Root Vegetables Differ In Sugar Content COLUMBUS, Ohio Are root vegetables, such as turnips, high in sugar content? Actually, root vegetables vary in the amount of sugar they carry. But first, let’s review what we mean by “sugars” and go from there. Sugars are carbohydrates. Other carbohydrates include starch, which breaks down into sugars as it’s digested, and fiber, which passes through the body unscathed (and unabsorbed). Major types of sugar include glu cose, fructose, sucrose and lac tose. No matter what sort of sugar or starch you consume, it breaks down into glucose as it’s digested so your body can use it. Glucose and fructose mainly come from fruits and vegetables, sucrose mainly comes from beet or cane sugar, and lactose comes from milk. The U.S. Department of Agri culture’s Standard Nutrient Da tabase doesn’t include a separate listing for sugars. Instead, it lists “Total Carbohydrates,” which includes sugars, starches and fiber. 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We lived on a farm and my mother thought that it was a bit silly to just run up and down the road. She strongly suggested that I take the push mower and “run around the yard.” Past generations were often very physically active just by the nature of the times. They surely were not near the conveniences that we experience today. Many families today do not garden or even care for their own lawns (or, if they do, they have a riding mower). They don’t clean their own houses, or walk to school or church. Instead most people use drive-through car washes, prescription centers, photo developing centers, fast food restaurants, and remote controls. Even if your family is involved in agriculture production, the ad vances in equipment and facili ties have reduced the amount of physical exercise that farmers re ceive. Children in the U.S. today are no exceptions. They are less fit than they were a generation ago. Not surprisingly, inactive chil dren, when compared with active children, weigh more, and have higher blood pressure and lower levels of heart protective high density lipoproteins. The National Children and Youth Fitness Study indicates that at least half of all youth don’t engage in physical activity that promotes long term health benefits. Children spend an aver age of 17 hours a week watching T.V. in addition to the time they spend on video and computer games. ■ For Value-Added Sales or for Personal Use ■ Process meat easily and affordably with Chop ■ Rite Two Meat Processors. Make sausage for your B own use or to sell. Save time and money and have ■ the freshest ground meat ever. *- * 1 mm. 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Emphasize fitness being fim, not associated with winning or hard work. Participate with your child as often as possible. Your attitude toward movement will make a difference and will help to make your child healthier! Why not try some of these sim ple activities to get your children moving: On a breezy day (not high winds) give each child a plastic grocery bag. Throw the bag up in the air. The grocery bags move slowly through he air to allow children to catch them fairly easily. This activity reinforces the importance of keeping their eye on an object they are trying to catch and can involve lots of running if the breeze is just right. (Be sure young children do not place the bags on their heads and put the bags in the trash when they are done playing). Stuff plastic gro cery bags with crumbled newspa per and close with rubber bands. Children can toss the “balls” to each other, throw them up and catch them or make lots of “balls” and have a snowball fight where the snowballs don’t hurt. Take sidewalk chalk and make a large Tic,Tac,Toe board on the cement. Children can jump from square to square, jump forwards and backwards, jump on one foot, hop around the outside squares, and similar activities.
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