C2 - Wednesday, January 6, 1982 - North Shore News Fad diets ‘terribly unbalanced’ People who go on fad diets are hoping the tooth fairy will grant their wish. savs nutntion = professor Sarah Short. “Women are down to 1.500 calones a day but 30 per cent are overweight and not exercising.” she said. “LT really think we have to women “They may have put excess weight on over 20 years and they want it all off the next day. “Why do people plunk down their dollars for that fruit enzyme diet book? It drives me zonkers.” the Syracuse University professor said in an inter- view. She was refermng to “The Beverley Hills Diet.” a best-selling book by Judy Mazel that has been widely criticized by physicians and putritionrst-dietitians “Most diets are terriby unbalanced.” Mrs Short said. “Thevre low in some nutrients you need to stay alive - iron. calcrum. some B vitamins. A diet is for a lifetume. not two weeks If ao dhet asnt for vou personally. vourre not apt to stay with it. she said She recalled ans elderly German diabetic who told he could never have noodles “Id diet.” he said “The kev ws portion size Mrs. Short said much and move twice as much Thats not veryexcuing butat works She ts convinced no one tl going to slay scared more than a weck when denied a favorite food for hfe or whe has been told to cata food he hates. She tells ovserwcipht people. “Youre gomp to have to swear off ice Cream and cake cvery day but vou might hase oonce a and clse © apain rather week not hase something was “bat halt as around talk prevention. Studies show that by the third grade eating habits are pretty weil ingrained. “Ttell students, I haven'ta prayer of changing your eating habits. You have to start in infancy.” Mrs. Short was in New York City to speak on a program sponsored by The Wheat Germ Fitness Foundation, an organization of sports, nutrition, health and exercise professionals. We must pay more at- tention to mature people. she said. “As they age. their basal metabolism rate goes down and their percentage of body fat increases It takes a pretty good nutritonist to get tthe necessary) nutments into the calones you re allowed “Anvone can eall himsell a Nutritionist There's no orgamizauion for hcensing or registering them as there is for dietitians.” she said A nutnbonist-diehtian is the way to go, she said. R 1D alter the name identifies people who have been licensed bv the American Dietetic Association after four vears of college and internship “Bevery five vears you have have coxrtinuing education hours.” she said. to keep up with current Call Classified 986-6222 to WES-TEL ELIMINATES THE MIDDL E MAN. sat qoad-bye to hassles and delays; and say hello to person-to-person. paging, simpl. pick up a phone, dial direct to any West-Tel pager from Horseshoe. Bay to Chilliwack, and deliver your message in person, Wes-Tel's. the first independent paging company in B.C. to offer vou this udvanced new services... Selector Level Paging. as dependable as the telephone. KEEPIN TOUCH WITH WES-TEL, 732-7255 wesh ren developments.” Mrs. Short said many younger dietihans are going into private pracuce. She © said every major hospital can supply the names of consulting dietitians. Ask lo see their degree and registration before using their services “Tf you're going to someone who promises 100 per cent success, forget it. There isn't any such thing. “Be suspicious if they want to sell you pills or books. “Things are getting awfully complicated in nutrition,” she said: “There's no way a woman who 1s still menstruating - oF giving blood often, if she ts older - can get enough tron at 1,400 or 2,000 calories. “We should be telling them tricks to increase iron absorption. You can double ine absorption af vou have eranve pnee of lemon puree wath spinach or raw preen Pepper o.. spinach salad I vou have a cup oof tea habe atiron absorption Nook. Iron absorpuion is greater from meat or anv animal protein than from vezelables. Mrs. Short saves. but drinking tea with ut halves the tron absorption yust as it does from sezetuble SOUFCRS, “A lot of people tolerate ferrous sullate which is the cheapest was ol pelling tron.” she said (are se ORIENTAL RUGS NOW OPEN UGS INC. 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