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Tuesday, October 14,1986/The Battalicn/Page 3 State and Local ?op/d weight-loss plans called harmful Experts frown on fad diet promises I By Suzanne Shuford Reporter The average American resorts o a quick calorie-reducing diet 10 imes a year and this often leads o health hazards, a Texas A&M mtrition specialist says. “Everybody wants to be sleek in week, and something is defi- litely wrong,” says Dr. Alice E. lunt, nutrition specialist for the gricultural extension service at \&M. “Statistics show that people ire very unsuccessful with these liets.” She says many fad diets involve pedal dietary supplements or jroducts other than real food. “Being the social beings that we ue, we cannot interact socially ind use a weight control supple- nent as a food source,” Hunt lays. “You can’t keep that up and sea happy, healthy person.” Rapid weight-loss diets are physically harmful, Hunt says, ausing weight to fluctuate up nddown by 10 or more pounds. She says the fluctuation causes n increase in blood lipid levels which, in turn, increases the hance of chronic heart disease. Hunt says this “yo-yo syndro me” often seen in fad dieting causes distortion in body compo sition. A person loses lean tissue instead of fat and gains back fat instead of lean tissue, she says. A person’s percentage of body fat is more important than his weight on a scale, Hunt says. week, dieters must reduce their calorie intake by 500 calories a day — 3,500 a week. Therefore, losing seven pounds a week requires eliminat ing 24,500 calories from the di eter’s weekly intake, Sweeten says. The body needs a certain “Everybody wants to be sleek in a week, and something is definitely wrong. Statistics show that people are very unsuccessful with these diets. ” — Dr. Alice Hunt, nutrition specialist for the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. The ideal body fat percentage for women is 15 percent to 22 percent, while for men it’s 10 per cent to 22 percent, Hunt says. Dr. Mary K. Sweeten, an A&M nutrition specialist, says another hazard of diets promising a one- pound loss per day is rapid nutri tional deficiency. “Dropping food intake to lose seven pounds a week threatens to disturb the dieter’s nutritive bal ances,” Sweeten says. She adds that to lose a pound a amount of calories just for basic metabolism to work, she says. Hunt says the basal metabolic rate is the rate at which the body burns calories at rest without be ing engaged in physical activity. The type of people that are at tracted to fad diets are those who are not knowledgeable about the correct way to lose weight, she says. “The best way to diet is to re duce your portion sizes and make sure that you have a balanced diet which includes fruit and vegeta bles, a source of protein, a source of dairy products and a source of whole grains,” Hunt says. But, she says, it’s not necessary to have three square meals a day. Hunt says people now are into a type of eating called “grazing” which allows them to get the rec ommended daily allowances of vi tamins and minerals. “Grazing” is basically snacking all day long, she says. “In many places you can get finger foods, foods that people can graze on that are nutritious,” Hunt says. As examples, she cites the fol lowing: salad bars, cheese and crackers, fresh fruit and hors d’oeuvres at bars. “People don’t realize that just half a cup equals a serving size, the size of a tennis ball,” Hunt says. So, even dieters with busy life styles can obtain good nutrition if they choose the right foods, she says. Also, Hunt says it’s important to increase physical activity while reducing calorie intake. State senator says Texas must offer drilling incentives Faculty Senate OKs senior exam schedule By Craig Renfro Staff Writer Texas’ naturaT gas reserves are running low, and unless measures are taken to provide drilling incen tives the state could face a cold win ter without adequate heating fuel, state Sen. John Sharp said Monday. Sharp, D-Victoria, who is cam paigning for railroad commissioner, spoke before a small crowd at Eas- terwood Airport. He said it is ironic that the state leading the nation in energy production could be without the fuel to warm our homes and run our factories, but the possibility looms larger each day that no new wells are drilled. However, Sharp said, getting banks to invest in oil and gas explo ration won’t be easy. Sagging prices provide less incentive to drill be cause there is less chance of financial return, he said. “Bankers will be skeptical to in vest,” he said. “They need a reasona ble assurance that they will make a profit.” Sharp, a 1972 graduate of Texas A&M and state senator since 1982, said the state must consider several alternatives to help alleviate this problem. Most importantly, Sharp said, an oil import fee must be implemented. Most people don’t want the fee be cause they don’t want government control, he said. However, he added, that is already the situation. “People say they are against an oil import fee because they don’t want the government to control the price of oil,” Sharp said. “But the coun tries of OPEC already control the oil price.” To provide drilling incentives, Sharp said the Railroad Commission has several alternatives. Sharp said the first possibility