European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Nutritionists in a Stew Over fat fiber Adas by Hal Straus Cox news services decade ago there was t much disagreement about what Georgia s school lunchrooms needed in the Way of belter nuts Jason. The first thing was got rid of the Fallback says Sale school system nutritionist Ann Olsen. Then we took the Sal shakers Oft Iho ii Only things were soil so simple. Instead of Clear Cut nutritional villains such As Fatback and Salt Olsen and nutritionists in schools hospitals and nursing Homes across the United states now face a steady barrage of confusing sometimes con cling advice about what kinds of meals they should serve. Despite record funding Levels or Nufril ional research and a Public hungry for advice there Are now spirited disputes Over nutrition that run the Gamut from ammo acids to vitamins there is a lot of information Oul says Olsen a lot of u is the barrage of advice on everything from Calcium supplements of Vitamin e to High fiber pills makes deciding what 1o eat a lot More complicated task than it was in the Days when mom admonished her children to eat their Brussels in August for instance the american Hearl association whose Cookbook has sold 2 million copies. Formally revised its prudent diet to recommend that healthy individuals restrict fat intake lo30 percent of All calories consumed a Lovel already recommended in the Cookbook. Bui iwo weeks later the american Academy of pedal pics look Issue with the heart association s advice and recommended More lenient diets for children and Young adults Between he Ages of 2 and 20 one thai allowed fat intake of Between 30 percent and 40 percent of calories. The disagreement is the difference Between choosing a salad Lor lunch instead of a cheeseburger. Bui because americans already consume about so percent of their calories in lat some Lear the Pedia Luicians advice could be interpreted As suggesting no change in. Today s typical die. Another area where Nuri Vional activists have collided with some of heir More cautious colleagues is Over to link Between fiber and cancer. For most of the year the Kellogg co. Has been promoting its bran cereals in television commercials thai cite a National cancer Institute recommendation that americans should eat More Libor. But in september a prominent doctor and a consumer funded nutrition Institute demanded that Kellogg Lake the ads off the air. They said new research casts doubts upon the cancer Insl Itule s Contention that dietary fiber protects against certain cancers Sci enlists even disagree Over one of the most a spelled icons of Good nutrition the National Academy at sciences recommended dietary allowances the Levels of ass Enlil vitamins and. Minerals Virsal have become the Benchmark of Good nutrition in the United states. An Academy commit Lee called for major changes in the allowances last fall but the recommendations were rejected by the Academy s president. As a result the Adas formulated six years ago Are still Lea ured on nutritional labels everywhere while dieticians wonder. Endorses the breast is Best philosophy of nursing. There s some feeling that in May increase the j relationship Between the Mother and the infant in 1erms of bonding he says. And for most infants breast i i is a whole nutrition and does t need any supplement j for the first few months of life at surgeon general c. Everett Koop has endorsed breast feeding and a recent study shows its popularity is on the Rise. However Bauchner says some of the other advantages touted Lor breast foe dog in Industrial countries in particular thai in protects against infections Don t have a lot of sound evidence to support them Bauchner and his colleagues at a Yale University school of Medicine recently Analysed 20 studies on Page 14 the stars and stripes
