84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 3, 2003 Teachers Hear Good News About E LOU ANN GOOD Food And Family Features Editor CENTERVILLE (Lancaster Co.) Nutritional recommenda tions keep changing. First, the so called experts tell us to limit eat ing eggs to once a week to lower cholesterol, but recent studies confirm it’s OK to eat an egg a day. Even the American Heart As sociation showed it had a change of heart when it lifted the restric tion off eggs by reporting, “There is no longer a specific recommen dation on the number of egg yolks a person may consume per week.” That’s good news for the poul try industry, who knew all along that the positive benefits of eggs Vicki Kronewetter of Hempfield High School, center wins one of the door prizes given by the Poultry Associa tion. Congratulating her are Qenie Rozman, Warwick High School, left, and Judy Bowlby, Manheim Township High School. Maryland Plans Ag In The Classroom Teacher Workshop HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. Mueller of the Maryland Agricul- The Maryland Agricultural Edu- tural Education Foundation at cation Foundation has an- (410 ) 8 48-4745 inunediately to nounced its Ag in the Classroom . . . , Summer Workshop set for June S et mon tlus fiui - flUed work ' 23-27, at the Westminster Con- sho P- s P ace 18 limited to 50 par ticipants. ference Center. Workshop activities support Maryland state learner outcomes and include field trips, hands-on learning, classroom demonstra tions and more. Work shop participants will be provided with over $6OO of educational re sources including vid eos, trade books, mod els, and ready-to-use lesson plans. Agricultural indus try professionals and trained instructors will be on hand presenting the most up-to-date information to teach ers. Teachers attending the workshop can earn three (3) in-service credits from the Mary land State Department of Education and will leave the workshop with a wide array of educational materials, ready for use in the classroom this fall. Registration is only $lOO and includes four (4) nights lodging, tours, five (5) days of training, most meals, and limitless educa tional resources. The $lOO fee is non-re fundable. Interested teachers should contact Jeanne were getting scrambled in the hype over cholesterol. The Lancaster County Poultry Association wants to make sure that school consumer science teachers are aware that eating eggs is beneficial. They want teachers to pass on the truth to students: Eggs are a nutrient dense food containing high quali ty protein, essential vitamins and minerals, and all essential amino acids. Eggs are affordable and convenient. Each year, the association in vites area school teachers to a dinner. It was recently served at the Quality Inn, Centerville. Dr. Hilary Shallo Thesmar of the Egg Nutrition Center, Wash ington, D.C., presented “The • r ■ i For Value-Added Sales or for Personal Use 1 a Process meat easily and affordably with Chop- a ■ Rite Two Meat Processors. Make sausage for your * ! own use or to sell. Save time and money and have § ■ the freshest ground meat ever. 1 itSci Madein ■ ” vB u!sa \ I Prices «*•! |" Start J As Low As i ■ ■ Call 1-800-683-5858 : tos*, mm* * PJJG3I3 531 Old Skippack Rd. ” ■ I TTC A I Harleysvllle, PA 19438 a ■ on the Web: « a UUiUilm www.chop-rhe.coin The good news about eggs is a message everyone should know, according to these poultry industry leaders. From left are' Dr. Greg Martin, poultry extension agent; Ray Sauder, R.W. Sauder’s Eggs; Dr. Hilary Thesmar, Egg Nutrition Center, Washington, D.C.; and Lancaster County Poultry Association officers Guy Martin, treasurer, and Andy Bradford, president. Good News About Eggs.” Thesmar said that two large eggs provide 6 percent food ener gy, 20 percent protein, 53 percent essential amino acids, 16 percent vitamin 812,12 percent folate, 34 percent selenium, 8 percent vita min 86, 8 percent iron, 30 per cent riboflavin, 12 percent vita min D, 16 percent phosphorous, 8 percent zinc, and 12 percent vi tamin A. Each egg has only 70 calories. “How many snacks can you find with only 70 calories? Thes mar asked. She dissected the internal value of each egg. In addition to the well known health benefits of protein and vitamins, eggs also contain choline and lutein, which recently have been in the news for their dietary value. Choline is important as a nerve cell _____ transmitter in brain devel- I opment and memory. Lu tein protects against age related macular degenera tion and cataracts, and may help prevent early atherosclerosis. Thesmar also addressed egg safety and egg nutrition, contact safety and salmonella enteritidis Dr Greg Martill) (717) 394.685 1, According to the Egg Nutrition or t * le American Egg Board Center, a person who eats a raw www.aeb.org or the Egg Nutri egg evep' day would encounter a tion Center at www.enc-onli contaminated egg once in 55 ne.org. years. The USDA estimates that the average consumer eats an undercooked egg 20 times a year. If so, con sumers would be exposed to SE-contaminat ed undercooked shell egg once in 1,000 years. 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