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Oronio Weekly Uimes, Wednesday, February 7, 1996 - 3 A Little Flag Waving Mayor Diane Hamre, Nancy MacMaster, campaign chair for the Bowmanville Person to Person Campaign, and members of the Heart and Stroke Foundation raised the flag at Town Hall to kick off Heart and Stroke month in Clarington on Thursday, February 1,1996. Please remember to tun on your porch lights for all the volunteers who will be knocking on doors during February, the coldest month of the year. The Heart and Stroke Foundation needs and *appreciates all your support to fight Canadas number one killer. Toastmasters News The Heart and Stroke Campaign kicked off February with a flag raising at the Municipal Building on Temperance Street. February is an important canvassing month for the Foundation. Here, at the official flag raising is Nancy MacMaster, Campaign Chair for Bowmanville, Mayor Diane Hamre, Ann Capon, Area Coordinator, Rhoda Smale, Campaign Chair for Wilmot Creek, Lynda Ball, Volunteer, Terry Traill, Volunteer, and Julia Long, Volunteer Coordinator. 41AI22YI mUpe Marie Nelson Certified Nutritionist 983-8278 Nutrition Counselling & Lifestyle Balancing It never ceases to amaze me how far we will go to meet the desires of our tongue and ignore the needs of our body. A recent example of this is the American FDA approval of olestra as a fat substitute. Olestra is touted as a dietary blessing, you get all the taste and texture of rich fatty foods without the con- sequences. People can keep eating their french fries, pota- to chips, and fried chicken without having to worry about giving themselves a heart attack or stroke. Sounds like a mini-miracle, doesn't it? You bet it is, for the manufacturers of high fat products. Manufacturers make a lot more money off potato chips and french fries that they do off raw potatoes, ice cream has a much higher profit margin than milk and the, sale of chicken nuggets brings in more money than the sale of raw chicken. More and more people are reduc- ing their intake of these high- er profit foods and the manu- facturers are worried. Products like olestra give, them an opportunity to con- vince you that you can have your cake and eat it too. It will be interesting to see if people respond to their mar- keting or if common sense will prevail. You can listen to the sci- entists all you want. The ones in favour of olestra will tell you it passes through the body without being absorbed. Sure it uses up some nutri- ents as it goes, most notably the tocopherols (vitamin E and family) and carotenoids (beta carotene and family) and it occasionally causes diarrhea, but this is less damaging than overindul- gence in saturated fat. Besides, numerous case studies have concluded that it is not a risk to health. Obviously the FDA agrees. The ones against the use of olestra will tell you that it will encourage the continued use of these products, possibly to the exclusion of other more healthy choices. It isn't pass- ing through the body as "undetected" as claimed, oth- erwise tocopherol and carotenoid levels wouldn't be affected. This group is more concerned with the long term effects of olestra, but they couldn't prove to the FDA that it was harmful enough to keep it off the shelves. This is where you must use your common sense. Products like olestra, saccha- rin, Equal, and Xylitol are often associated with foods that are not high on the nutritional good guy list. Can you afford to spend your gro- cery dollars on foods that do not support your health? Can you afford to challenge your immune system each time you consume these products? Tocopheroids and carotenoids are important immune sys- tem nutrients. Diarrhea is a natural response by the body when it wants to get some- thing out quickly - something that it recognizes as harmful. I do not need a scientist to tell me that immune system diseases like arthritis, aller- gies, AIDS, and cancer have increased as the consump- tion of whole foods has decreased. Doesn't it make more sense to give your money to farmers who work hard to use natural, sustain- able, organic agricultural methods to produce whole- some, nutrient dense food than to give it to food manu- facturers who work hard to obtain the best profit margin per package sold? You don't have to make a decision on olestra today. It has not been approved for use in Canada, yet. You do have many other decisions to make. Every penny you spend on food is a vote for the future.. You have the power to influence that future. Will you vote for whole health or will you vote for a happy tongue? Will you choose the potato or the potato chip? News from Memorial Hospital A Drive to improve customer service at Memorial Hospital resulted in the recent relocation of the Finance Department and the Foundation Office. Whether you're paying a bill or making a donation, you'll find it's easier to get to your destination. The offices are now located adjacent to the main lobby area. Hospital personnel were able to make the changes without inconvenience to the public. Those attending the Diabetic Clinic will also have a convenient new location in the North Wing. Access to the clinic will be from the entrance at the parking lot facing the back of the A&P store. Parking spaces in this lot will be available for clinic participants. Days that are special, but not Nation-wide holidays, formed the theme for Chairman Toastmaster Connie Nelson. The days mentioned ran the gammit from Groindhog day to Halloween with special attention to St. Valentines Day, Guy-Fawkes Day, and St. Swithins. Members of the head table were introduced as they related the importance on one particular day to each of them. Table Topics Master Toastmaster Nancy Barnes adhered to the Chairman's theme as she asked each member for a one minute impromptu speech on such varied topics as fasting day, a day without electricity, and light days. The Table Topics trophy was garnered by Toastmaster Gordon West. As Toastmaster, Gordon West provided introductions to the speakers that whetted our appetites for their presentations. Toastmaster Carol Wonnacott presented a captivating story "The Night I Learned About Leprechauns" while Toastmaster Marilynn Dow related the history of Participation House to date. Thorough, helpful evaluations were delivered by Toastmasters Mike Sullivan and Sher. Leetooze. Toastmasters C. Wonnacott and Sher. Leetooze were selected as Trophy winners. We had the pleasure of two guests at this meeting. When you visit Toastmasters you will learn how to put the pizazz in your presentations, practical strategies for remembering, how to delegate for success, the A.B.C.'s of leadership and much more. When you join Toastmasters the skills you develop and the heights to which you ascend are limited only by your aspirations. Upcoming events in which you might-be interested are the Evaluation Contest February 20. International Speaker Contest February 27. Come and visit us Tuesday 7:30 p.m. at the Darlington Information Centre. For more information please call Irene Konzelmann 983-9423 of Orono. SHOP AROUND, GET YOUR BEST PRICE THEN CALL US FOR YOUF BETTER PRICE We use the full 7% G.S.T. Credit to give you the maximum $$$ for your Trade-In. 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