frlday, march 2, 1979
dally nebraskan
pago 11
Nutrient supplement needs debated
By Carta Engstrom,
A debate on the need for nutrient lupplementi In
processed food! ended tn an agreement that good diets
The debate Tuesday tn the Nebraska East Union be-
consist of a variety or raw and cooked foods, but no
agreement on we question or supplements.
tween Irwin Goldenbera, owner of the Golden Carrot, md
Kathryn CoHeyc nutrition consultant with the Nebraska
Department of. Health in Lincoln, was sponsored by the
UNLFood Science Club
Goldenbera laid supplementation was logical and
argued that .the USDA agrees with him because to many
processed foods o the "enrichment route
However Goldenberg said, "the enrichment program
is robbery H .
For example, he said, processed white bread has 80
percent of its natural nutrients removed and under
goes an enrichment program.
He said nutrients which increase energy and stamina
such as wheat germ are removed from white bread, along
Cooley said, "Every time something toes wrong (in
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t processing exi
and improves organic value.
society) we need something symbolic to blame. Processed
foods make an ideal target for symbolic blame."
Cooley argued that
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For example, he said, rats given the commercial
product Egg Beaters died, but rats which ate whole eggs
thrived.
Animal research has its value, Cooley said, but it must
be put in perspective.
''People are living longer," she said.
Cooley also said a varied diet Is good that that "food
MMi genetic potential,"
Individuals need food, rest and exercise, but people
cant eat tneir way out of genetic defects, she laid.
extent. Cooley said she would recommend supplementat
ion to children, people on diets and the elderly.
Ccoiey said she was concerned about people who eat
any tiling and then take a pill to supplement their .diets.
Goldenberg said supplementation is no good unless a
good diet is followed.
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However, she said, some processes such as heating may
cause partial loss of Vitamin C in some foods or that
Vitamin B tends to be lost in the leaching filtering
process. ,
Goldenberg said the best diet is for "man to eat out of
his garden,11 but there is little potential for society to do
that.
Cooley said If people relied on food only grown in Ne
braska, tbre would be "very little food for individuals.
Goldenberg said that processed foods have "remov&d
everything' and that people can't get vitamins from pro
cessed food unless it has been fortified or enriched.
Cooley eharged.that supplementation in diets results in
millions of dollars being spent every year ttfor something
we really don't need1! v n
She also said wthe average person has a reasonably good
diet." 1 ,;;.
Goldenberg disagreed and cited poor diets us a reason
for supplementation,.
Goldenberg asked .Cooley why so many people use
supplements.
Cooley said she felt it was mostly for psychological
reasons. . ? ; ;'.
Goldenberg disagreed with her explanation and said
experiments on animals proved he was rMt , v ;
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