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Friday, February 9, 1979
University Daily Kansan
Students on fad diets lose pounds, health
BvJULIA GOPLERUD
Staff Reporter
Lose weight while you sleep! Eat the foods you love and lose 10 to 15 pounds a week!
Students who try bad diets that make claims like these may lose their health as well as pounds, according to Marsee Bates, a registered dietitian at Watkins Hospital.
Bates said diets that consisted only of a predigested protein drink or that emphasized protein while restricting carbohydrate intake could be dangerous.
"The predigested liquid protein diet does not supply complete protein, is nutritionally incomplete and distorts the electrolyte balance in the body," she said.
The drink is called 'predigested' because its ingredients, animal hooves and horns, have already been broken down by enzymes.
"LAST YEAR 58 deaths in the United States caused by cardiac arrhythmia were attributed to the predigested protein diet," she said.
Bates said people who followed the diet could have weight losses of seven to 10 pounds.
She said several of the students she counselled said they had tried the challenge.
"I DIDN'T RECOMMEND it, but it was to decide. I叫 them in individually this fall and told them the facts about it." she said.
Bates said one of the most popular dips was the high protein-low carbohydrate diet. The diet restricts carbohydrates, which are breads, cereals, fruits and vegetables.
"Carbohydrates are protein sparring," she said. "They provide energy for the body and
spare protein so that it can be used for growth and maintenance. When carbbohydrate are limited, the body doesn't贮存 energy properly, and breaks down protein for energy.
THE PROTEIN breaks down into waste products called ketones, which are filtered out of the blood by the kidneys, she said. The enzyme accumulate in the body and cause ketosis.
Symptoms of ketosis include fatigue, light-headedness and irritability. She said persons on a high protein-low carbohydrate diet could get ketosis in 24 to 72 hours.
NOT ONLY CAN this diet cause ketosis, it almost eliminates two of the four basic food groups, according to Marie Z. Cross, associate professor of human development.
"A safe limit of carbohydrates is 100 to 150 grams. Even this limit wipes out the fruit juices."
cereal group. There are certain nutrients that can only be found in these groups," she
She said the pounds lost on the high protein-calorie carbohydrate type of diet were
"AS SOON AS an individual eats what approximates a normal diet, the weight will remain stable."
Bates said some high protein diets consist of milkshakes made of a protein powder. The milkshakes are substituted for the milkshake a day, and the dieter is allowed dinner.
She said the protein powder, which was supposed to supply all necessary nutrients, was a poor source of protein. She said the milkshakes acted as a crutch, so that the dieter never had to establish a realistic meal plan.
Vending machines rake in coins
By ROBIN SMITH
Staff Renorter
It is 12:39 at night. You're thirsty. You're hungry. But it's too cold outside to journey to Joe's Bakery. In desperation, you search for a vending machine.
Chances are that you will slam your money down a machine's throat for either a soft drink or a Snickers candy bar, according to Forrest Loy, assistant manager of concessions, who named these items as confections confectionery sellers on the KU campus.
Jolly list soft drinks as the No. 1 seller and estimated that between 25,000 and 35,000 cans were sold a month. He said, however, that during the winter season, soft drink sales decreased while candy sales increased.
According to a recent random telephone survey conducted in the residence halls, a majority of the students called said they used the residence hall soft drink vending machine once or twice a day. However, many students said they used the candy vending machine only once a week and they drank the Snackers cup bar as the first choice.
"WOULD SAY that the sending services sell about 35,000 candy bars a year," Jolly said. "And when you consider the size of your inventory, about 1% of about 1% candy bars to a student a month."
ALTHOUGH SNICKERS candy bar is the best seller in candy vending machines, M&M chocolate and peanut candies. Butterfinger bars, Three Musketeer bars and Twiziers licorice sticks are the next most popular items, Jolly said.
"It's a funny business because unless you have something to back the candy bar, like a tradition or a lot of advertising, the consumer won't buy it," he said.
Item Quantity Calo-
ries
Candy:
Sickers bar 1 oz. 130
M&M chocolate 1 oz. 140
M&M peanut 1 oz. 140
Butterfinger 1 oz. 135
Three Muskeeters 1 oz. 120
Twizzler's 1 oz. 100
Soft Drinks:
Cocoa-Cola 8 fl. oz. 95
Peppar-Cola 8 fl. oz. 110
Seven-Up 8 fl. oz. 95
Tab 8 fl. oz. 1
Chips:
Petato (Lay's) 1 oz. 155
Baconec (Wise) 1 oz. 160
Fritos 1 oz. 165
Gum:
Juicy Fruit (Wrigley's) 1 stick 9
Spearmint (Wrigley's) 1 stick 6
Doublemint (Wrigley's) 1 stick 6
Mints
Munts (Life savers) 1 piece 6
"Let's face it, you were hungry and wanted a candy bar, would you put your quarter into a vending machine and pick one that you never heard of before? I sure wouldn't."
Mints (Life savers) 1 piece 6
Non-nint (Life savers) 1 piece 9
According to Barbara Kraus' 1979 revised edition of the Calorie Guide to Brand Names and Basic Foods.
Jolly said that he sold candy according to the consumer's wants and needs, but that he once took a chance and tried to sell a new product. Ding-a-rings. The candy bar "bombed."
