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THE HERALD Wednesday July IS Dieters need Health food helpful support People are more aware of diet Even the most faiowl dieter may not In battling bulges without cooperation from family and co workers according to a study recently published in the Journal of The American Dietetic Asso ciation A sociological study of working women shows that these women who want to control their weight and are well in formed about nutritional ways to do It still are likely to fall unless they get solid support to change poor eating hab its Conducted by Ann A D R D registered dietitian and Roberts Schulman the study focused on 100 women who say their families are all talk and no action when It kcomes to helping them lose excess pounds MOre than half the surveyed are working mothers whose families prod them to diet and even scold them for not losing weight But mothers are counting calories their bring fattening foods Into the home What makes dieting even more difficult says Hertzler Is when dieting mothers return home after work to face cook ing highcalorie meals the women said their families demand While on the job these women were not threat by the antidiet temptations they con fronted at home re searchers found Nearly percent of them dis cuss dieting with their coworkers and only three of their fellow employees In In high calorie snacks or lunch on fat meals and Healthy eating When Marcia Dye opened Foodstuffs in downtown Georgetown over a year ago the bulk food store concen Ira ted on buying in large quantities to give custom era bargains Now the store is be ginning to stock more foods that are consider ed healthy Foodstuffs attracts a wide variety of custom ers looking for health oriented foods A lot of older people are Into it health food because they feel better when they eat better says You don have to be fanatical about choosing foods as long as you know what you re eat ing she said but stressing that a diet and in types of food can be bad for you She sees a marked difference in the 1980s on how people feel about their diet Now says manager of Foodstuffs are more concerned about eating healthy but not In a fanatical way Also it Just not one age group that Is buying health foods everyone is Interested to a greater extent she says The vitamin supple ments available at Foodstuffs sell accord ing to the age group Some of he older people like vitamin while the younger men like rain erals such as zinc to help them cope with stressful exercise People are aware of the need to take less sugar and salt in their diet and are looking for substitutes such as hon ey she says A lunch snack that is popular at Foodstuffs is yogurt or mixing bags of dried nuts and fruits The management at on Page a new passion America has built habits health and fitness into Its The Steak lifestyle The evidence Is house for example a ii 1 f restaurant chain all around us from the number of health clubs springing up across the country to the new lighter food choices in supermarkets and rest our ants Restaurants have mode great strides in giving the healthcons customer food that he wants Fast food chains In fact are in the forefront of responding to our changing eating with locations nation wide features a foot long salad buffet with items ranging from typ ical salad ingredients to more unusual items like alfalfa sprouts and sun flower seeds With restaurants offer lighter options to keep with our changing tastes you can still cat out and stay on the fitness track Look and Feel Your Best From THE INSIDE OUT Start with a trip to full range of herbs natural vitamins nutrition guides friendly knowledgeable help It you have a question ask If wo don tknow wo find out I NATURES EMPORIUM