Monday, December 1, 1986AThe Battalion/Page 3
State and Local
(Cholesterol shouldn’t
be cut totally from diet
A&M prof: Moderate levels vital for body
By Catherine O’Bryant
Reporter
[Cholesterol can be detrimental if
too much is present in the blood sys
tem hut it shouldn’t be avoided alto-
■ther, a Texas A&M professor says.
H)r. Edward Harris, associate pro-
Ifessor of biochemistry, biophysics
and scientific nutrition, said choles
terol plays a vital role in the produc
tion of hormones such as testoste
rone, estrogen and 35 other
hormones produced in the adrenal
glands, some of which control min-
pral balances and blood sugar levels
inlhe body.
■Cholesterol also is a part of the cell
membrane and helps it to function
normally, he says.
■Cholesterol can be found in ani
mal foods such as egg yolks, shellfish
and organ meats like liver and kid-
nev, but also is made by the human
m ■
■In high levels, cholesterol increas-
esthe risk of developing arterioscle
rosis (hardening of the arteries),
■ording to a recent report from
th< Institute of Food Technologists.
He report also stated that blood
ui ^Brlesterol levels can be raised and
lowered by fats.
nowin^fc| a ry Sweeten, a nutritionist with
en 'i (the Texas Agricultural Extension
tveit Hvice, says fats come in three
-that [Jlrnis: polyunsaturated, monounsa-
e to jiurated and saturated.
Hi he polyunsaturated fats are liq
uid at room temperature and tend to
loner blood cholesterol levels,
Sweeten said. Vegetable oils such as
.cottonseed, safflower and soy-
nvest!, bean are examples of polyunsatu-
lated fats.
: ^ HSweeten says monounsaturated
fats also seem to lower blood choles-
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terol and can be found in products
such as peanut butter and peanut oil,
nuts, avocados and olive oil.
Saturated fats are solid at room
temperature and tend to raise blood
cholesterol levels, she says. She says
cheese, meats, butter, lard and other
animal products are main sources of
saturated fats. However, saturated
fats are present in large amounts in
cocoa butter, coconut oil and palm
oil. Sweeten says.
Cholesterol plays a vital
role in the production of
hormones such as testoste
rone and estrogen and 35
other hormones produced
in the adrenal glands.
— Dr. Edward Harris, as
sociate professor of scien
tific nutrition
“Unless people read food ingre
dient labels, they are often unaware
that coconut oil, palm oil and other
saturated fats are used in baked
goods and processed foods,”
Sweeten says.
She says that the type of fat, poly
unsaturated, monounsaturated or
saturated, and its effect on blood
cholesterol levels is what people
need to be aware of.
But fats also play an important
role in the body. Foods containing
fats and oils are a source of vitamins
A, D, E and K which are known as
the fat-soluble vitamins, the Institute
of Food Technologists’ report said.
Harris and Sweeten agree that col
lege students who are active should
not have to worry about fats and
cholesterol just yet. They both say
the damage is a slow process that be
comes more apparent later in life but
that it is a good idea to be aware of
intake now.
Harris and Sweeten suggest a bal
anced and varied diet as a way to
keep healthy.
The Institute of Food Technolog
ists also has some recommendations
for avoiding high fat intake:
• Select protein sources from
lean meats, fish, poultry, and dry
beans and peas.
• Trim fat from meats.
• Moderate the use of egg yolks,
organ meats, table spreads, cooking
oils and salad oils.
• Select foods prepared by broil
ing, baking or boiling rather than
fried or breaded and cooked in oil.
• Select skim or low-fat milk
products.
• Read food labels to determine
the amount and type of fat con
tained in the product.
Both Sweeten and Harris agree
that trimming fat off of meat is not a
way to reduce cholesterol, but is a
way to reduce the amount of satu
rated fats.
Sweeten says the results of a na
tional study conducted by Texas
A&M showed that people evaluate
the leanness of a cut of beef by the
amount of trimmable fat that could
be cut away and not eaten.
