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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2009
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VOLUME 120 ISSUE 131
SODIUM SURPLUS
Photo Illustration by Jerry Wang/KANSAN
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that an average adult should limit their sodium intake to 1,500 milligrams a day. The average 2-year-old consumes 3,439 milligrams a day.
Should you shake the salt habit?
Considerable health risks arise from high sodium levels in food
BY LAUREN HENDRICK
lhendrick@kansan.com
Adults over the age of 20 should limit their intake of sodium to 1,500 milligrams a day, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published in 2009. Some foods could fulfill that limit in one meal. A McDonald's Big Mac contains 1007 milligrams, a piece
of Pizza Hut's Meat Lovers', 840 milligrams.
Adrienne Baxter, registered dietitian and instructor at the School of Allied Health, said the minimum amount of sodium needed in a healthy diet was about 500 milligrams, which she said was also the maximum amount people should consume in one meal.
"When I think about young adults, I think about how poor they are at judging what they're eating," Baxter said, noting that Ramen noodles, a food synonymous with college life, has as many as 800 milligrams of sodium per
package She said it was
because the effects weren't always immediate.
The American Heart Association advocates lowering sodium intake to reduce the risks of high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke and kidney failure. It is estimated that one in three Americans has high blood pressure.
"An interim goal of no more than 2,300 milligrams daily might be more realistic, because the current American food supply makes reducing sodium consumption to less than 1,500 milligrams a day difficult," the American Heart Association stated on their Web site.
"I don't put salt on my food because I know it's already loaded with salt," Celeste Clayton, Dallas freshman, said. Clayton said she didn't read labels, but KU Dining posted nutritional information in Mrs. E's, including sodium contents for certain dishes.
According to the American Heart Association, table salt is 40 percent sodium by weight. Sodium assists the body in transporting fluid between cells and helps nerves transport signals for muscle movement.
The CDC reported that the average American 2-year-old consumed about 3,439 milligrams of salt each day, which was 1,339 milligrams more than the maximum 2,300 milligrams an adult should consume.
Patricia Denning, senior staff physician at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said sodium overload could prevent healthy kidney secretion. Denning also said that people developed a taste for salt that eventually made them likely to consume more salt in order to taste.
The AmericanHeart Association claims that salt added during food preparation only accounted for 5 percent of the average
other 95 percent was usually added to products for preserving purposes.
"To make up for the loss of flavor, food processors will increase the sodium to make the products more flavorful." Baxter said.
intake. The
Baxter said salt was a hard habit to kick and people needed to give themselves about two months to let their taste buds adjust if they were considering exercising moderation.
For more information about how to shake the habit, visit The American Heart Association's Web site at www.americanheart.org.
Edited by Sam Speer
CAMPUS
Giveaway to put students' used objects up for grabs
BY AMANDA TOMPSON
The Memorial Stadium parking lot will be home to a giant free garage sale on Monday.
Starting Sunday at noon, students and community members can drop off items they no longer want in lot 94 of Memorial Stadium. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, everything collected will be up for grabs, first-come, first-served.
Andrew Stanley, Overland Park senior, worked with University officials and FreeCycle.org representatives to plan the event.
FreeCycle.org is a Web site operated similarly to Craigslist. com, but everything is free. Members can post objects they no longer want and interested members can ask to pick up the item. For the first time, local FreeCycle moderators are moving away from their computers and onto the University campus.
"When we contacted FreeCycle, they were really excited about it." Stanley said. "They'd already wanted to do an event like this but they'd never really had a good public space with exposure."
Stanley said he had acquired posters, a bike and even tomato plants from other Lawrence residents using FreeCycle. He said he wanted to bring an event to the University to give students the opportunity to see how the Web site worked.
"I've found things that are quite valuable to me, where somebody
SEE FREECYCLE ON PAGE 6A
**WHAT:** FreeCycle event
**WHEN:** Drop off items
Sunday from noon to 5
p.m. Items can be acquired
Monday from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m.
COST: Everything is free
WHERE: Lot 94 at Memorial Stadium
PHILANTHROPY
Two weekend events support breast cancer awareness
BY KEVIN HARDY khardy@kansan.com
Ally Stanton and Kolby Fesmire have two things in common: Both play on the KU softball team and both watched their mothers battle breast cancer.
Stanton, St. Louis junior, and Fesmire, Round Rock, Texas, sophomore, will participate in Saturday's Jayhawks for a Cure 5K and the Pink Diamond Challenge. The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center will sponsor the events for the third year. This is the Athletics Department's first year cosponsoring the events.
Stanton said she and her mother were both involved in Susan G. Komen for the Cure before her
"It really helped because when she was diagnosed she already had a support group around her," Stanton said.
"If she can handle everything she's gone through then I can handle anything they throw at me out here," Stanton said.
Stanton's mother, Connie, will throw the first pitch at the softball game against Oklahoma at 1 p.m. Saturday at Arrocha Ballpark. Both teams will wear pink-and-white jerseys in support of the day's events. Connie Stanton said she
Stanton said her mother had been in remission from the cancer for several years now. She said her mother's struggle was an inspiration to her on and off the field.
mother's diagnosis.
She said she had been involved in breast cancer awareness for more than ten years and that she hoped others would take up the cause because the disease affected so many people.
was excited about participating in the events. After undergoing a mastectomy, she was diagnosed with melanoma, which she fought for several months.
"As of last week, I finished my treatment and I'm a new person," Connie Stanton said. "I feel great."
"I can handle it," Connie Stanton said. "I don't worry as much for myself as I do for my daughter and generations to follow."
Fessmire said she was a sophomore in high school when her mother was diagnosed with breast
View a map of the route for Saturday's 5K run at Kansan.com.
cancer. Her mother entered remission in 2005. Fesmire said her mother's battle with cancer was especially difficult because she was diagnosed shortly after Fesmire's grandfather died. Fesmire said
SEE 5K ON PAGE 6A
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KU softball team members Ally Stanton, St. Louis junior outfielder, and Kolby Fesmire, Round Rock, Texas sophomore shortstop, have both been personally affected by breast cancer — both Stanton and Fesmire's mothers are survivors of the disease. Saturday, Stanton's mother will throw the first pitch at The Pink Diamond Challenge.
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