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By SUSAN STANLEY Staff Reporter
Students who munch on store-bought mixes of nuts, raisins, coconut and carob chips, thinking they are eating something natural, may be in for a surprise, a KU professor said recently.
The mixes sold in area stores and advertised as health foods may mislead consumers into thinking they are more nutritious than other foods, said Marie Cross, assistant professor of human patient who teaches nutrition classes.
"The problem with this kind of thing is that it is advertised as natural and low in sugar, but it isn't always that way," she said.
The growing number of health foods appearing on the market has resulted in concern about the difficulty of defining what constitutes a healthy food.
ACCORDING TO Federal Trade Commission literature, about $3 billion is spent on products labeled as health foods. The FTC said higher prices were charged for many of products with "health food" labels.
The FDA Consumer, the official Food and Drug Administration publication; recommends that the words "natural," "organic" and "health" not be used in advertising unless the product has not been more than minimally processed.
The Federal Trade Commission recommends that the words "health food" not be used to advertise products because the term is so hard to define.
because the cermet TFC suggests that products advertised as "natural" be free from artificial colorings and flavorings, color additives and chemical preservatives.
The mixes are a popular item at both grocery and health food stores.
JACOB GEORGE, owner of Health Foods Mart in Toopka, said he sold organically grown mixes of fruits and nuts.
Cross and George both said that consumers should be aware of the ingredients in the mixes they buy to ensure the nutritional quality of the food.
1066. If sugar, corn syrup or honey are one of the first ingredients listed, the product is high in sugar. Cross said.
product is high in sugars.
Consumers worried about calories should avoid mixes with peanuts, cashews and walnuts. George said, because those types of nuts are high in fats.
People concerned with getting the best nutrition and fewest calories should select mixes with almonds, he said.
salt.
ONE INGREDIENT in many of the mixes is carob, which is lower in fat than chocolate, he said. Carob, which grows in pods on trees, is a sweet product without the calories or caffeine of chocolate.
or Crook
often said that if the mix contained oil, it wouldn't have a long shelf-life, and the consumer should make sure it isn't rancid.
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Some grocery stores list the ingredients of the mixes on the containers, but some of the additives and preservatives are unfamiliar to consumers, Cross said.
Lethicin is a fat that appears in many mixes that helps take cholesterol out of the blood. George said.
Whey, another ingredient in the mixes, is a byproduct of the buttermaking process and is high in nutritional value. George said.
Vanillin is a flavoring used in many of the coated nut mixes, he said.
The $2 to $5 a pound prices charged in Lawrence were high, George said, but some of the mixes without added sugar and lemon juice, considering their nutritional value.
Ron Ott, a manager of Rusty's IGA, 23rd and Louisiana streets, said the store considered its fruit and nut mixes somewhere between a candy and a health food.
Increased verification of information on financial aid forms will be both good and bad for students, a U.S. Department of Education official said yesterday.
By SUSAN STANLEY Staff Reporter
Students to be asked to verify aid forms
"There are some students who do try to take advantage of the program." said Sam Weaver, head of the department's Quality Assurance Division. "But with the new requirements, that will be impossible to get away with."
The increased number of validations or checks are the result of a Department of Education study last year that revealed that $235 million was either underpaid or overpaid to students receiving Pell Grants, Weaver said.
"We hope to catch some errors in their favor. Some students inadvertently cheat themselves. They aren't accurate when they fill out the applications and so they end up not getting money that they could qualify for."
THE KU OFFICE of financial aid is now checking facts on American College Testing forms and federal income tax returns submitted with financial aid applications.
Presently, the government runs checks of declared incomes with the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Security Administration, Weaver said.
Donna Kempin, assistant director of the KU office of financial aid, said all financial aid applications would be
subject to validation. Before, only about 10 percent of the forms had been checked, she said.
She said that after students mailed their ACT forms at the end of the month, the next step would be to turn in the completed form and return keys to the office of financial aid.
Kempin said there were problems making the awards because the deadline for filing the ACT financial need packet would be before many people had finished their income tax returns.
PEOPLE CAN OVER or underestimate the incomes on the ACT forms, causing the office to award an incorrect amount of aid, she said.
To help solve the problem, Kempin said, the office of financial aid recommends that students estimate the amount of income tax to be paid and
turn in a copy of the tax return when it is finished.
Validating the applications is nothing new, Kempin said. The requirements for the Fell Grant include a clause in the agreement that provides for checks of this kind.
By having the copies of the tax returns on hand, the office will not be hampered by delays in adjusting award amounts, she said.
of this rule
"We have always been able to check any of the applications that we felt had any type of irregularities," she said.
By the time the form is returned because of a question about the amount of income tax paid, the parent or student hasn't got a copy of the return," she said. "They have to the IRS and request a copy. This takes from three to six weeks and just delays the whole process."
Professors selected for Intra-University program
SIX KU professors will spend next year in different departments as the result of the Intra-University Professorship program.
Any faculty member is eligible for the professorship, Sally Sedelow, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said yesterday.
"This is the fourth year that the professorships have been awarded." she said. "The Endowment Association pays for one summer month's salary and the home department receives some relief also. This frees the instructor from his duties and he is able to pursue other interests at the University."
THE PROFESSORS are planning to further their research in their new departments and expressed excitement about being chosen for the positions.
Lee Williams, professor of geography, said he would be working in the remote sensing laboratory of the
engineering department, doing research with microwave satellites
"They are the next generation in satellites because they will be able to photograph through clouds, something that radar satellites can't do," he said.
The microwave satellites will be used to take photographs of the earth showing geographical formations and the locations of resources, he said.
Williams has been involved with the operation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administrator's satellite "Landsat."
LABORATOIRE BILLIAMS WAS working closely with the engineering department and saw the professorship as a chance to combine the knowledge of the two departments. He said that he would sit in on engineering classes for the first semester and then would teach classes the second semester.
Neil Salkind, associate professor of educational psychology and research, said he would be spending the year studying marital law and helping a law
professor teach a class in jurisprudence.
"The fellowship is a terrific opportunity," he said. "I am planning to learn more about the law and then do further research on the impact of mediation versus litigation in divorce precededges."
been talked about by studying the way language interwives with the philosophy." he said. Art Skidmore (associate professor of philosophy) and I will also be working on the plans for a class in semantics."
Keith Percival, professor of linguistics, said he would be studying in the department of philosophy. He said that going back to being a student would be a big change for him because he had been teaching for 19 years, .
J. Theodore Johnson, professor of French and Italian, said he had already begun his transition to the student world by beginning piano lessons at Murphy. He said he would be spending the year in the departments of music
It's a marvelous program," he said.
"It gives professors a chance to tool up and learn about some of the things they have discovered during their teaching
HE SAID HE was planning to study the interrelation of literature and arts in France.
"I am learning Greek so I can study more about Orpheus, a character in Greek mythology. By reading their writings in their language I hope to be able to understand the Greek mind," he said.
Johnson said that he will also study ekthrasis, the transformation of one form of art into another.
"I'ts like writing a poem about a painting or piece of music," he said.
painting or piece of music," he said.
Other professors selected for the program were Alkivias Akrites, assistant professor of computer science, and George McCleary, associate professor of geography.
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