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Hung says the most common questions she gets are about weight loss or gain, low fat diets and how to get specific nutrients like protein and iron. Her advice to students wanting to have a healthy diet is to base their eating on a food pyramid--a refinement of the old four food group recommendation...
...Base the diet on the bottom of the pyramid," Hung says. Items at the bottom of the food pyramid include bread, pasta, fruit and vegatables...
Every stage of the Grand Louvre renovation has had its controversy, and this one is no exception. When in 1989 Mitterrand first unveiled architect I.M. Pei's modernistic glass pyramid in the the museum's vast central courtyard, the work brought accusations of aesthetic heresy. This time Pei has offended some observers by combining the museum with an underground shopping gallery that includes 13 fast-food counters and 60 boutiques, ranging from Lalique crystal to Esprit sportswear and a Virgin Records Megastore. The new commercial space is elegant and features at its center an inverted Pei pyramid, which echoes...
...escalator that runs from the underground level up to the top floor. Set in a vast hall of polished stone, it is the central nexus that links all the departments to one another. Thanks to the large windows on the landings, it offers dramatic perspectives of the grand outdoor Pyramid and the majestic facades of the other wings. Wherever possible, in fact, Pei has sought to provide windows that open the museum on to the city outside and permit visitors to orient themselves. Perhaps Pei's greatest concession to visitor comfort was to include five rest rooms...
Visitors enter through the glass pyramid, which has five rows of exotic greenery...