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_fFeedback LETTERS, sponse to your article by Drs. Houston and Thompson crying "scare tactics‘‘ and ‘"‘misinformation‘‘ serve to point out how controversial and at the same time poorly understood the subject of ndtrition is. I maintain the Canada Food Rules are inadequate. Why? It is estimated that as high as one in three individuails suffer from intolerences and/or sensitivities to such foods as milk, gluten (grain sensitivâ€" ity), sucrose, chocolate, coffee and cola just to mention a few. We are all biochemicaliy different and require difâ€" ferent combinations of foods for optimal cups of coffee and sleep; this would not Your article on my objections to Helen MacDonald‘s comments to the Ontario Nutrition issue controversial Now that our society is more physiâ€" cally active, the idea of cutting bread out of our diet is ludicrous. The types of food our muscies can efficiently use as fuel, are foods high in carbohydrates and low in fats. These carbohydrates are stored as glycogen and can be used over a 24â€" to 48â€"hour period, whenever our muscles demand more fuel. The kind of food which has low levels of fat and high levels of carbohydrates is BREAD. If you can eat a mediumâ€"sized apple or halfâ€"aâ€"cup lowâ€"fat cottage cheese, you can chew into a slice of bread. In fact only about 10 to 15 per cent of the calories come from fat, about the same percentage of fat as found in vegetables. And nobody, no matter how obese, should eliminate vegetables from his or her diet. It‘s not as easy as simply saying bread is good for us without saying CERTAIN breads are BETTER for us. nate! bread. A thick, freshlyâ€"baked hunk of bread easily satisfies my hunger and taste buds. Perhaps many of you enjoy bread as much as I do and YET avoid it as much as possible. another, has been the "staff of life" for centuries, it is tronic that it is one of the first foods dieters are advised to elimiâ€" Whenever I‘m really hungry, the food that most often comes to my mind is â€" €C*â€". ..Â¥e "It depends upon the job . If they deserve it, fine, if they don‘t then 2 _ Fitness Forum ‘ : T } ' 8t : e a .\ b ‘ # *E " ‘ on e " s % f s T ”; S , * > .# : i,,.; ‘t' E hP 5 4 e & * f e i . SA es t ~â€" P s * iz Cite> * "\ .. P J 4 «v B J A number of years ago the estrogen feed additive for cattle, DES, was banned although megastrol, which is a synthetic progesterone additive is still permitted. Cattle are supposed to be withdrawn from this additive well in advance of slaughter, however some vets suspect that this is not always the case. To circumvent the restrictions on feed additives, veterinarians are commonly asked to place impiants under the skin behind the ear of cattle so that hormones work for my biochemical makeup. We are not the same. This fact of biochemical individuality is not understood by those such as Drs. Houston and Thompson and many others who would champion the Canada Food Rules as a universal balâ€" The question of hormones in meat products is not as simple as Drs. Houston and Thompson imply. My discussions with the veterinary profession have reâ€" vealed some interesting facts. When white bread is commercially prepared, the nutrients are lost in the carbohydrates and fat. s â€" Here‘s a comparison of the different nutrients found in normal bread. When 1 think of bread, enriched bread, IM&&M?M M‘dfidm.lh’t&k removed leaving just the inner core. The bran and germ contain most of the fibre, vitamins, iron, zinc, magnesium and potassium. A bread which is labelled ‘"*enriched‘‘ means that some of these nutrients are artificially put back into Whole wheat breads (and that means breads which label whole wheat as the FIRST ingredient) have a much better If for whatever reason you are not a bread lover, you can satisfy your carbohydrate requirements without eatâ€" English muffins, rolls, bagels, pita bread and crackers can be eaten in a variety of delicious ways. Both whole wheat and white bread are "If it‘s a catchâ€"up situation then they should be entitled to the increase. If it‘s not justifiable, then they shouldn‘t get it," Should salary increases for fireâ€"fighters be the same level as other city employees? Question asked in the Marsland Centre Implant products for meat producing cattle are Synovex S, an estrogen and progesterone combination for steers and synovex H for heifers, another estrogen and progesterone combination. The world coverage of the case of premature sexual development in Central American chilâ€" dren eating chicken with high hormone content serves to further iliustrate the potential problems. The vets have their reservations and so do 1. Nutrition