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“It is very important when you’re dieting to be con
sistent,” she said. “Yo-yo dieting does hurt. You can’t
flip flop with your health.”
Those students who decide to work off the pounds
instead of dieting face another set of potential pitfalls.
Students who commit themselves to a life in the gym
can easily overexert themselves. Contrary to popular
belief, the progress made in a gym is not directly relat
ed to the time spent in a weight room.
Glenn Gaesser, an exercise physiologist at the Uni
versity of Virginia, said in a 1997 issue of Muscle mag
azine the best workout is not necessarily the one that
takes the most time.
“It’s the law of diminishing returns,” Gaesser said.
“Sure, you’ll get something out of doing more sets, but
the biggest strength gains will be seen with just one.”
Doing multiple sets of an exercise is not only less
helpful, but can be dangerous. Sports injuries can re
sult from overzealous resistance training.
After going through all the time and expense of
making their bodies the best, female students loathe
to leave their skin as is. Approaches in enhancing skin
vary from the natural look to the inch-deep makeup
look.
Too often female students think the natural look
can be interpreted as “she who gets the most sun
wins.” While a smooth tan does more sharply define
the body’s natural lines, a sunburn dries out the skin
and damages the living cells underneath the top lay
er of skin.
Dr. Helen Madducks, a dermatologist for the East
Texas Regional Health Care Service, said in some ways,
a sunburn can be permanent.
“Too many people think that just because the red
goes away the damage is fixed,” Madducks said. “They
don’t know that the damage to the skin from a sunburn
is permanent, and that the good tan you get today con
tributes to the wrinkles you have tomorrow."
Students tend to regard a tanning bed as a safe al
ternative to laying out in the sun, but sitting in a tan
ning bed can be just as bad for a body. According to a
report published by the University Health Services of
the University of Michigan, a tanning booth has the
same depressing effect on the immune system that lay
ing out in the afternoon sun has. However, the skin al
most immediately thickens in response to sunlight for
protection. This thickening does not happen in a tan
ning bed, leaving the tanee with less defense against
the sun.
In addition, 80 percent of the damage to the skin oc
curs by the age of twenty, and students who spend a
lot of time in the sun without protection risk melanoma,
which affects one out of every five Americans today.
When it comes to looking better and feeling better,
students should be aware of the risks before they act
on their impulses.
“It’s not just about pounds, and it’s not just about
your body,” Cohen said. “The effects can be psy
chological; they can be emotional. Feeling good is
more important than looking your best, but you can
have both. ”
“Especially in Texas, bottled water is a
terrific way to have quick access to water.”
it is my understanding thatthel
not look at as many items as
does,” he said. “A statecanbea;;
the EPA, or they can bestricta.
of Texas is stricter.”
€
Reliability of bottled water
How bad is the water
So many companies are putting water
onto the market. However, how is a con
sumer to know what is really behind the
label?
Neuwirth said bottled water companies
are going to provide the best water be
cause they have staked a companies name.
“The majority of waters on the market
are reliable,” he said. “But if you are going
to pay the price for a bottle of water, then
you should demand the best.
“There are some companies like Aqua-
fina that put a nature like logo on their bot
tle but are not clear about their source. On
the label it says, ‘processed municipal wa
ter,’ which is tap water.”
Chapman said there are many compa
nies who bottle tap water.
“They take tap water, put them in bot
tles, label them and then sell it as fancy
water. There is a bottled water company
that uses Houston tap water and is selling
it in College Station. People need to read
the fine print, literally, because you may
get just tap water.”
Karl Goldapp, environment service su
perintendent of the waste water division
for the City of College Station, said with
bottled water, the buyer is not sure of the
source.
“The city provides information about
where tap water is coming from,” he
said. “You are not sure what you are get
ting with bottled water or the quality of
maintenance. ”
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Station, shampoo will not wa;;
hair and soap will not come (ft
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but most of us can handle theai
sodium. It is not bad for a heal#,
ing person.”
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nal failure, should get purified
other sources around town.
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two years by an outsidesourcei
aminants.
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against micro-bacterial growth,’
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per liter in cola and 200 milligram
in water. But, most people dti
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Food and Drug Administration
Regulations
The myth is bottled water is not regu
lated, but Neuwirth said there are FDA
regulations, and there are state regulations
from the Department of Health.
“Bottled water is more like a soft drink
as far as the regulations are concerned,”
he said. “There are regulations about good
manufacturing processes, testing and com
pliance with good elements in the water.
“But the difference between the regula
tions for bottled water and tap water are
like comparing apples and oranges. They
go through entirely different processes."
Goldapp said tap water is regulated by
the Environmental Protection Agency.
“1 do not know the FDA regulations, but
Chapman said using thewoni
water” is a marketing gimmick.
“There is no difference,”
"Spring water tastes better,to
same as tap.”
Neuwirth said municipal w;
livered through the taps whilespiii
ter comes from the ground, fresl
buyer.
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tie it, test it and ship it straight toy
said. “Spring water is at thehighes
of quality, and the taste isalsoa
ter. ”
Goldapp said spring waterisa
words that gives off the wrongimpii
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of the ground,” he said
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under pressure. College Station,Bpi
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