Thursday, February 22, 1979
Food additive facts test tastebuds
By LYNN BYCZYNSKI
Staff Reporter
KANAS CITY, Kan. — It had sounded like a junk food junkie xstream
Posters advertising a student research forum on food additives, which began yesterday at the University of Kansas Medical Center, had promised a free meal full of the preservatives, colorings and enhancers that KU students were studying.
The 100 people who attended the faculty panel discussion that preceded the student forum were offered a lunch consisting of ham sandwich, milk and apples, with the slightly sinful addition of potato chips and Coke.
For most of the audience, the meal appeared to be a tropical American lunch.
But even such seemingly wholesome food as ham sandwiches and milk contains some toxic compounds digested the meal, panel members discussed mercits and evils of those triple nutlets.
State Norton, professor of pharmacology,
named some of the food additives audience
members.
THE BREAD was preserved with BITT and the margarine was colored with yellow oil.
possibly, nitrosamines, which are proven cancer-causing agents.
The apples may have had traces of arsenic, depending on when they were sprayed for bugs. And the milk contained DDT, because all milk does. Norton said.
Chemicals in our food range from pesticide and herbicide residues, she said, to agents that are added to change color, increase flavor or give a longer shelf life.
Most of the additives are unnecessary and may even be harmful. Norton said.
"As the country with the highest refrigeration capability, we need a high efficiency unit."
And Norton was skeptical about the need to use food additives for eye appeal.
"Most of you have seen salai dressing that separated and you probably survived it."
Other members of the panel viewed food additives more favorably.
Patricia Randolph, assistant professor of dentistry, said the additives used to make food look good were important for psychological reasons.
Food additives also play an important role in food safety, she said.
"WE HAVE TO GET THE food past the eyeball to get the nutrients," she said.
Without calcium propionate, bread would last only a few days before growing mold. And nitrates, used in cured meats such as ham and bacon, are the only preservatives that are 100 percent effective in preventing botulism.
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"A little bit of botulism poisoning goes a long way," Randolph said.
Mary Carey, associate professor of dietetics and nutrition, agreed that stabilizers, preservatives and colorings were needed to make food more appetizing.
People now are used to the look of food that has been doctored with preservatives, Carvoeiro.
"Adjusting to a different appearance of food would take some time," she said.
To illustrate her point, Carey offered a tray with bright orange milk, a green peanut butter sandwich and a blue grapefruit.
"WULD YOU WANT to eat this for lunch?" she asked the audience.
The lively discussion confirmed the opening comment of panel chairman John Deering.
The reason for the interest is that food additives are becoming increasingly a part of daily life.
"There are 8,000 to 10,000 items in food markets and 66 percent are processed, many with additives," he said. "Forty percent of our food dollar is spent on pre-made foods."
areas generate as much emotion as food additives."
But Dull said absolute food safety would require the absence of all food.
Sally Sedelow, KU professor of linguistics and computer science, has been named associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
She replaces Theodore Wilson, who resigned Jan. 1 to become chairman of the history department.
"There is no food component that doesn't produce some adverse effect in some people."
The appointment is effective immediately. Teri Carswell, assistant to the dean of the College, said Tuesday.
often work independently, we've always been together in both teaching and research."
Sedelow came to the University of Kansas in 1978 with her husband, Walter, who is professor of sociology and computer science.
Sedelow came to KU from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she had a joint appointment in the departments of English and computer science.
She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa, a master's degree from Mount Holyoke College, and a doctorate from D. J. D'from BMU, Maysville, MFY, Penn.
"He's delighted about my appointment," she said. "Although we
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Thursday, February 22
HARVEST: 3000 YEARS
Director Haile Gerima in person!
(1975)
Dir. Halle Gerima, Set in contemporary Ethiopia, "Harvest" tells the story of a peasant family's struggle for survival under feud conditions in Ethiopia. In "a truly African reality presented in a truly African cinematic style," 8th Annual Black Film Festival, Ethiopiansubtitles. PLEASE NOTE: Mr. Gerima will be available for quail and comments following the film.
Director Haile Gerima in person!
Friday, February 23 BUSH MAMA
(Dir. Halle Gerima; with Barbara O. Jones, A powerful dramatized portrait of urban black America, in which a black woman lives on welfare. The film explores the style of ghetto art and humor, with occasional outbursts of violence. "This is a film of revolutionary optimism based in the reality of human suffering." The Black Colemanbaum, t
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Friday & Saturday
February 23 & 24
PRETTY BABY
(1978)
Dir. Louis Malle, with Keith Caradine,
Susan Sardan, Boo Shields The.
1917 Photography by Sven Nykvlst.
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Sunday 8/30 & 9/30
Monday, February 26
Symposium on Women in Prison:
BEING A PRISONER
Dir. Suzanne Jasper
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TIME HAS NO SYMPATHY
Dir. Kristine Samuelson
There will be speakers present after the films.
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Tuesday, February 27
The Original Classic:
KING KONG (1923)
Dil, Merian C. Cooper, E晨 Shoed-
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Robert Armstrong. Our print contains
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7:30 8:30 & 9:30
All films M-R shown in Woodruff Aud. at 7:30 unless otherwise noted. $1,00 admission
Weekend shows also in Woodruff at 3:30, 7:00, 9:30 or 12 midnight unless otherwise noted. $15.10 admission.