- 9191,

THIS PRESS release
came to me, telling
the world that March
is Women’s Nutrition
Month. My’ im-
mediate reaction was
to call the number
given and to ask, tart-
ly, ‘‘What about
men? Why should
nutrition month ig-

nore the other half of
the equation?”

Eleanor
Godley

THE VINTAGE YEARS

Some of the ardor of my
protest, was diluted by the
fact that I had to leave a
message — it’s hard to
convey feelings of injustice

perceived when you’re deal-_

ing. with a disembodied Te-

-cording.

The return call was quick,
though. I. was still in my
state of dudgeon over what
I saw as a gross omission. I

‘mean, .we’re scrubbing half

of the population.

+ But :it turns out that no-.

body is slighting anybody, I
can relax, my men have. not
been locked outside to fend
for themselves in the wilds
of nutrition: country.

It’s just a ploy.

You see, the people who
deal with ‘real. nutrition, not
just food’ per se but food
that’s gocd for you, know
darn well: that we all think

‘it’s excruciatingly dull,

don’t you know, so they try

to jazz. it up. Apparently ~

last year, when. I> wasn’t
Jooking, was Men’s Nutri-
tion year; next year they
plan on emphasizing good
food for children.

1 just wasn’t keeping up.

But of course, so much
of what is offered. now as
food has been treated with
strange additives, frozen,
dried, irradiated, who
knows how much it really

contributes to our good
nutrition? -
The fist of ingredients

takes you a long way from .

familiar ordinary food. In
addition, there are so many
dizzy theories these days
about our relationship with
food, and so many new
things presented as the solu-
tion, we need a flat-footed

_ yes or no once ia while.

That’s when to call 732-
Dial-A-Dietician will
go to great lengths to get
you a true answer. =)

Of course every ‘single

28 ~ Sunday, March 21, 1993 - North Shore News

jial-a-dietician offers free nutrition information

day there’s a new weight-
loss diet being promoted.
There seems to be a univer-
sal obsession in North
America with slimming, and
sometimes that’s a good
thing and sometimes it’s id-
jotic. The people who an-
swer that phone can help
you decide znd maybe even
offer a better alternative.

It’s not just so-called
diets for keeping you thin,
or ecologically acceptable,
or politically correct. (Gosh,
1 was reading somewhere
that they have Vegan
mating services for hooking
up people who think

 meat-eating is disgusting!)

We’re pretty sure about
the care with which our
groceries are handled in this
country, but what about
when a power-outage has
had the freezer shut down?
What about stuff that’s got
mouldy?

Is it OK to lift it off and
eat the rest for lunch? Is it
safe to eat potatoes with
green skins? My mother
always said no, but is that
still true in these days?

We're lucky. Any such
query about food, and a
host. of others, will be an-
swered right now when you
dial the given number.
That’s good for anywhere
on the Lower Mainland.

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the day by qualified dieti-
cians who will tell you all
they know, and if you’ve
got some special esoteric
problem then they'll refer
you to a dietician in private
practice, maybe, or to your
own doctor with some
queries.

As well, they are familiar
with self-help and support
groups should your problem
need a long-term adjust-
ment.

For the rest of the pro-
vince, there’s an 800
number, which soon will be
a 24-hour service. Mothers
with new babies, parents
wanting to know. what
makes a good school lunch
to pack, elderly people wor-
rying about calcium, how
much is enough, all sorts of
people get daily help this
way.

It helps you cope with the
mass of advertising about
what’s good — is it good
for you or good for the ad-
vertiser’s pocketbook?

We’re easily confused
about vitamin supplements
—.do these things cancel
each other out? Am I just
wasting my money? Can
you overdo all of it? I
remember a neighbor who
was
from her devotion to carrot
juice. Isn’t the old tag, ‘
little of everything,’’

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perhaps a good idea after
all?

No need to feel shy.
They’ll tackle nearly any-
thing. One chap wanted
them to do something about
food-bank cholesterol,
another wondered what he
should feed his pituitary.

Jean Fremont, who took
the brunt of my defence of
male sustenance, says cails
to the service are much
more medically oriented
than they used to be, in-
dicating increased
homework, and awareness,
on the part of the public.

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