European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Tips for heart healthy eating by sue Miller Baltimore evening Sunh by kids it is better Tor your heart to eat a Plain cheese pizza. Piling on the Pepperoni Salami or sausage can get you in trouble. And All that White stuff in a slice of Salami is saturated Tat and that can push your cholesterol level into the danger zone. That 1$ the word from or. David a Meyerson a preventive cardiology expert at Baltimore s University Hospital who found that cholesterol Levels of 50 percent of children tested in a Baltimore county school were higher than those deemed acceptable by the National institutes of health. Some Mohe 228 boys and girls had cholesterol Levels in the High 200$ and Low 300s, Meyerson said recently. At least half tested higher than the 170 milligrams per Decilier of blood that the Institute says is sate Lor children Eleva cd cholesterol is a risk Factor Tor heart disease the leading cause of deals in the United Stales based on his findings which also o Mailer what your heart disease risk level adopting a u heart smart diet is probably a flood idea " americans currently eat Loo much lat and cholesterol which Are major culprits contributing to the High Rale of heart disease in the United Stales. Therefore the american heart association has established Iho following dietary guidelines to help reduce heart disease risk reduce total poultry lean meals meats cold cuts my bad shellfish arte sausage hot dogs a Gurn Beans peas lenins Bacon sardines toe so mind. Skim Oft % fat life whole milk Cream Low Lal milk and Bulter milk Hall and Hall 2% Lal i shh Milf most no Dalry Yogurt ind Reame Kaarid Dairy whipped toppings Sutt Tut nonfat or Tow fat whole Rilk Yogurt Yogurt Low fat collage. Whole milk collage cheese cheese Low Lal cheeses All natural cheeses Tanner or pot Tuch As Cheddar and cheeses labelled Swiss Cream cheeses no Mote than 2-6 Endsor Cream Grams lat per of sherbet ice Cream Stibol egg egg whiles egg Yolks 3 Whites 1 Liole egg in recipes cholesterol free egg substitutes for Ulvund froth Frozen or vegetables prepared Vigel Ablai d we runs and in Butler Cream or vegetables other sauces breads uni homemade baked store bought Baite Cereal floods using unseal goods pies cakes Uro led oils sparing doughnuts Crois food cake. Sants past nos Low lot crackers muffins biscuits Low iat cookies High Lal crackers. High Fel up okie " egg noodles. Whole Grain breads roads in which eggs an cereals Are major Long Redini Oatmeal whole Multi Grain Etc fait and oth Cocoa. Cho Dato. Unnatural of vege Coconut Oil Palm Oil table oils surf met. Palm Kernel Oil lard. Soybean Cam Olive Bacon Tat . Sesame Promise. Spread Builer Margarine a irom Ono of the unsaturated Oil listed above Mayonnaise salad dibs5 nos made with dressings made egg Yolk with unsaturated oils listed above Low la dressings seeds and Hula Coconut except macadamia nuts Pistachio nuts cashews and brain nuts As these Are higher in saturated. To. The following dinner menu Njg gents car help you re if and Cliot Shrol in your dust get Hurt smart a Appet Lier Tresh Ruil Enereo. Checkon Piccola an Pasy yet elegant dish prepared with we Ina and Emovi juts. Side do a steamed Green Brans new potatoes Spil kled with parties and topped with a. Pal of Promise. Honey Carrot Cako a Pieart Smarr Ciflie Bukari with to egg wires is loaf of one wnolfl1 Erflg 0 reduce Eno Estero appello consomme entree halibut with Gar Jon vegetables a tasty Tish poached in Saulae Veyel Ablas Side China slea Mcd Broccoli Rico topped with a pal of Promise hint Coon we lice win a Hiiop of Famon a of jtrsleao1 d sail demur deep dish peach pie a delicious one crust recipe to null s Tow in fal and Cator a confirmed an association of cholesterol. Levels Between adults and children in families a Ryerson has made a plea for Early mass screening of children 2 years and older. His View is shared by or. Gerald s. Serenson chief of the cardiology Section at Louisiana state University in new Orleans and a principal investigator in the Bogalusa heart study. Through autopsies. Berenson s learn of investigators found fatty streaks of varying degrees of atherosclerotic plaque in the co onary arteries of 56 people Between the Ages of infancy to 30 years who had died of illness suicide or in accidents. Both new studies Are reported in the current Issue of the journal of the american medical association and Are sure to fuel a controversy because the Universal screening recommendation runs counter to the current position taken by the american Academy of paediatrics the Academy says that children with. Family histories of heart disease should have a Complete evaluation but does not favor Universal testing o children s blood cholesterol Levels. Cholesterol in some May be genetically determined but it is largely a result of Learned family ," Meyerson said. Tho locus of our program is on the whole family since we consider this a family problem hot just an individual Meyerson said that the Ballimore county study screened More than 500 people involving about .137 families. To said that iwo thirds of children with High cholesterol will be a Issei if Only those with positive family histories Are screened. In addition he said he Lound that the children Ware eating All of Tho wrong things and a ally what their parents War dealing that list begins with fast foods and. Includes cereals cookies and crackers that contain those tasty but harmful Coconut and Palm oils Loo much choose and too Many animal Jala Plain cheese pizza is Meyerson explained because it is made with Parl skimmed Mozzarella cheese and Mono unsaturated Olive Oil,.which is a healthy stressing that heart attacks and strokes Are preventable Meyerson offers a Sample i heart healthy lips. Take Bulter off the table use tub Margarine because it has less saturated fat than stick Margarine. Gradually at Tiree week intervals go from whole milk to z percent milk to t percent milk and finally to skim Mith. Cut Down on cheese and turn to part skimmed cheeses read the labels and Low fat Yogurt. Instead of three egg ome lets use one egg. Plus the whiles of two other eggs and spices. Proler Chicken and fish for your source of animal protein but remember to remove the Chicken skin which contains most of the Chicken fat. Eat beef Jamb and pork in moderation. Even though these meals May be Cut lean Tiey olten Are very marbled and hat represents saturated animal at. Meyerson said that he would like families to begin considering meal As a aide dish with pasta vegetables and salad As the main part of a meal tuesday March 14, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 17
