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Except for mother's milk, no drink boasts a more wholesome reputation for youngsters than fruit juice. Full of vitamin C, it contains no fat, and kids ) just lap it up. In fact, by age five, the average American child guzzles 9 gal. a year of the sweet-tasting stuff, most of it apple juice. But new evidence indicates that for babies less than 24 months old, consuming large quantities can actually prove harmful. The liquid fills their tiny stomachs and ruins their appetite for foods that contain nutrients and calories they need. According to a study published...
...major disappointment was France's Surya Bonaly, who ended in fourth place. Her mighty jumps gave a vitamin shot to the proceedings, but she tired and fell out of a leap or two near the end. As for Katarina Witt, the 1988 gold-medal winner, she placed seventh -- again, no thanks to the judges. She had suffered through months of jeering that she was returning to competition for frivolous reasons. But her long program was the best choreographed and most stylish of the contest. Unlike the jump-and-spin fests offered by most contestants, hers had varied pacing and intricate...
...Nutrition Bites" binders, one of the latest efforts to help students eat well, was one of these programs. The 381-page informational notebooks provide students with fat, calorie, carbohydrate, protein and vitamin breakdowns for all HDS food offerings...
...almost none of the students interviewed who complained about the low nutritional value of the food had turned in a feedback card, consulted with Hung, or examined the Nutrition Bites notebook that lists the fat, protein, cholesterol and vitamin content in the foods served in dining halls...
...against cancer -- be backed up by "significant scientific agreement." Under food-labeling laws passed by Congress three years ago and scheduled to go into effect Dec. 5, products that fail to meet this test will have to be relabeled. The products themselves, however, will not be banned. "The great vitamin ban of 1993 is a hoax," says Bruce Silverglade of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, one of several independent groups that support the FDA. "We need the government to sort fact from fiction...