European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes August 1985 to a better Way of life by Mary Neth consumer editor by helping existing services set up to Aid the Soldier do so More the army Community service acs is contributing to a better military Way of that was the word from command Ligon in addressing the v 1985 Usa eur consumer affairs and financial assistance training workshop for acs which started out by mainly operating loan has become increasingly involved in counselling Over the past years particularly in budget consumer Domestic crisis intervention and child this counselling program brings its staff and volunteers into frequent Contact with military Legal and financial Ligon sees this As a Boon for All pledging his support to the he said that to help acs and All Levels of the command must work one of the functions the organization now performs is advising soldiers on How to uns Narl themselves from speaking highly of this Ligon said that soldiers should be urged to go to acs As soon As they think they might be in trouble financially and not wait until the situation is almost beyond to assure that this he suggested that acs financial advisors get to know unit first who Are in the position to recommend such Ligon further noted that the acs goal should be to teach the Soldier and his family to help along these he said that he believes educational programs should be offered Young families on making smooth military moves and in the basics of buying food wisely and cooking the workshop was conducted at a hotel outside of and covered a wide Range of Warren Neill from the v corps finance and accounting office explained How the army new sure pay program will be operated when it gets underway under the the army will Deposit the pay of All recruits in a financial with direct Deposit a family chances of running out of Money when the head of a household is in the Field Are substantially military finance officials to assure the Success of the acs is gearing up to provide educational help for who Haven previously had checking classes will be held giving instruction on How to keep running Check Book balances and How to balance with the acs workshop also included an outline of services provided by Legal assistance american express banking procedures and the cafes deferred payment plan and its handling of dishonoured plus a discussion of German rental in wrapping up the 20hour training sue Scott of Usa eur Headquarters acs announced that Money has been allotted from which will enable acs to expand its the she will be distributed by the department of the army to the major which in turn will make it available where the commands perceive is the greatest acs members attending were asked to suggest topics for a future the topics they Felt would be helpful included credit and european and German banking photo by Gus Schuettler besides operating loan closets like this one in acs now also offers family cutting Back on a High blood pressure Factor sodium is important in helping maintain blood you can have too much of a Good people who suffer from High blood for should Cut Down on the amount of sodium in their since most sodium in the diet comes from table at milligrams per that the first thing to but Salt int the Only source of and to lower your intake you will have to consider the foods you eat As starting next that will be much easier to foods regulated by the food and drug administration that have nutrition labels will have to list the amount of sodium per serving on the in the manufacturers Are including nutritional Labelling on More than 50 percent of packaged and increasingly this Labelling will include sodium if you Are already counting milligrams of or if you decide that you need to do a helpful Book titled the sodium Content of your food is available from the department of the Book item lists the sodium Content of nearly 800 foods and Many nonprescription for copies write to the consumer information it is almost impossible for anyone on a varied diet to get too Little because studies have identified excessive intake As one of the possible factors leading to High blood Many health experts now recommend cutting the National research Council has found that to milligrams of sodium is a Safe and adequate daily intake for an what do those numbers mean in three Frozen three strips of and an eight ounce Glass of Orange there Are More than milligrams of that Means you could have eaten an adequate amount before you finish if you really want to Cut read nutritional labels when you shop for processed foods and buy foods that Are Low in sodium to begin such As fresh some and sodium free on a Label Means the product contains less than five milligrams of sodium per products marked very Low sodium have 35 milligrams or and those that say Low sodium have 140 milligrams per serving or products May also be marked reduced which Means that the sodium used in processing the product has been reduced by at least 75 Check the Label to see How much is other products marked unsalted Are processed without when they normally would unsalted does not mean some foods naturally contain and so do some no Salt such As baking soda and Mon sodium you also can Cut Down on sodium while you Are cooking with careful use of use flavourings such As garlic which contains Only one Milligram of sodium per Teaspoon rather than garlic which contains More than even in you can help control the amount of sodium you ask for foods without or with sauce on the dont add condiments without soy for has More than milligrams of sodium per Mary Neth