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By April Towery
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tudents living a lifestyle where eating dinner out of a
paper bag is an everyday experience may have diffi
culty finding a fruit and veggie plate at the Greasy
Burger Drive Thru.
Although wheat-free, gluten-free brown rice ham
burger buns and veggie pockets aren’t on the menu at the
Greasy Burger, there are ways to obtain health food in
Bryan-College Station.
This week, over 1,000 dietitians from across the country
will be in San Antonio for the 79th annual meeting of the
American Dietetic Association. Growing organizations such
as these are evidence that nutrition, health and vegetarian
ism is not just a fad.
Sophomore business major Stephanie Ogden became a
vegetarian when she was in the first grade after a field trip to
a pig farm.
Ogden said that being a vegetarian makes eating on cam
pus a challenge.
“I’m getting tired of eating wild rice casserole with cheese
sauce,” she said.
The upcoming holidays Thanksgiving and Christmas are
accompanied by the traditional meals, which center
around turkey as the main dish.
Ogden said this has not been a problem for her in the past.
“I just eat around it, everything but turkey,” she said.
“There’s so much more food than meat, but it isn’t al
ways healthy.”
Former faculty adviser of the Texas A&M Vegetarian So
ciety and associate professor of philosophy Gary Varner
said there are several different classifications of vegetari
ans, which he explained in his report, Varieties of Vegetari
an Diets: Ethics and Health.
“Nutritionists commonly recognize the following vari
eties of vegetarian: vegans eat neither meat nor any animal
byproducts (things which, like eggs and dairy products,
can be obtained without slaughtering the animals); lacto-
ovo vegetarians eat no meat but do eat both dairy products
and eggs; pesco-vegetarians eat fish but no other meat;
and semi-vegetarians eat small quantities of various meats,”
Varner wrote.
The Vegetarian Society is not active on campus this year
because of a lack of student involvement. The society was
founded in 1991 and was active for only two years. Al
though it was reincarnated in Spring 1995, the student
leaders have since graduated. According to its consti
tution, the society aimed to “advise and inform the
Texas A&M community of the positive impacts of a
vegetarian diet, and to provide a forum to express
these views.”
Varner said that the society was benefi
cial to the vegetarians because of the
common goals they shared. He said
the members of the society would
share vegetarian horror stories such
as discussions about vegetarian
meals like “the dreaded steamed
vegetable plate.”
“In a community like this, veg
etarians can share dietary com
mitments and similar ethical out
looks,” Varner said.
Varner, a vegetarian himself for
16 years, said the society may have
iss W a future, but he does not intend to
advertise it.
„ “I’m not going to push people into starting
m-p 6 ’ ^ said '. d s an easy thing to restart, and the resources
available if they will just come talk to me.”
Janis Atkins, owner of Brazos Natur
al Foods, said one of the most pop
ular products among students is
the Source of Life vitamin.
"Students like it because it
gives them energy,” she said.
“They also like quick foods like
the garden burger or granola.”
The appeal of herbal prod
ucts such as shampoos and
conditioners is that they do
not contain the harsh addi
tives that other products do.
According to reports compiled
by experts Ezio Bombardelli,
Paolo Morazzoni and P. Matti-
oli, herbal products can de
crease depression, anxiety, apa
thy and insomnia.
General Nutrition Center man
ager Manny Harrera said herbal
products are not just a fad because
of the genuine benefits the cus
tomers have received.
"The popularity of these products
has grown, especially among my older
clientele,” Harrera said. “Most of our cus
tomers are students who are interested in what
we call sports nutrition products, specifically protein
supplements and shakes. We try to specify the dosage
before they leave so they will not abuse these products
for a diet.”
Mary Clark, Columbia Medical Center supervisor of
the dietary department said she
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students struggle with changing their eating habits.
“My daughter is a student and she works, so she doesn’t
have time to eat healthy,” Clark said. “You can’t get vegeta
bles and fruit at the fast food place.
“The problem with trying to lose weight quickly with diet
pills is that once you stop taking the pills, you’re going to
gain that weight back and maybe even more. The only way
to lose weight is to do it slowly and change your eating
habits, or what you’ve been eating is going to come right
back to you.”
Organic products are popular among health food activists
because they have no pesticide. A recent report from the
USDA Pesticide Data Program noted that 61 percent of 6,000
fruit and vegetable samples had measurable residues from
at least one pesticide, and many carried residues from at
least two different chemicals.
Atkins said Bryan-College Station has few vegetarians
compared to other cities.
“It’s mostly a steak-and-potatoes type of venue as op
posed to places that have more vegetarian and ethnic types
of foods,” Atkins said.
Ogden said it is important for meat-eaters to understand
that vegetarians are serious about what they eat.
“People say, ‘How can you call yourself a true Texan?’ or
that I’m un-American because
I don’t eat meat — that gets annoying,”
she said.
Varner said that when students come home from college
and announce a vegetarian diet, it can cause problems.
“You’d be surprised how disruptive it can be, like it’s re
jecting core values,” Varner said. “It can be perceived as
threatening or condemning the lifestyles of others, whether
it’s meant that way or not.”
Atkins said students should be careful with the vitamins
they take.
“There are no magic pills, whether it’s from a natural
foods store or prescription,” she said. “When they talk about
‘body, mind, spirit’, it’s true because you can’t expect a pill to
work if you’re not eating healthy.”
Vitamins, however, can be beneficial. Recent studies show
that vitamins B6, C and E have assisted in AIDS research.
Atkins said “the bottom line is education.
“What everyone needs to do is listen to their own body,”
she said. “There’s limits on all of the foods and vitamins so
you should read do what the bottle says. Some people may
require more of something than another because of some
thing hereditary, abuse to your body in the past or an illness.
Different doctors recommend different things all the time.”
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