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		<title>The healthy side of dining out</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 23:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Madison Spere and Grace Tyler   Looking to start a healthier diet? With so many food choices and restaurants near campus it’s difficult to know where to turn for a healthy meal. Life as a full-time college student is busy. Studying, homework and class take up the majority of the day. &#8220;I work full time and go to school,&#8221; said Adam Ince, student at the University of Utah. &#8220;I am lucky if I eat dinner before midnight. I usually end up grabbing some fast food because it’s the only thing open that late.&#8221; With so little time, is it any wonder many students turn to fast food, energy drinks or the vending machines to get enough calories to get through the day? Although these &#8220;meals&#8221; keep the body awake long enough to complete the necessary coursework, this type of food can end up doing damage to the body. Sometimes I look down at my empty bag of chips and soda and just start to feel sick,&#8221; said Ince. Sarah Swenson, nursing student at Westminster, said, &#8220;I think sometimes we don’t realize how many calories we are taking in. When you start to pay attention they really add up.&#8221; For example, eating six chicken McNuggets from McDonald’s with a medium French fry means 660 calories and 36 grams of fat have been consumed. Aleshia Lindhardt a weight loss consultant said, &#8220;The average person should be eating about 2000 calories a day, if your trying to lose weight eat only1200 calories a day.&#8221; Eating healthy can improve your everyday life. Lindhardt said, &#8220;Eating healthy changes everything, it changes your motivation, self-esteem, energy level, mind set and relationships with people.&#8221; So how can busy college students begin to eat healthier?      Order water instead of soda  Avoid fried foods—order chicken grilled  Don’t overeat—focus on portion size  Eat five or six small meals during the day rather than three large meals  Avoid processed food when possible  Cook at home  Take vitamins  Avoid a large amount of energy drinks &#38; fruit juices—they contain a lot of sugar. Get condiments and dressings on the side   Although it is often healthier to cook a meal rather than eat out, time restraints often force college students to get food on-the-go. To help make these dine out trips a healthier experience, visit the following restaurants located near Westminster. Each location offers healthy alternatives at an affordable price.    Subway 974 E. 2100 S.  One of Subway’s best known advertising campaigns revolved around a college student who decided to start eating healthy. In 1999, Jared Fogle was a 425 pound freshman at Indiana University. According to Jared, who tells his story on Subway’s website, &#8220;It got to the point where I could barely function as a member of society. I was even scheduling classes based on how short the walk would be. That’s when I knew I needed to make a change.&#8221; By cutting out junk food, exercising, and eating what Jared called &#8220;the Subway Diet&#8221; Jared...]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable agriculture</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans love food. Even from the time when we were the thirteen colonies, farming was the most popular lifestyle of the average American. We used to know exactly how food appeared on our plates from the planting of the seeds, to the harvest, and finally to the preparation. In modern day however, this has all changed. Food has evolved into an industry, which according to English professor Jeff McCarthy “has created a culture in which we are passive consumers.” What this means is that we fallen away from our hunting and gathering roots and have become reliant on industry. The problem with this is we have no idea where our food comes from, what we are really eating, and what it costs to get it to dinner plates. “We are eating unhealthy foods that are literally killing us,” said environmental activist Quinn Depperschmidt. In comparison to a hunter who is constantly in contact with his food source, passive consumers simply go to the store and get whatever it is they want with no effort. As a result we never have to think about what we are doing and how our consumption is affecting us and the world at large. Unfortunately these decisions are destroying our planet. According to the Center for Sustainable Agriculture the average distance that a fresh food items travels to get to a dinner plate is 1,500 miles. Another report by the Bon Appetit Management Company has shown that almost one-third of all greenhouse emissions are related to agriculture. Furthermore by the time the food travels so far it is no longer fresh. Keith Johnson who works at the Liberty Heights Market looks at it this way “Fruit that you buy at the supermarket has travels all over the country, and sometimes the world, in refrigerated trucks. By the time it hits the shelf it can be weeks old.” Sustainable eating put simply is the idea that as a consumer you pay attention to what you eat in a effort to improve the quality of food you eat and your impact on the environment. Although it does require a little more work than just going to the supermarket and loading up a shopping cart, the benefits are undeniable. Eating Local  Buying food that has been grown, produced, and is sold locally is a first step in sustainable eating. One of the key benefits to this is that you get to find out exactly where your food comes from. This means you know how fresh it is, under what conditions it was made, and what went in to it. No more question marks about what chemicals your fruit was sprayed down with or under what conditions the chickens that laid the eggs were kept in.  Another key benefit is simply tastier food. The majority of the time you buy local the food will have been harvested the same day or the day before. Also, the small farms will have put in much more care, and less chemicals.  Even...]]></description>
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