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TAMU Energy Conservation Committee Is Giving Away Cash Awards! • $500 for Mascot Design $500 for Logo Design $250 for Slogan THIS IS A REMINDER: The TAMU Energy Conservation Committee will soon be giving away cash awards to contest winners for the original design (with graphic artwork) of a Mascot, Logo and Slogan to be used in an ongoing campaign to raise awareness, develop ideas and communicate our progress. All active members of the campus community are eligible to participate in the contest. Deadline for submissions is March 31, 2004. For complete contest rules and regulations and more information about energy conservation at TAMU, go to our web site at http://energy.tamu.edu. Tuesday, March 9, 2004 AGGIEL1FI THE BATTALId All Wet Eight glasses of water a day no long& applies to current diets, experts say By Bob Condor KRT CAMPUS My high school biology teacher. Mr. Bourey, one of the great ones, is not going to like this next sentence. Sometimes science doesn't give you the whole story. Recently, the federal government's Institute of Medicine issued a report that cast doubt on whether we all need to drink at least 8 glasses of water each day for optimal health. The institute's panel said Americans already get plenty of fluids — even if it's from soda or coffee — that count toward the minimum daily requirement. The panel found women get nine daily cups of fluid on average and men take in 13 cups. It reasoned that we get an additional two to three daily cups of fluid from our food, such as a half cup from a turkey and Swiss cheese sandwich or full cup from a dinner salad. Using a scientific "All of the research 1 have ever review shows our body hydration must dropatleasi percent before we get thirsty," said Kleiner,^ has served on government panels and consul! major corporations that sell both bottled wi! and soft drinks. "At the 2 percent drop, wen* definitely experience both a diminished men and physical performance." Other researchers theorize the body's gland, which controls thirst, becomes less el cient as we age. Coming oft the federal announcement,ill American College of Sports Medicine wans "thirst alone is not the best indicator of dehydn lion or the body's fluid needs." Its position the issue is that prolonged physical adit and/or heat exposure can confuse the bod thirst response. Consequently, ACSM recommends drink fluids before, during and after exercise toll analysis, the Institute of Medicine said there is enough water in these daily fluid intakes (beverages and food) to keep the body supplied. So drink only when you are thirsty. That's the federal gov ernment's recommendation. Roughly 60 percent of Americans are obese, and we measure annual consumption of soft drinks in gallons per year or cans per day for the people who drink them. The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, estimates that soft drinks rep resent more than a quarter of the typical American's daily fluids intake. Yet a government-commis sioned panel is telling people not to worry about drinking water, that all fluids count. "Water is a non-caloric u All of the research I have ever reviewed shows our body hydration must drop at least 2 per cent before we get thirsty. At the 2 percent drop, we most definitely experi ence diminished men tal and physical per formance. —Susan Kleiner Sports nutritionist and author of "Power Eating" health beverage,” said Susan Kleiner, a Seattle sports nutritionist who has worked with pro teams and has recently published the second edi tion of her book "Power Eating" from Champaign, Ill.-based Human Kinetics. "I understand the basic science that 'a fluid is a fluid,’ but I think we are missing the broader point that drinking water is nothing but positive for the body." Drinking water can add fluids without the "empty" calories of sugary soft drinks or arbi trary chemicals and preservatives in diet bever ages. Water can curb appetite if we drink it first when we are hungry (because we might actually be thirsty). Water doesn’t negatively affect mood or make us jittery. It helps digestion. It's less expensive and readily available. Plus, Kleiner takes issue with the recommen dation to drink only when we are thirsty. regulate body temperate replace fluids lost throughswej and achieve the best possiA performance. Kleiner said the federal pan; looked past preliminary stufc linking more water consumpto with reduced risk for colon bladder cancers. "It's observational data,''slK said. "Yet that is no reason ignore it." The federal panel also urjd Americans to consume 40 pei cent less sodium and consider ably more potassium. The current recommendel daily amount for sodium, orsali is no more than 2,400 ligrams per day, the equivalem of a heaping teaspoon of sail The new recommendation 1,500 milligrams daily. Yet studies show the averas American eats more than 4,1 milligrams a day. three-quarters of it from restaurant meals and com mon processed foods likespagfiet 1 at si mui Wee 1 mus a N achi / tor dec i A& base higt colli deni peo] drea 1 lure: style 40 a rang bers stori whil C a 2. grad adm rom gyo wide S walk her. ti sauce and frozen dinners. "We realize where we are is quite adislpi from where we should be ... and there are ot mercial interests that don’t want this to happe said Dr. Lawrence Appel, a professor of met cine at Johns Hopkins University, who ledlii institute panel. The panel also suggested most Americans a a lot more potassium to help lower blood pre sure and prevent bone loss. The new recommen elation, which will be incorporated into fedeni dietary guidelines, is 4,700 mg a day or to double current consumption. Potassium is tiful in bananas, spinach, cantaloupe and n ous other fruits and vegetables. Some scientists contend soft drinks cause lit body to lose potassium. Water most de does not. It remains, government panel ori’ the healthiest drink. orei her) else (TOI S PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Buckingham Palace announces new Master of the Queen's Musk LONDON (AP) — Composer and conductor Peter Maxwell Davies has been named Master of the Queen’s Music, Buckingham Palace announced Monday. Davies, one of Britain’s best-known living composers, replaces Malcolm Williamson in the ceremonial post. Williamson died in March 2003. The 69-year-old is the composer of almost 300 works, including the operas “Taverner’an “The Lighthouse” and “Eight Songs for ate King,” about Queen Elizabeth H’s troub; ancestor, George III. Master of the Queen’s Music is an honoa' position, founded in 1626 and traditionally cif ferred by the monarch on a musician of distinefo' Davies, a socialist who has questionedK utility of the monarchy, told the B# Broadcasting Corp. the post was “a marvete opportunity to create a better profile for seiitf classical music.”