the individual's needs and offer
suggestions for food shopping
and preparation.
% find a registered dietitian,
call your county extension office,
local hospital, or dietetic associ
ation. To obtain information on
the Food Guide Pyramid or
Dietary Guidelines, contact your
local county extension office.
projects in Mexico alone. Other
projects include Gospel Crusade,
medical help, a home for very sick
children, and disaster relief. After
refreshments a business meeting
was conducted and ladies gave a
report on the convention at the
January Farm Show.
A real Valentine touch was
added when a member admitted
her beautiful red dress was a sur
prise Valentine gift from her hus
band. Lcttic carried a basket of
jellies and candies to each one to
choose a gift to take home. The
March meeting will be a breakfast
with husband and guests at Koun
try Kitchen Restaurant.
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