THE RIGHT ANSWERS—wold you know them if asked

a shance ts to find ‘out. .

_ What do‘ you know about
basic nutrition? Do. you use .
your nutrition knowledge
_when you prepare meals for
~ yourself or your family? The.
Kellogg Nutrition | Council —
has outlined a few questions
and answers to cover basic
nutrition subjects. ©

What does the term
“ “balanced diet”’ mean?

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A balanced diet is one that
‘contains all of the. nutrients
“necessary for. your body to
function weii. In order to
maintain a balanced diet, you .
“must .eat several . different.
types of food. Noone food
- item .can ‘provide all the
: necessary nutrients. required

‘by. ‘the. ‘body | ‘to- function .
7 properly.

In “order to. ‘maintain. a

| balanced diet eat the follow-’

"ing foods daily: protein foods

such as. meats, fish, eggs, _
and poultry; foods high in...

vitamins. and: minerals such
as fruits, vegetables and
whole grain or enriched
breads and cereals; and-
carbohydrate foods for ener-
gy such as, ready-to-eat
cereals, breads, rolls and
other baked goods.

_ What foods contain vita-
min C?

Vitamin C, or ascorbic
acid, is found in citrus fruits
such as oranges, grapefruits,
lemons and. limes.: It is also
contained in potatoes and
other vegetables. Strawber-
ries and tomatoes are also
sources. At least one serving -
each day of a fruit, vegetable
or juice high in vitamin C is
recommended for adults and
children.

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-Do- adults need to eat

breakfast or is this meal only
necessary for children?

‘Breakfast is an important
meal for adults and children

alike. Studies have proven.
that breakfast provides the |
body with the spurt of. energy :
needed. first. thing in the

morning -- a time when your
body has gone. without
_ nourishment for the longest
period of the day. Studies

‘have also shown that without .
breakfast, your system tends _

to. slow down ° ‘and - become

sluggish i in the late. ‘morning .

hours, so. that. you .do. not

perform as well at’ work or -
‘school. —

A good breakfast doesn’ t |
necessarily

: mean (a large
breakfast. The ‘important
point to remember is that you
family. eat a
breakfast. that —
protein food such as eggs,

meat, cheese or milk, a fruit.

or beverage high in vitamin
C and carbohydrate foods for
quick energy. The Council

suggests a breakfast consist- | |

ing of ready-to-eat cereal
such as corn flakes cereal,
with milk, juice, bread or roll

with spread and a beverage.

If I am con a weight
reducing diet, do I still need —

to eat all types of foods or
should I exclude some?

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but need to lose a_ few

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by eating a wide variety of

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‘feeling that —
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Dietary fibre, or roughage

- ‘as it is better known, recently —
has - become | the topic. of
renewed interest. o

What is it and what is the

reason behind this increased.

attention to fibre’s role in our
daily nutrition and health?

Dietary fibre is food of
plant origin’ that is not
broken down by the human
digestive system. Composed

mostly of carbohydrate, fibre.
- has historically been linked

to digestive regularity and

contributes to the desirable

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texture, or ‘‘eating’’ charac-

~. teristics, of many foods.

Additional elements of our
foods,. such as vitamins,

-minerals, fat, proteins and

other carbohydrates, play
their roles in meeting our
‘bodily needs such as energy,
growth .and the = ‘‘satisfied’’
_ comes ~

Fibre is considered as
undigestible matter which

“may account for. the little
“attention paid to. -it
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by

science, nutrition’ and medi-
cal fields. Recently,

awareness of its
value -- due in part to the

work of a team of British
_ physicians. which compared
. dietary fibre intake of rural.
What | constitutes, a good
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‘and urbanized ® Africans | to
that of. ‘Western man. ce

- The ‘results ‘from. their
‘study showed’ that rural

Africans, with large amounts
‘of fibre in their diet, suffered
‘less from. digestive system :

problems (constipation, ap-
-pendicitis, diverticulitis, can-

_cer of the colon) than did the

more highly urbanized Wes-

after.

the food

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tern group with low. fibre

diets. These studies are not
fully conclusive .and have

pointed out the need for

further research. Work is |

now underway to help

-unravel the complexities of

this Subject.

“It: is relatively simple- to"
add more fibre to our diet.

Fruits and-vegetables such — \

as berries, tomatoes, broc-
coli, cabbage, cauliflower,
catrots and sweet potatoes
are high in fibre.

In addition, the cereal
fibres found in whole grain
(the . high-fibre

outer layers of the. cereal
grain) and most effective.

.Whole grain breads, such as

wheat and. rye, bran muffins -

and. bran-containing -ready-

to-eat breakfast cereals are
excellent sources. of fibre.

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| Wheat bran based cereals |
contain from two to seven

percent fibre and can be
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cereals as the main course ;
as a

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