She says that although one can cut
away some fat, the marbling in the
meat cannot be removed. Thus, she
said, the fat content is not reduced
much by trimming. Besides adding
to the fat content, marbling is nec
essary for tenderness and taste ap
peal in the beef, she added.
coven
school officials:
Parents need
to learn English
I HOUSTON (AP) — School of
ficials in Houston say they are
finding it tougher to involve par
ents in public education because
'more of them do not speak En-
|iish.
The city’s population is becom-
g increasingly Hispanic, which
ses special problems for the
ouston Independent School
District’s ongoing campaign to in-
: parental involvement in
school programs, officials said.
I “There is a need for more His-
jurflij tj an ' c parents to get involved,”
said Jean Myers, head of the dis
trict’s Volunteers in Public
Bchools program. “They are very
interested and want to be a part
of it, but we don’t have enough
people to handle the language
Barriers.”
I While the district has many
Hispanic volunteers, the numbers
in no way correspond to the dis
trict’s Hispanic population, Myers
ftid.
I The district’s student popula
tion is 36 percent Hispanic.
I At the elementary level, the
Hispanic student population sur-
Bassed that of blacks for the first
! time this year.
I Hispanic students now make
up the dominant ethnic group in
adesone through five.
Myers said there is a need for
ore classes to help parents learn
English, but adult education
Hasses in English are bursting at
the seams.
OVlfl
Ensemble to perform
in Rudder Tuesday
By Karl Pallmeyer
Music Critic
Horns and humor have been
trademarks of the Canadian Brass
for the past 16 years. In those 16
years, the ensemble has thrilled and
amazed crowds all across the United
States, Canada, Europe, Saudia Ara
bia, Japan, China and the Soviet
Union.
The Canadian Brass will bring its
peculiar style of music and laughter
to Rudder Auditorium at 8 p.m.
Tuesday, thanks to the Memorial
Student Center’s Opera and Per
forming Arts Society.
Tickets are $11.25 for students
and $13.25 for non-students and are
available at the Rudder box office.
Before the concert, Brazos Valley
Symphony Orchestra conductor
Franz Anton Krager will hold a free
lecture on the music and devel
opment of brass instruments. The
lecture will be held in Rudder The
ater and will begin at 6:45 p.m.
The five-man, brass ensemble has
a repertoire that consists of anything
from the classical works of Johann
Sebastian Bach, Claude Debussy,
Henry Purcell, George Ferderic
Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, Peter Il
yich Tchaikovsky and Giovanni Ga
brieli, to the marches of John Philip
Sousa, to the rags of Scott Joplin,
Fats Waller and Jelly Roll Morton, to
the avant-garde jazz of John Beck
with, Michael Colgrass, Lukas Foss
and Peter Schickele, Aside from vir
tuoso playing, the group’s tendency
to deflate some of the classical music
stuffiness with humor has lead to
sell-out performances around the
world.
Critics and audiences have been
knocked out by the way the ensem
ble combines musical styles. It com
bines the old spiritual “When the
Saints Go Marching In” with Hand
el’s “Hallelujah Chorus.”
The ensemble often enters the au
ditorium marching down the aisles
playing a slow march tune. One of its
most popular numbers is the hila
rious “Tribute to Ballet,” a melody
that features musical snippets from -
several famous ballets. Members of
the quintet dance around like balleri
nas during the sketch.
The Canadian Brass consists of
David Ohanian on French horn,
Charles Daellenbach on tuba, Eu
gene Watts on trombone and Fred
eric Mills and Ronald Romm on
trumpet. Each member has impres
sive musical credentials.
Mills has played principal trumpet
with the Houston and American
Symphony orchestras. Romm has
played with the Los Angeles Philhar
monic and the New York City Opera
Orchestra. Ohanian has played with
the Boston Symphony Orchestra
and has taught music at Boston Uni
versity. Watts has performed with
the Toronto Symphony and other
orchestras in the United States.
Daellenbach has taught music at the
University of Toronto.
CBS Masterworks and RCA Re
cords have released several best-sell
ing albums of the Canadian Brass.
The ensemble has played on several
television programs including‘“To
day,” “The Tonight Show with
Johnny Carson,” “Sesame Street”
and PBS’ “An Evening with Pops”
with John Williams.
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7:30 and 9:45, 701 Rudder
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