is to lower the gas production tax from 7.5 percent to 4.4 percent as already proposed by state comptroller Bob Bullock. Another possibility is to grant a four-year severance tax to oil and gas producers who drill wells within six months of the enactment of the exemption. Sharp also said the 1971 National Fuel Use Act should be repealed. It stated that natural gas can’t be used as a fuel in hew power generators, which decreased the demand for natural gas and caused a downfall in drilling production, he said. By Sondra Pickard Senior Staff Writer [The Faculty Senate Monday reaffirmed its po- Ition on final exams for graduating seniors by pproving a resolution requiring seniors to take ieir finals at the same time as other students. In January 1984, the Faculty Senate voted for Iresolution which will require degree candidates to take final exams beginning in Spring 1988. I Final details on the policy’s implementation haven't been finalized by the administration yet, ijuid as the policy is written now, seniors coula be [ven final exams at a different time than the rest if the students. By doing this, graduation could be held at its gular time and students could determine lead of time whether they had fulfilled gradua- on requirements. This procedure, however, would place a heavy burden on professors, who would have to sched ule special exams for graduating seniors and process their grades in time for graduation. If graduating seniors take finals during the regular test week, some may have to receive a case without a diploma because their final grades may not be ready. The 1984 Senate resolution stated that appro priate changes should be made to provide for re porting of semester grades for seniors at the same time as for other students. According to the resolution, efforts were to be made to maintain graduation and commissioning ceremonies, although “in no case should these administrative matters prevent implementation of the new policy.” In its action Monday, the Senate in effect re stated its objection to exempting seniors from fi nals, as well as its objection to requiring special exams and early reporting of grades. Sen. Jon Bond, associate professor of political science, introduced the resolution. “We have a traditional ceremony and I recog nize this,” Bond said, “but when symbol comes into conflict with what it symbolizes, the faculty prerogative should prevail. “Commencement is important, but compro mise with a symbol and not what it symbolizes falls short of what the faculty at this University want,” he said. Sen. Murray Milford, professor of soil and crop sciences, expressed concern over whether the Senate should dictate the details of a policy in which the Senate’s stance already had been made clear. A roll call vote showed 48 senators for the res olution and 9 against it. A&M student still in coma after horse-riding accident A Texas A&M student who was roommate, confirmed Monday injured Thursday night in a horse-riding accident is in a coma and listed in stable condition in the intensive care unit at St. Jo seph Hospital in Bryan, a hospital official said Monday. Gabrielle Bradfield, 21, a ju nior animal science major, suf fered head injuries anti under went surgery for brain hemorrhages Friday morning. Shelley Germany, Bradfield’s roommate, that the accident happened when Bradfield fell from a horse that tripped while being led on the grounds of University stables, maintained by Parsons’ Mounted Cavalry. Bradfield is an employee at the Meat Science and Technology Center and is a member of the livestockjudging team. Germany said no visitors are being admitted to the ICU. WISC (,RKAT IS ISSUES] PRESENTS GRAMM-RUDMAN, BUREAUCRATIC INERTIA, AND THE U.S. TAXPAYER FEATURED SPEAKERS JAMES C. MILLER III - DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENTAND BUDGET PHIL GRAMM - UNITED STATES SENATOR JOHN ANDERSON - FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22,1986 7:30 P.M. RUDDER AUDITORIUM RESERVE TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE MSC BOX OFFICE AND DILLARDS, OR BY PHONE AT 845-1234 $3. 50 TAMU STUDENTS $6. 00 PUBLIC ★ ★★★★★★★★★★ 2 SuperStars for the price of 1! ★ ★★★★★★★★★★ The 1986-87 4rMSC Town Hall/Broadway season! Town Hall/Broadway is back at Texas A&M with the Super season at a super student discount. Buy TWO student season tickets (Zone 3) for the price of ONE! TWO for ONE for “Jesus Christ SuperStar”, “Romeo and Juliet”, Cole Porter’s “Can-Can” and William Windom in his one-man show “Thurber”. Season tickets will be the only way you may see some of these guaranteed sellouts. You’ll never find another Broad way bargain like TWO for ONE! 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It is full of the jubilant lust for life that inspired the spectacular can-can. “C’est Magnifique!” William Windom as “Thurber” April 23, 1987 Windom is one of America’s best loved television actors. For 15 years he has been delighting audiences with this one-man showcase of James Thurber’s unique wit and comic art. He is at once light, bright and very right in his musing about the world as seen from a cartoonist’s pad. ZONE 1 ZONE 2 ZONE 3 REGULAR S59.25 $47.50 $38.00 STUDENT $50.50 $41.00 $35.00 (2 for 1) A&M student discount Tickets: MSC Box Office 845-1234 • MasterCard/VISA BIHI