84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 25, 2003 Conestoga Woman Takes The Cake In Vegetable Bread Contest Winners in the Vegetable Bread Contest at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, from left, are Catherine Hillman, third place; Belinda Messersmith, second; and Debra Martin, first. Grain Family Secrets: The Truth About Carbohydrates PARKER, Colo. It is no se cret America has a weight problem. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 61 percent of Americans are ei ther overweight or obese. Why? We are eating more. Since the 19505, the average daily con sumption for an American adult has increased by 500 calories. While carbohydrates are being blamed for the fattening of America, the truth is, no single food or circumstance can be blamed for this growing health concern. The key to healthy weight management is to follow the proven sound principles of the Food Guide Pyramid and to increase physical activity. Benefits of a High-Carbohy drate, Low-Fat Lifestyle A June 2002 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA study, based on food intake data from 10,014 adults across the United States, cataloged the advantages of a high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet. YOU ¥ HEAR WHAT DOCTORS SAY: RENEW ¥ LOSE A POUND A DAY & CLEANSE ¥ USING NATURE’S WAY & REPLENISH ¥ WE HELP YOU PAY & REJUVENATE ¥ FREE INFO-PACK YOUR BODY CELLS ¥ 800 • 775 • 1335 • Participants on high-carbo hydrate diets consumed 300 fewer calories per day than those on very low-carbohydrate diets. • Adults who ate high-carbo hydrate diets were more likely to be in the normal weight range, with the lowest average body mass index. • High-carbohydrate diets were indicated to be more nutri tious than low-carbohydrate diets, providing greater intake of vitamin A, C, carotene, and fo late, and the minerals calcium, magnesium, and iron. Researchers collected date on National Weight Control Regis try (NWCR) members, whose members are required to have lost a minimum of 30 pounds and maintained the weight loss for a minimum of one year. On aver age, each of the 3,000+ regis trants have lost 71 pounds and kept the weight off for more than six years. • Factors reported as contrib uting to NWCR success include eating a low-fat, high-carbohy drate diet, monitoring food in take and body weight, and main taining high levels of physical activity. Eleven obese men were placed on a low-fat, high-fiber diet as part of a three-week University of Califomia-Los Angeles study to see if their heart disease risk could be significantly lowered in a short amount of time. During the test, the men received fewer than 10 percent of calories from fat, IS to 20 percent from protein, and they could eat all the whole wheat bread, pasta, fruit, and vegetables they wanted. • In October 2002, researchers revealed after just three weeks on the low-fat, high-fiber diet, seven men had normal blood pressure, had reduced their cholesterol by 19 percent, and insulin levels by 46 percent. Listen to the Experts A University of Texas South western Medical Center study showed participants on high-pro tein diets displayed increases in blood acid loads as much as 90 percent. Protein byproducts caused high blood acid levels which were not countered by carbohydrates’ alkaline by products and increased the risk for kidney stones and bone loss. (Source: The American Journal of Kidney Diseases, August 2002). In late 2001, the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Nutrition Committee re- SINKING BROS. GLADIOLUS GROWERS 4158 Post Road Vineland, NJ 08360 /4vcUici6te. 856/691-9167 • Fax: 856/696-0077 &Ui on fatx us fan puces St mote ittfa. / J CLOSED SUNDAYS, NEW YEAR, fgfeLJ EASTER MONDAY, ASCENSION DAY, WHIT MONDAY, OCT. 11, THANKSGIVING. fSaiHHf CHRISTMAS & DECEMBER 26TH FISHER’S FURNITURE. IMG. NEW AND USED FURNITURE USED COHL & WOOD HEATERS COUNTRY FURNITURE & ANTIQUES BUS. HRS. BOX 57 MON.-THURS. 8-5 1129 GEORGETOWN RD. FRI.. 8-8, SAT. 8-12 BART,PA 17503 >’• «'i rtfiiittfittii HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) In the world of local fairs and commodity contests, the name “Martin” dominates the circuit almost as much as the “Petty” name has dominated auto racing. The 2003 Pennsylvania Vege table Bread Contest continued a winning streak for the Martin family of Lancaster. Deborah Martin of Conestoga won first place for her Sweet Potato-Zuc chini Bread with Caramel Pecan glaze. Her mother, Dorothy Mar tin of Ephrata received a fifth place ribbon in the contest that attracted 58 entries. The Martins have been enter ing the commodity contest for years. Between the mother and daughter duo, they have cap tured 41 first place ribbons, in cluding the latest. What began as a hobby has now become a way of life for the pair. “It’s become an obsession over the last five or six years,” Debo rah joked. The intensity has paid off, however. Deborah placed in the Shoofly Pie Contest, Apple Pie Contest, and first in the Vege table Bread Contest sponsored by the Vegetable Marketing Pro gram and conducted Jan. 16 in conjunction with the 87th Penn sylvania Farm Show. A panel of five judges evaluat ed the breads. The only qualifica tion for entries was that the bread won first place at a county fair and contained at least one cup of a Pennsylvania grown vegetable. That ingredient could be any veg- leased a scientific advisory warn ing against the uses of high-pro tein diets for weight loss. The AHA said there was no scientific evidence the diets, including At kins’, Zone, Stillman, Protein Power, or-Sugar Busters, led to long-term weight loss. According to the AHA, the increased con sumption of animal protein, which is high in saturated fat, and the decrease in consumption of vegetables and fiber, which contain essential nutrients and help reduce cho lesterol, can contribute to coronary heart disease, diabe tes, and stroke. Neither the American Dia betes Associa tion nor the American Die tetic Association recommends using foods’ gly cemic index as a weight-loss pro gram. In fact, the American »’•* •’ »' *•’*’• * r «r*» »*,' »•<-»■/ r *jt* #4rrr^«*« v «*« T etable from beets, to eggplant, to garlic. The 58 breads were judged on appearance, texture, and flavor. The following is Martin’s win ning recipe: Sweet Potato Zucchini Bread 2 cups all-purpose flour 3 eggs 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon baking soda VA cups grated fresh zucchini 'A teaspoon baking powder VA cups grated fresh sweet po tato 'A teaspoon salt 1 cup chopped pecans 2 cups sugar Vi cup oil Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour 9x13 glass loaf pan. Sift the first five ingredients into a bowl. Beat sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla to blend in a large bowl. Mix in the zucchini and sweet potato. Add dry ingredi ents and the pecans and stir well. Pour batter into a buttered and floured pan. Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Brown Sugar Caramel Glaze: 3 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons brown sugar 3 tablespoons granulated sugar 3 tablespoons cream V 2 teaspoon vanilla extract Place glaze ingredients in a small pan over low heat. Let boil 1 minute. Remove from heat and spoon over bread. Drizzle with 6 melted caramels. Add Vi cup chopped pecans. 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