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More Americans are overweight... \ 75% 74% 59% 50% 1986 ’94 ’95 ’96 ...and by more than a few pounds 24 percent of American adults are over their recommended weight range by 20 percent or more. Source: A Jan. 18-22 Louis Harris and Associates survey of Americans age 25 and over. That recommendation comes from the American Heart Associa tion, which has issued reduced- guilt guidelines aimed at getting people to eat right over several days or a week, instead of obsess ing over every day or every meal. The guidelines don’t change the recommended maximum lev els of calories, fat and cholesterol in people’s overall diet. But for the first time, the guidelines cut people a little slack, allowing them to be glutto nous one day, if they eat less the rest of the week. “This fits the theme of con suming a variety of foods and re ducing guilt from eating some thing ‘bad’ now and then,’’ said Dr. Ronald Krauss, chairman of a committee that developed the re vamped guidelines. “It’s fairly clear now that the changes we associate with heart disease risk do represent more of a long-term trend rather than changes that occur with any giv en meal.” These are the first changes since 1988 in the heart associa tion guidelines, which were first published in 1961. In the past, the association recommended daily levels for such things as calories and fat, without suggesting that the lev els could be a daily average over a week’s time. The change was made to alleviate frustration among people who felt meeting the guidelines every day was unrealistic. Bernadette Latson, a dietitian at the University of Texas South western Medical Center at Dallas, said the idea of meeting nutritional goals over a week’s time is already advanced by many dietitians. “Getting an overall balance is what’s really important,” she said. Robert Ricci, 28, a sales engineer in Dal las, said he figured that out for himself. Ricci usually eats a low-fat, high-fiber diet heavy tion’s journal Circulation, The overall goal retnait ducing the risk of hearidi with a new focus on whose growing incidence hies researchers. Krauss said the publicap to have gotten the message ducingta “Getting an overall balance is what’s really important.” Bernadette Latson Dietician, University of Texas Medical Center cholested but no importanti maintaii healthy weight. A sm taken in)a ary by la Harris aoii sociatesitl catedIk imed: ind W leadlin Ross Hecox percent Btlleybali Notebooi on foods like raisin bran and baked potatoes. “If I go to the El Fenix restau rant and get the Wednesday spe cial, which is very good but very bad-cheese enchiladas — it’s all right once in a while,” said Ricci, who was eating a fat-free brownie after a chicken sandwich for lunch Monday. The guidelines, developed by the heart association’s nutrition committee, were published in Monday’s issue of the associa- Americai or older are overweight, up 71 percent a year ago andonh percent 10 years ago. The updated guidelinesa ommend that people a« roods high in sugara»dl daily sodium intake to 6"- the equivalent of about. _ spoon of table salt. That's & from about 11/2 teaspoons. New on the list is them mendation of 25 to 30 f fiber per day from foods, tied supplements. eak to seven o teams’ hist -1 record ov When the apped their fu w ae this season Military logs track Gulf War Syndroirt BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — U.S. com manders sheltered themselves behind spe cial filters while instructing troops to disre gard reports of a toxic cloud during the Persian Gulf War, according to newly de classified military logs. In the logs, obtained by The Birmingham News, a military officer responded to in coming reports of toxic clouds: “Pre dictably, this has become — is going to be come a problem.” After U.S. commanders later sealed their facilities with airlocks and switched to chemi cal warfare filters for ventilation, they told troops to ignore Czech reports of low-level nerve agents: “Told them to disregard any re ports coming from Czechs,” the logs say. The release of the documents follows the Pentagon’s announcement Sept. 18 that it will notify at least 5,000 Gulf War veterans that they may have been exposed to nerve agents in the days after the end of the war in March 1991. The logs were compiled for Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf at his headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to assess the threat of chemical weapons in the 1991 war against Iraq. Jim Brown, who heads the advocacy group Gulfwatch, acquired the logs last year under the Freedom of Information Act and provided copies to the News. The newspaper published excerpts Sunday. The logs turned over to Gulfwatch have omissions, including eight days in March 1991 when troops