"THOSE DING-A-LINGS just wouldn't sell; no one had ever heard of them before," he said. "So I had to cut the price of some sold them in the Union for 10 cents."
The following table is an approximate number of snack refills placed in vending machines at these locations at the given date. However, this listing does not account for refills that are stored to the lower portions of the rochines:
A new item that has been selling well is the Granola bar in cinnamon, or oats and honey. According to Jolly, the "naturalness" of the candy bar makes it a popular item. Granola bars are made without preservatives.
Date Residence Halls 20c Items 25c Items
Feb.5 Oliver Hall 20 — 132
Feb.5 McCourt Hall 144
Feb.5 Elworth Hall 100
Feb.5 Templin Hall 96
Feb.6 Gertude S. Pearson 100
Feb.6 Carlsbad 100
Feb.6 Hashinger Hall 20 276
Feb.6 Lewis Hall 60 324
favorite on campus, followed by the traditional, plain potato chip.
However, the current best seller is not always restocked in the machines. According to Keith Richards, candy route salesman for the past three years for KU vending services, he will vary the content so that people do not become bored.
Richards said he used his own judgment when deciding what candy to put into a machine, but if someone asked him for a machine, he'd rushed to have it in the machine the next day.
Richards, 42, said he didn't follow a strict route.
"We sell what the consumer will buy. And I don't like to label it as 'junk food.' Jolly
"I don't really notice which brand sells it most," Richards said. "If the machine is most efficient."
Among the vending machines that sell chips, Nacho Cheese Corn chips are the
moonlighting KU student, checked the machines at night.
According to Jolly, people should discipline themselves when buying, confectionery products and should have a basic knowledge of daily nutrition requirements.
ALTHOUGH RICHARDS does not refill every machine daily in residence halls, he has been able to provide the necessary
"A candy bar is not deterrimental to your health," Jolly said. "But eat two or three candies and forget a meal—that is a bad idea." It is standard that you can meet yourself."
CROSS SAID starvation diets or those that severely reduced calorie intake were not successful after a few days because the insulin response was lowered and lowered its basal metabolic rate.
The executive board of the Association of University Residence Halls pledged support yesterday for a request by Joseph R. Pearson Hall residents for an extra steak dinner from the administration following a recent hot water shortage.
Bates said persons who wanted to avoid fried diets had difficulty recognizing them.
AURH will support steak dinner request
Mark Fouts, vice president of AUHR, said that the committee should prioritize before the AUHR assembly Monday's vote.
"So many of the diets mix fact with fallacy that it's hard to know which are better."
JRP was without hot water Jan. 18-24 because of inoperable mixing valves.
BATES SAID FAD diets had several common characteristics. They tend to:
- Be beared toward a specific group of people, such as teen-agers or skiers.
- Require a special product or device
- Obtain a sample of an access to follow
- Claim to be simple or easy to follow
* Limit the kind of food allowed
- Limit the kind of food allowed.
* Gain food permission, die off.
- Gain rapid popularity, die off, and come back with a new name or gimmick.
- Promise beauty or glamour.
- Result in rapid weight loss.
- be endorsed by a well-known person or
  not. Not all authors of diets who have
  the title *Dietary Supplement*
- Mistake scientific facts by glorifying one need as adequate to fulfill all nutritional need.
A PROPER WEIGHT reducing program, Bates said, should result in a weight loss of one to two pounds a week. She said it should be done in four steps: reduce the weight and should have a balanced meal pattern.
CROSS LISTED four criteria for a good reduction. She said the diet must meet all nutritional requirements and be low in fat but should not be less than 1,000 calories.
*One thousand calories a day is the minimum amount of calories needed to get off the diet.*
*The recommended daily intake of calorie is 2,000.*
Cross also said the diet must retain eating habits and fit the dieter's lifestyle and fitness.
Bates said people should concentrate on long-term weight loss goals instead of trying to lose it.
But some students said they did not like to wait a long time to lose weight.
She said she tried a diet in which bananas were eaten one day, hot dogs the next day, and oysters the next day.
Mary Phillips, Wichita senior, said she had tried Dr. Stillman's diet, which is a high protein-low carbohydrate diet, and fasting to lose weight.
"I LIKE THOSE diets because they're quick and they tell you exactly what to eat so you don't have to. I also like them because they shrink my stomach," she said.
Phillips said she did not worry about the diets affecting her health.
Kathy Coon, Merriam sophomore, said regular diets were too slow.
"1 like fat diets because I like to get the weight off fast. It makes me want to lose weight."
But Bates said losing weight rapidly did not mean the weight would stay off.
"It's true that you'll lose weight on a fad diet quickly, but if you don't establish new habits, you won't."
“五 weeks spent on a fad diet could have been spent on a proper weight gain.”
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Phi Delta Theta's
Fourth Annual Easter Seals Basketball Tournament
The Phi Delts would like to thank Lawrence businesses and individuals for their contributions and KU fraternities and sororites for buying and selling tickets. Because of such outstanding help, we will be able to donate in excess of $2,000.
- 19 fraternity teams from six universities competing for championship
- 10 KU sororities participating in layup contest
- Friday night, all day Saturday and Sunday at South Junior High
Hillel Disco Dance
All the beer you can drink
Saturday Feb. 10
10:00 - 2:00 P.M.
Lawrence J.C.C.
917 Highland Dr.
$1.50 Admission
It's like money in the bank
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