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University Daily Kansan, October 14, 1981
Seaweed nutritious but not a diet trick
Eaten in West Africa for centuries as a chief source of protein, a seaweed called spirulina is suddenly gaining popularity in Lawrence.
By TERESA RIORDAN Staff Reporter
But it has gained its new-found fame for a different reason.
Weight-conscious people are buying spirulina to suppress their appetites—one feast the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says spirulina cannot perform in spite of its high protein and mineral content.
SPIRULINA CAN be legally marketed if it is labeled as seaweed, but some distributors are promoting it as a safe, quick way to lose weight and rejuvenate the body. Lairie Meyers, the company's affairs officer, said yesterday.
At least one Lawrence pharmacy spiraulin spiralina dills at pts. $59.90 for 100 dills
An advertisement in the University Daily Kanssan's personal section from a Kansas City distributor publicizes spirulina as a way to "have more energy, eat less, feed better." the energy nutrients food on the face of the earth."
Several months ago, the National Enquirer published an article praising the ability of the blue-green algae to ease hunger pains.
IN RESPONSE to the Enquirer article, the FDA issued a memo advising consumers not to rely on spirulina, sold as spirulina or pills, as an appetite suppressant.
Advertisers have claimed that
phenylalanine, an amino acid present in spirulina, acts on the brain as an appetite suppressant. However, an FDA advisory panel decided in 1979 that there was no "reliable scientific data" to support that.
Although its ability to curb hunger is questionable, spirulina is still recognized as a source of protein and minerals.
David Briscoe, director of the East West Center, a Lawrence nutrition education center, said that spirulina, an invaluable food general, is an invaluable food source.
“It's interesting to note that scientists say there is no vegetable source with vitamin B-12 (necessary for human life), but traces of B-12 have been found recently in spirulina,” he said.
BRISCOE PREFERRED to call spirulina a sea vegetable rather than seaweed, to make the food sound more appealing.
"People usually say 'yuck' when you mention seaweed," he said.
According to Briscoe, the world is experiencing a radical change in its diet, and plant food from the sea is part of that revolution.
"It was unheard of six years ago as a food," he said. "People thought it was strange."
Chuck Mageri, an employee of the Community Mercantile, 700 Mains St., said the demand for seaweed had increased in the past year.
Community Mercantile usually stocks five or six varieties of seaweed, which are either form or dried in their original form.
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By MARK ZIEMAN
A Kansas newspaper editor who called the state of West Virginia a "thicket of nothingness," said yesterday that some West Virginians just couldn't take a joke, including the secretary of state.
"People in West Virginia don't have a sense of humor," David Hacker, editor of the Mehhattan Mercury, said. "They don't understand editorial commentary or the suggestion of hyperbole, and apparently they don't like the sting of truth."
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IN AN OCT. 6 editorial, Hacker criticized a group of Democratic senators for their lack of action during a recent gathering at West Virginia's Caanan Valley State Park.
"I've gotten calls from almost every newspaper and radio station in the state, and heard from about half the state's population, in one degree of sobriety or another," he said.
Although the bulk of the editorial dealt with the Democratic Party, Hacker also wrote that "the state is a political machine and its desire of despair, an assemblage of rented
air which seems to resemble the Democratic Party at the moment."
Manchin told United Press International that he would either go to Kansas to meet with Hacker or bring the editor to West Virginia.
That proved to be too much for James Manchin, West Virginia's secretary of state.
"I am going to try to straighten out his mind," Manchin said.
JAMES DENT, a columnist for the Charleston Gazette, also joined in the fray.
"I (Kansas) is, a columnist from Omaha told me once, where bad Nebraskas go when they die." Dent said. "Kansas produces wheat, tornadoes and weak beer . . . While it is true that Dorothy resembles her in terms of realizing her mistake and went back to live among the munchkins. Smart kid."
Hacker said he was aware of his criticism.
"I hear he (Manchin) called me a 'scurrilous jackanapes,' whatever the hell that is," he said.
"I don't mind being scurrilous, but I don't know about jackanapes."
A JACKANAPES is an archaic term for a monkey or a conceived fellow, according to Webster's New International Dictionary.
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October 14-24.
THE UNIVERSITY FORUM will feature Robert Weaver, professor of biochemistry, speaking on "Genetic Engineering," at 11:45 a.m. in the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center.
TODAY
THE ENGINEERING SEMINAR will be at 3:30 p.m. in 2009 Learned Hall.
THE KU GERMAN CLUB will hold a
Kaffeeset at 4:30 p.m. in 4087
place
THE ENTRY DEADLINE FOR RECREATION SERVICES RACQUETTLE DOUGLES will be at 5 p.m. Sign up in 208 Robinson Center.
THE STUDENT SENATE will meet
at 3:30 p.m. in the Council Room of the
King's College.
THE KU SAILING CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. in the Union Carriers.
THE KU SCRABBLE CLUB will
manage the In the Trail Room
Lunge of the Lounge
THE DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS
CHEF OF THE ROOM 7 p.m. in the Trail
Room of the Union.
THE NEW LIFE STUDENT FELLOWSHIP will hold a Bible study at 7 p.m. in the Forum Room of the Union.
MECHA will hold an organizational meeting at 7 p.m. in the Oread Room of the Union.
the custo
THE FINE ARTS HONOR RECITAL
will be held at 8 p.m. in Swarthout
Recital Hall.
TOMORROW
THE EPISCOPAL EUCHARISTIC
THE EPISCOPAL will meet at noon in
Dunford Church
THE LIFE ISSUE SEMINAR will be
ecumenical
Christian Minister's Center
THE PHOTOJOURNALISM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION is sponsoring a play in by Earl Richardson at 4 p.m. in the Jayhawk Room of the
THE RENAISSANCE DANCERS AND STUDENT CREATIVE ANACHRONISTS will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Trail Room of the Union.
GREAT THE SIMULATIONS GAMING
GROUP will meet at 7 p.m. in Cork 2 of the UniPlex
THE WESTERN CIVILIZATION PROGRAM ACADEMIC FILM FESTIVAL will present two films, "Protest and Reform" and "Protest and Communication," at 7:30 p.m. in Dyche Auditorium.
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| | Reg. | Sale |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Bratwurst | 3.98 | 3.49 |
| Braunchweiger | 3.29 | 2.89 |
| Hessische Liverwurst | 4.09 | 3.59 |
| Knockwurst | 2.98 | 2.49 |
| Mettwurst | 4.29 | 3.89 |
| Blutwurst | 3.59 | 3.29 |
| Teawurst | 4.29 | 3.89 |
| Apple Strudel | 2.50 | 2.29 |
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