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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1979, PAGE 9 Canadians are overweight and undernourished says panelist Most Canadians are over- weight and malnourished because of food processing, John Knight, D.C., a Whitby chriopractor, told an audi- ence of nearly 100 people at the first birthday party of Community Care last Wednesday. "In the past 30 years in North America, our food delivery system has changed drastically," said Dr. Knight, pointing out that 40 years ago no one ever talked of nutrition. Thirty years ago, less than 10 per cent of foods were factory processed, he said, but today that figure has increased to 90 per cent. He also pointed out that 70 per cent of today's foods are highly fabricated. For instance, said Dr. Knight, steaks can be made from soyabeans. "We are primarily eating chemicals," he said because the government set down daily recommended allo- wances for food content as early as 1943. Nutrition is a very com- plex phenomenon, for when one eats food, one living thing is transferred to another, said Dr. Knight. Dr. Knight commented that nutritionists want their field to be classed as a science but government has reduced a complex pheno- mena to a set of numbers. "Synthetic chemicals are put into food to meet the requirements of daily allow- ances. This is a ridiculous system," he said. Dr. Knight pointed out that nobody knows what consti- tutes an adequate diet. "Every guy has his own idea of what's right," he said. Dr. Knight criticized the preparation of some foods as wheat, where the small per- centage of the wheat which is thrown out is the bran which contains vitamins. He warned the audience not to replace drugs with vitamins, for many vitamins are synthetic. For example, DEATHS JIM JOHNSTON Suddenly as a result of an accident on Monday Feb. 19, 1979, in his 50th year, William James (Jim) Johnston beloved husband of Lorraine, dear father of Douglas, Stephen and Michael, all of Brooklin, dear brother of Peggy (Mrs. P. Allan) and Paul of Toronto and Roy of Oakville. Rested at the Carson Fun- eral Home and Chapel, Brooklin. Funeral service and committal in the chapel, Feb. 23. Spring interment Groveside Cemetery. DONALD REED At the Toronto General Hos- pital, on Saturday, February 24, 1979, Donald L. Reed (0f Whitby), beloved husband of Joan Duff; loved father of Terri, Sandy and Jill at home; dear son of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Reed of Whitby; dear brother of Ronald of Uxbridge, Leslie of Whitby and Victor of Kingston; ii his 44th year. Rested at the W.C. Town Funeral Chapel, Whitby. Service was held in the cha- pel Monday, February 26. Interment later Groveside Cemetery, Whitby. Minister Rev. W.J.S. McClure. If desired contributions to the Canadian Cancer Society or Leukemia research fund would be appreciated. he said, Vitamin C tablets are ascorbic acid and not the vitamin C that comes from fresh fruit. Mary Lisko (The Happy Cooker), author of a number of cook books, and the second member of the panel on nutrition, said "We are what we eat," and is some cases "we are what we don't eat." Mrs. Lisko took the vari- ous stages of life and showed how food was controlled or not controlled during these stages. Babies are what they eat because they are given for- mulas and special foods, she said, while children are what they eat if mothers provide nutritious rood. However, mothers do not have full control over what their children eat, and they often turn to "junk food" she said. "They eat what they like and ··as much as they like. They are not as active as children used to be, so a -lot of children are over- weight." Young adults are so busy working that they don't have time to think about eating correctly, said Mrs. Lisko. Many do not know how to cook so they go to fast food eat-out places whose pro- ducts are "loaded with empty calories," she said. "Nutritionally this is not very good", said Mrs. Lisko. "They don't get exercise and it is easy to be overweight." People over 45 find it harder to keep their weight down, and become "what they don't eat," said Mrs. Lisko. She suggested disco dancing could be a good form of exercise for them. Senior citizens have to watch what they eat, and fust eat what they should, she said. However, they have problems shopping and get- ting food to their homes. Also seniors are affected more by the high cost of food, said Mrs. Lisko. Mrs. Lisko told the audi- ence she was in favour of taking Vitamins C and E. "The food we eat today is so poor nutritionally that we need vitamins," she said. The food value is missing because of over-processing, cooking etc." Mrs. Lisko outlined her opinions on several contro- versial food products. She was in favour of sac- harin for weight loss, but warned that caffine should be regulated. On liquor, she said that she did not like the calories in mixed drinks but she did like wine. She said that she did not worry about red dye, and came out stongly against smoking. "Dieting is harder than stopping smoking," said Mrs. Lisko. "We are what we eat," she aid. "We choose our own Longueuil may come There is a possibility that Whitby may become the new home of an industry from its twinning partner in Long- ueuil, Quebec. Although the company will not confirm or deny that it i§ considering a transfer to Whitby, it is considering "some sort of sattelite operation." Pierre Henri, of Pratt and Whitney Aircraft of Canada Ltd. said any announcement about moving some of the company's engineering op- erations to Whitby is pre- mature. The company, the largest manufacturer of air- craft engines in Canada, poisons; we live wit themn and we are happy." industry toWhitby employs aoout 6,uo0 workeig and is planning a $14 million expansion in Quebec. Mr. Henri confirmed, however that some person- nel will be moved to Ontario, but said the possibility of coming to Whitby was just a rumour. Several weeks ago the pre- sident of Pratt and Whitney said the company was hav- ing difficulty recruiting qual- ified engineering employees outside the province, mainly because of Quebec's lang- uage legislation which re- quires newcomers to send their children to French schools. ~$om~cIicken¶2jQ&u. ove 4O OC ONOtTARIO -ME YOUR PIlNM UOON F00 11"RONE NSAMTyou.