destroyed a cache of Iraqi chemi cal weapons. The Pentagon acknowledged earlier this month that U.S. troops were in volved in destruction of that depot. Gulfwatch has said the log omissions bol ster its claim of a military cover-up of GulfWar Syndrome, an unexplained ailment many vet erans claim they contracted during the war. More than 20,000 veterans returned home suffering from ailments such as aching joints, fatigue and memory loss, according to Brown. Many believe their illnesses are linked to low- level exposure to chemical warfare agents re leased by destruction of Iraq's stockpiles of chemical weapons. The logs include entries following the coalition bombing of Iraqi ammunition dumps. The first sign of trouble came Jan. 19, 1991, two days after the air war began. An afternoon entry noted smoke billowing from bombed-out targets: a 10:46 p.m. en try said Czechoslovakian chemical warfare specialists detected non-lethal levels of poison mustard gas. Both times, the log officer responded with disbelief. “Explained this was impossible,” the evening entry reads. The next day, the officer noted that Czech and French troops detected two types of nerve gas, the logs say. After Iraqi troops launched a Scud missile attack, Central Command switched its venti lation over to chemical warfare filters and sealed its facilities with airlocks, the logs state. Later that day, French troops reported they again had detected chemical warfare agents. The next day, Jan. 22, U.S. troops told com manders the Czech chemical warfare experts had made another detection, but Central Command decided U.S. troops should ignore the Czech detections. Gulf War symptoms Q Persian GulfWar log shows that U.S. commanders took precautions against a toxic cloud while telling troops to disregard reports of low-level nerve agents. A period in March 1991, when a U.S. battalion destroyed a bunker which may have housed chemical weapons, was omitted from the logs. 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Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, AP researdi Contraceptive hormones might increase chance of gettingAI NEW YORK (AP) — Hormones used in in jected and implanted contraceptives might make women more susceptible to getting infected with the AIDS virus during sex, a study of monkeys suggests. Monkeys were given im plants of progesterone, which resembles synthetic hormones used in the injected contracep tive Depo-Provera and the im planted contraceptive Nor plant. Those monkeys became far more vulnerable to vaginal infection with the monkey AIDS virus than untreated monkeys were. The Associated Press report- “We don’t rec ommend that women change their contracep tive practices.” Robert Spirtas Institute of Child Health and Human Development ed at a meeting of researchers. The study is now being published in the October issue of the journal Nature Medicine. Robert Spirtas, chief of the contraceptive and reproduc tive evaluation branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Develop ment, said last week that it’s not clear whether the monkey results apply to women. Scien tists are investigating that now, he said. “We don’t recommend that women change their contra ceptive practices,” he said. Spirtas noted that hormone- lr :; a y: ed the results in May when they were present- based contraceptives don’t offer protection against the AIDS virus as condoms do. “If a woman knows or thinks she's ina* situation ... she should protect herself,” For the study, Dr. Preston Marx of the Diamond AIDS Research Center in Net'' and colleagues implanted progesterone^ in 18 female macaques. Then a lowdosetf the monkey version of the AIDSyirus 1 ' 1 placed in the animals’ vaginas. Fourteen of the 18 monkeys with tht plants became infected, vs. only one® monkeys without implants. The reasont peared to be that progesterone mad® vaginal walls thinner, making it easier virus to infect the body, researchers said. Pharmacia & Upjohn Iric., whichm 1 Depo-Provera, said more study will be tie® 1 * to see what the findings mean forpe®] Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, maker plant, said it would review the research ells, lie, oL lllr Mock LSAT . * Sponsored by PreLaw Society and The Princeton Review October 12, 1996 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Blocker 102 Cost $ 10.00 Need some practice? Want to see how you’ll score? Take it for practice, it’s much cheaper than the real thing! Sign up in the Office of Professional School of Advising Academic Building 205 by October 11. Sign up now space is limited!! [DfflVOCK SBiTOtBiMTi All DAY, EVERY TUESDAY OF THIS WORLD! 2tl University Carter Creek Center 268-DAVE 846-DAVE 913 Harvey Bd. —~ ~ < 764-DAVE 323 Geo. Bush Dr. 696-DAVE Afvayt. 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