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University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Mondav. Sept. 16, 1985
Exercise, diet help weight gain
By Stefani Day Of the Kansan staff
Pick up almost any magazine or browse through almost any book store, and you likely will find dozens of suggestions on how to lose weight.
But some people aren't playing the losing game — they're trying to gain.
Whether you're a football player wanting to add a lot of bulk or simply underweight and trying to fill out, the best and safest way to gain weight is by adding muscle, says Mike O'Dell, a physician in the department of family practice at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
Although adding muscle may take a little more effort than gaining fat, O'Dell said last week, the result is much healthier.
O'Dell split sensible weight gain into two parts - diet and exercise
"Provide the body with an adequate diet." 'O'Dell said. "Don't
overemphasize one particular food group."
He suggested adding 300 to 500 calories a day to a balanced diet.
Ann Kohl, dietitian for Watkins Memorial Hospital, said the extra calories should come from fruits and vegetables and cereal and grain products.
"This is especially important for the athlete, because carbohydrates provide a ready source of energy for the workout," she said. "There is no magical food that helps build lean muscle tissue. It's a myth that you should eat more protein. More protein is the worst way to go."
She said that although the body didn't distinguish between the calories from bread and those from steak, the steak would be harder to digest.
If a football player eats a steak for lunch, she said, it still will be in his stomach during the workout. Blood would be going to the stomach to
Both O'Dell and Kohl warned against increasing caloric intake by eating more sweets.
digest the steak when it was needed in the muscles.
Kohl said eating high fat and high sugar foods such as candy bars or ice cream would give a lot of extra calories but not much nutrition.
"That's an insult to your body," O'Dell said.
The second step in sensible weight gain is exercise, he said.
"You can eat anything and add weight, but you'll just gain fat," he said. "The main thing you want to add is muscle."
O'Dell said an athlete should increase his exercise time by about 45 minutes. This ensures that the extra calories being consumed will be used to build muscle instead of fat.
"Of course, you can overdo it and actually lose weight, he warns." And to maintain that skillful汗
O'Dell said a good weightlifting
program was useful for anyone trying to gain weight.
Paul Sinclair, KU training table supervisor, agreed.
Weight gain is a slow process, however, O'Dell said the average person could gain up to 15 pounds over a five-week program.
Kohl said a gain of 1 or 2 pounds a week was a realistic goal. Any gain beyond that will be excess fluid, she said.
Not only is it unhealthy to gain more than 1 or 2 pounds a week, she said, it is almost impossible.
She said that to gain 5 pounds in a week, a person would have to eat 4.500 calories a day.
"You wouldn't believe how much food is in 4,500 calories," she said.
There are no special foods or drugs that can make the gaining process faster, Kohl said. Stories about the powers of such things as bee pollen, kelp and wheat germ are "garbage."
Issues of nuclear age to be addressed
By John Williams Of the Kansan staff
The problems of a nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union may seem distant to many Kansans, but the problem will be brought to the front doorstep with a speech on superpower relations Wednesday and a peace conference Saturday.
Ralph K. White, a respected social psychologist, nuclear arms reduction advocate and professor emeritus of psychology at George Washington University, will deliver a speech titled "Fearful Warriors: U.S.-Soviet Relations."
White's speech will be at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
The conference, "Making Peace: Psychological and Political Initiatives in a Nuclear Age," will run all day Saturday at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
The speech and conference are free and open to the public. Registration for the conference will be from 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. Saturday.
White is a former division director of the U.S. Information Agency, and an analyst of Communist propaganda for the Foreign Broadcast Information Service of the CIA after World War II. He has worked in Moscow, Berlin and Saigon.
In his latest book, "Fearful Warriors," published last year, White combines psychology, political analysis and a comparative history of the
three great conflicts of the 20th century; World Wars I and II and the East-West conflict, to evaluate the United States' and the Soviet Union's attitudes and fears of one another.
His proposals address key issues of the day such as missile deployment in Europe, the nuclear freeze, U.S. foreign relations with China, the Third World and U.S. allies, as well as discussing U.S.-Soviet relations and the role of the United Nations.
Erik Kilgren, a graduate teaching assistant in psychology, said yesterday that the purpose of the conference was to provide a knowledgeable discussion of the nuclear arms issue from experts.
The experts will discuss the topic from their experience and people will
be encouraged to take action through various workshops.
Other speakers at the conference will be Lawrence J. Weiler and Frank Rubenfeld.
Weiter has had more than 25 years experience in negotiating with the Soviets as the coordinator for the U.S. delegation in negotiating the 1963 U.S.-Soviet Union "Hot Line."
Rubenfeld is a co-founder of the Psychotherapists for Social Responsibility. He is former president of the Gestall Institute of San Francisco and has served on the national council of Interhelp, a global organization, which educates people on how to respond creatively to world crisis.
photo illustration by Buddy Mangine/KANSAN
* Attention: SENIORS *
the H.O.P.E. Award (Honors for Outstanding Progressive Educator)
Primary election ballots are now available to all seniors in any dean's office.
★ Primary election: Sept. 16-26 ★ Final election: Oct. 16 & 17
★ Presentation: Oct. 26, at the OSU Football game
'86 Senior Committee
The senior class officers encourage all interested seniors to become members of the group that will assist in the many traditional and social activities in our senior year.
Applications are now in any dean's office, or in the BOCO office, (110B, K.Union) and are due by Sept. 26 at 3 pm.
The first meeting will be Oct. 2 at 6:30 in the Walnut room of the K. Union.
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