is a large subject which is being understood better every day. It is extremely unfortunate that many in the medical and scientific communities and government have closed their minds to many valuable concepts and approaches such as those of Dr. Doris Rapp (Waterioo Chronicle, May 14, 1986), Dr. Lendon Smith, Dr. Carieton Fredericks, Dr. are released directly into the animal. This procedure increases the efficiency of food conversion and thereby increases the average daily weight gain. When we are relaxed on the brink of sleep, the mind wanders between reality and fantasy, our brainâ€"waves still show the rapid alpha rhythm characteristic of wakefuiness, eight to 13 waves per secâ€" ond. We then drop swiftly through stages i to 3 of sleep: the brainâ€"waves first slow down to an irregular, lowâ€"voltage alpha rhythm; then to a median leve! of three to six waves per second, with short bursts of very rapid waves; then to long, slow, highâ€"voltage delta waves of about one per second. Finally, 15 to 30 minutes after sleep ing to its own rhythm, alternating dominate and we sink into Stage 4, the between relative activity and rest. We deepest level of sleep. At this stage, humans have several physica) rhythms, subjects have had their eyelids pried from the rapid brainâ€"waves, to the open, bright lights shone upon them, and heartbeat, to the rate of breathing, all of loud bells rung â€" without waking. which are subject to change according to From then on, the pattern of sleep is a the circadian rhythm, alternating beâ€" series of ups and downs, of alternating tween waking and sleeping. deeper and lighter slumber, rather than Though it is among the most familiar 4 Smooth curve as it was long sup of our experiences, sleep has been one of PO8€0â€" our deepest mysteries. The man who led _ One common cause of insomnia is the the world in research on this subject is fear that loss of sleep will cause you Nathaniel Kieitman, famed physiologist barm, so when you worry about not of the University of Chicago, now Zetting to sleep, you maintain the alpha During this state, in which we spend ©XPeriments have shown that people about a third of our lives, our blood N2Ve been deprived of sleep for many pressure, pulse rate, temperature, resâ€" 32YS and then have made up for it in one piration and muscle tone are greatly "ight, without harm. reduced, our reflexes become more One effective way of inducing sleep is active, the rate of digestion remains 0 COnsciously simulate the breathing of normal, and the secretions of the sweat 43 Sleeping person. During our waking about a third of our lives, our blood pressure, pulse rate, temperature, resâ€" piration and muscle tone are greatly reduced, our reflexes become more *‘Yes. They‘re only their jobs, just like the nu% emâ€" Everything in nature operates accordâ€" takes over Robert Yorke cooperation. This can only benefit everyâ€" There is no place for poorly informed, unregulated practitioners in the health area â€" it is much too important. The public should be wary of unqualified or poorly qualified personnel in private practice and in health food stores. Exchanges such as this are extremely valuable in developing understanding and Drs. Houston and Thompson and I are agreed on the need to provide high quality nutritional information to Canadians. Robert Mendelsonn and many others either because they do not conform to established approaches, because they may be detrimental to the profits of the dairy, beef or (and especially) the pharmaceutical industries, or because individuals are unwilling to admit they don‘t have all the answers. And if it‘s a problem that‘s keeping you awake, since the subconscious mind never sleeps, hand it the problem as you drop off, relaxed in the knowledge that the solution will be waiting for you when you wake. (Mr. Fellows is the founder of the Human Resource Development Instiâ€" tute, P.O. Bor 642, Cambridge, NIR 5W1) ourselves the greater the intake needâ€" we;.“'n One common cause of insomnia is the fear that loss of sleep will cause you harm, so when you worry about not getting to sleep, you maintain the alpha rhythm of wakefuiness and prevent the very thing you wish to happen. But experiments have shown that people have been deprived of sleep for many days and then have made up for it in one night, without harm. One effective way of inducing sleep is to consciously simulate the breathing of a sleeping person. During our waking hours, we require more oxygen in the blood and, therefore, the emphasis is on No. 1 think should be able ‘WEDNESDAY, JANUKRY 14, 1987 â€"PAGE 7 Trudy R. Bricker R.D.N., M.H. Nutritionist & Herbal Practitioner rupted delta waves