monday, January 28, 1980
daily nebraskan
page 7
Food
variety
necessary
for healthy body, diet
By Lori McGinnis
The best route to maintaining a healthy
body is to eat a healthy diet, said the medi
cal director of the University Health
Center.
Dr. Garland Bare said a healthy diet
consists of proper amounts of protein, fats
and carbohydrates. These nutrients should
be taken daily from the four food groups:
milk, meat, vegetables and fruits, and
breads and cereals.
"Following a good diet should be a lite
time habit," Bare said; An unhealthy diet
can lead to such things as adult diabetes or
obesity, he said.
Unhealthy habits
Skipping meals and limiting food variety
are signs of an unhealthy eater, said
Kathleen Lehr, a dietitian at the health
center. A student may fall into these habits
because of lack of money or time, she said ,
and fails to get the proper nutrients be
cause of it.
"It's important to eat a variety of foods
for a variety of nutrients," Lehr said, add
ing that no one should eat the same .meal
day after day. '.
A person concerned about fitness will
eat three well-balanced meals daily, she
said. ' '
"It's almost impossible to get everything
you need from one meal and college
students sometimes do that," Lehr
claimed."
Rushing to the nearest health food store
to stock up on nutritional food isn't
necessary, both agreed.
. 'The conviction , of most dietitians is
that you can get a balanced diet in a
grocery store "Bare said. .
'. Lehr said health store food is more ex
pensive, so buying nutritional food such as
fruits, vegetables, lean meats and whole
grain bread and cereals in a grocery store is
more economical. .
Dangerous brew
Bare singled out one item sold in health
food stores that he considered dangerous.
Some herb teas contain dangerous
chemicals, he said.
A report from the Nebraska Medical
Association, released this month,. verifies
Bare's belief about herbs. The association
reported, from a 1979 study, that three
herbs-poke root, ginseng and pennyroyal
oil are dangerous to health.
These herbs are sold in some Lincoln
health food stores. Dean Tighe, owner of
The Dean of Natural Foods, 1217 Q St.,
sells poke root and ginseng. They can be
dangerous if taken in excess, he said, but
otherwise they are healthy,
"Proper doses"
"Herbs are one of the oldest medi
cines," Tighe said. "If used in the proper
doses, they are beneficial."
Good Earth Natural Food Store, 70th
and A streets, sells ginseng in teas, capsules
and in bulk packages. Owner Lois Valenti
said she has heard nothing on the dangers
of ginseng.
When told of the report, she said, "Any
thing can be misused. Sugar is a killer and
can be misused." : :
,.v. Bypassing sugar is part of Maintaining a
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: '"Candy is totally non-essential to the A vegetarian diet can be safe and
diet," Bare sai,d. "Our ancestors lived, for healthy if eggs and dairy : products are
centuries without simple sugars." ' substituted for meat, he said.
, Cutting out . sugar is a sure way to eat "It isn't necessary to eat meat to stay
fewer calories, which is essential for losing healthy," he said. But a strict vegetarian
weight. Too often people try to lose weight diet, with no eggs or dairy foods, will
by following a fad diet found in books and deprive the body, of three essential amino
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'They want to lose weight and they body;
want to do it fast ," she said . "A vegetarian 1 diet can be a balanced
Mad fads - diet, but it takes careful planning on the
Fad diets are often dangerous, Bars. said. Part of the person to-make sure,,he gets all
He cited the liquid protein diet, consisting the nutrients he heeds,",she said. , ,
of only 400 daily calories, ; which ,was, . Before, starting avegetariandjet, persons
" linked to the deaths of more than 40 per- should consult a .doctor . to make sure of
sons in late 1977 and early 1978. getting the proper nutrients, she said.
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