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Disagreement. Among the principal weapons are excessive salt and an overabundance of sugars and fats, which fill the stomach without fulfilling all the body's nutritional needs. The dietary death wish is acted out according to lifestyle: by habitual snacking, by gorging on gourmet treats and rich desserts, by a heavy reliance on processed foods and the no-breakfast, lunch-on-the-run schedule-or all of the above. Even when they eat a sensible variety of foods, Americans and citizens of other prosperous nations tend to eat more than their bodies consume in physical activity, given the sedentary...
...August, one devoid of those softening luxuries that had made most previous conventions more noteworthy for their cuisine than for their resolutions. In fact, there was even some grumbling this year about the menu at the usually lavish annual banquet. Instead of feasting upon healthy portions of some exquisite gourmet's delight, delegates were served a spare repas of turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes, green peas and rice pudding. There wasn't even a salad, because SCLC supports the boycott on lettuce. The reason for both the thin menu and much of the general restlessness at the convention...
DANNY KAYE, entertainer, oenophilist and gourmet cook...
ROBERT BALZER, food and beverage editor of Holiday, wine critic of the Los Angeles Times, editor of a private gourmet newsletter and author of California's Best Wines...
PROFILE: Dedicated, Incisive. A real leader, on and off the field. ABC-TV offensive player of the game for his performance vs. Cornell last season. Voted "Gourmet of the Month" by Harvard Lampoon's parody of Better Homes and Gardens Magazine. A high school winner of the famed Betty Crocker Future Homemaker of America Award. Had a great season with the undefeated freshman team of 1969, completing 45 of 83 passes for 779 yards. Led the Ivy League in completion average last leason...