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Don't forget the fat By Erin Jahnke, Nutrition Assistant A.P. Beutel Health Center Low-fat. No fat. Reduced fat. Light! These words are everywhere, from grocery-store shelves and restaurant menus to magazine and television ads. It is no wonder fats are looked upon as the en emy, and that people try to avoid them like the plague. However, an important fact is being over looked in the fat-free craze. Fats are one of three vital energy nutrients need ed by the body to carry out many critical functions. While students may want to watch the amounts and types of fats in their diet, trying to completely elim inate them horn the diet is not wise. Fats have important roles in the body and need to be incorporated into a healthy lifestyle. First of all, fats transport fat-soluble hor mones and fat soluble vitamins A,D, E and K in and out of the body’s cells. Fat-soluble vitamins help fight infection, aid vision, strengthen bones, regulate metabolic processes, control blood pressure and aid in blood clotting. Fats insulate the body during cold weather, cush ion and guard the organs, help keep skin and hair healthy and add taste and aroma to foods, often leaving people with a greater sense of fulfillment. Fats also supply the body with essential fatty acids. Essential means the compounds cannot be made by the body alone, but must be obtained from food. Fatty acids help with normal reproduction and development and cholesterol metabolism. Finally, fats supply the body with fuel — they are a concentrated source of energy. Active peo ple need a lot of energy, and part of that energy should come from fats. In extreme cases, if the body does not have enough fats, tissues will break down as a source of fuel, resulting in weak ness, fatigue and organ failure. To make fats part of a healthy lifestyle, one should know about the different types of fats. Saturated fats are those that are usually hard at room temperature, like butter and shortening, and are of animal origin. Unsaturated fats are mainly of plant origin, like olive oil and conn and are usually liquid at room temperature! a variety of foods and balance the amounts saturated and unsaturated fats. Should fats be cut out of the diet compli Absolutely not. A healthy diet incorporates: bohydrates, proteins and fats. Fat contenti the only measure of a nutritious meal.Fat! products are often high in sugar and saltatiii in other nutrients. For best heart health, about 30 percentoli tal kilocalories should come from fats on am erage day. Fry to eat many grains, fruitsanih etables witli balanced choices at each it: Remember, it is not bad to eat onehigh-lat ; or meal. It is the total amount eaten overasjD od of time that counts. Everyone desen'esai now and then. Make moderation the kevs. learn to make fats part of a healthy diet. For more information, contact theHea ucation Center. Come by A.P. Beutel Healthd ter 016 or call 845-1341. Company accused of suppressing stud] ► Knoll Pharmaceutical Co. has been fighting publication of data that might prove to be detrimental to sales. CHICAGO (AP) — For more than six years, a drug manufacturer suppressed research that could have helped an estimated 8 million Americans save $356 million a year by using cheaper alternatives to the company’s synthet ic thyroid hormone. Knoll Pharmaceutical Co. finally threatened to sue to halt publication of a study that could topple its near-monopoly on the $600 million re tail market for the drug, the study’s lead author told The lournal of the American Medical Asso ciation. The journal published the research on Wednesday for the first time. Knoll said it had scientific objections to the study. With the drug industry spending millions each year on medical studies, the episode rais es troubling questions about the companies’ influence over research findings on which their profits may depend. “We don’t know whether things have been locked up in laboratories that could save lives,” said Dr. David Blumenthal of Massachusetts General Hospital. “That is probably overdramat- ic, but I do think there is probably some delaying “We don't know whether things have been locked up in laboratories that could save lives.” Dr. David Blumenthal Massachusetts General Hospital ^ ^ i iiiiiiiiiiiii ini ... slowing the progress of science.” Knoll’s product, Synthroid, controls 85 per cent of the market for synthetic thyroid hor mone, used by people whose thyroid glands have been damaged by disease or have been surgically removed. »siti Thyroid hormones regulate metabolklf’' 1 ' 1 chemical activity in cells that releases erJ (jl from nutrients or fuels the manufactureof M 1 ^ substances, such as proteins. Synthroid dominates the market in par* 1111 ' cause it was the first synthetic thyroidhori^ 11 Natural thyroid extracts had been marketi ^ years before federal rules required a scie:: / ' kS benchmark for the drugs’ effectiveness. In 1987, Synthroid’s manufacturer—a: time, Flint Laboratories — commissionn study of the drug. Betty J. Dong, a pharmac F ntl the University of California at San Franciscos had published findings suggesting Synth might he superior, was hired to compares throid to three other, similar drugs. I ler study showed clearly that thechea: competitors — one brand-name drugandi ’P] 1 generics — worked just as well as Synthroi thyroid deficiency. Over the next four years, the companytrift discredit the study and prevent its publffi| the journal said in an editorial. Diversity Continued from Page 1 “At first, it was the low numbers [of minority groups] on campus,” she said. “Being an engineering major, I was one of the only women and one of the only His- panics in the class. “There were comments made that would offend me, but I started learning how they (other students) didn’t know why those remarks would be offensive. So I felt it was my job to educate them about why it was wrong.” The Graduate Student Diversity Award went to Dhananjaya M. Arekere, a graduate student of agri cultural economics, while the Sup port Staff Award went to Mildred Mayes with University Apartments. Rhonda Kogut, with the Office of the Commandant, received the Pro fessional Staff Award. Provost Office Awards went to the educational administration and recreational parks and tourism sci ences departments. Dr. Nancy Holland, a professor of construction science, also re ceived a Provost Office Award for encouraging women to pursue ca reers in science. Dr. Jerry Gaston, vice president for administration, was recognized as top administrator in diversity. Dr. William L. Perry, dean of fac ulties, associate provost and acade mic vice president, said Gaston’s ef forts to develop recruiting and retention programs for minorities and to encourage departments to diversify their staffs define what the award is all about. “He wholeheartedly embraces those around him and his actions are genuine,” Perry said. Sandra Medina, student devel opment specialist with the multi cultural services center, helped or ganize the event. She said the awards give her hope that progress is being made in diversity. “I like to help coordinate the cer- , emony and read all the nomina tions,” Medina said. “I like to see all the good things that are being done to promote diversity.” Medina said that educating about diversity is necessary in to day’s society. “Not only students, butemp ees, realize our world isbecois very global,” she said. “Whenyti to classes and go to work,tlw people that are different tham People are realizing that thiso way our society is moving." Carreathers said the awS® mony is his favorite part offefl “We have the chance tores- people publicly for all the harJ® they do and show that it isokayi champions of diversity,” he si Carreathers said progress being made, but regressions^ versity, such as the Hopwook cision, are still prevalent day’s society. “If we do hear the trumpet® treat, I hope it falls on deafen Carreathers said. ATTENTION All Members of THE CLASS OF <98!! 1997-1998 Class Council Committee Chair Applications are now available in the MSC Student Programs Office. Committees include E-WalK, Ring Dance, Class Gift, Social/Service, and PR. Applications are due on Apr. 18, so don’t delay. If you have any questions, please call Nolan at 847-3168. 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