I

CALLED

MOM FOR LUNCH ON TUESDAY,

BUT SHE WAS GOING TO A BOOK

REVIEW IN THE LIBRARY.

Not All Fats
Created Equal

I DROPPED BY ON THURSDAY, BUT

SHE COULDN'T COME BECAUSE

SHE WAS BUSY IN THE ACTIVITIES

ROOM WORKING ON HER NEW

EXERCISE PLAN. I INVITED MYSELF

ALISON ASHTON SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

TO LUNCH WITH HER ON FRIDAY,

I

n an effort to lose weight and
eat a heart-healthy diet, some
people have tried to eliminate
all fat from their food. But the
current issue of Consumer Re-
ports on Health points out that
all fats are not alike. Apparent-
ly, real nutritional savvy re-
quires learning the difference
between "good" and "bad" fat.
Falling in the bad guy catego-
ry are saturated fats, which are
found in meats, dairy products
and tropical oils. Saturated fats
are linked with an increased risk
of coronary heart disease. "Trans"
fats, which are vegetable oils that
have been hydrogenated to make
them more solid and prevent spoil-
ing (margarine is a good example
of a trans fat), have not been
linked to heart attacks, but re-
searchers have found that they
may raise damaging LDL-choles-
terol levels and lower beneficial
HDL-cholesterol levels.
This raises the butter vs. mar-
garine controversy. The newslet-
ter's editors say butter has more
saturated fat per tablespoon than
stick margarine, so margarine is
the better choice. Better still, chose
soft margarine, which is less hy-
drogenated than a solid stick.
Unsaturated fats — including
mono-unsaturated canola and
olive oil and polyunsaturated corn,

soybean and other vegetable oils,
plus fish oil — are another story.
Current research shows that both
types of oil have an equal effect on
blood cholesterol by reducing cho-
lesterol levels.
But don't take this news as a li-
cense to gorge on fat. Standard di-
etary guidelines still call for a diet
with no more than 30 percent fat
and less than 10 percent of calo-
ries from saturated fat. Small
changes in cooking habits and
learning to read ingredient labels
on packaged food will help you re-
duce your overall fat intake. Here
are some tips offered by Consumer
Reports' editors:
• Eat less meat and full-fat
dairy products. Eat more grains,
fruits, vegetables, fish, skinless
poultry and reduced-fat dairy
foods.
• Watch out for tropical oils
listed on ingredient labels. Co-
conut, palm and palm-kernel oil
are high saturated.
• Use oil-free cooking meth-
ods, such as baking, boiling,
broiling, microwaving, poaching
and steaming.
• Saute foods in wine or broth
instead of oil.
• Eat fewer packaged foods,
which can contain hidden trans
fats.

Do You Have
Panic Disorder?

• Do small pains or changes in
your body, such as a tight chest or
bad headache, make you think
that something must be serious-
ly wrong?
• Do you avoid certain places
because they make you nervous,
but you don't know why?
Answering "yes" to these ques-
tions doesn't always mean you
have a panic disorder, but if these
symptoms don't go away, you
should consult your doctor.

Anxiety disorders are among the
most common psychiatric com-
plaints, according to the Nation-
al Institute for Mental Health.
One in 75 people has a diagnos-
able panic disorder.
Panic attacks manifest them-
selves with physical and emo-
tional symptoms. Sufferers may
have distorted vision, severe
headaches, even temporary blind-
ness, in addition to a racing heart,
shortness of breath, dizziness and
nausea. That's on top of feelings
of unreality and fears of losing
control, going crazy and death.
Denise Beckfield, Ph.D., author
of Master Your Panic (Impact
Publishers) offers this quiz to help
people determine if they might
have a panic disorder:
• Are you overcome with feel-
ings of terror, when your heart
pounds, you feel weak and dizzy,
and think you're about to die?
• Do you sometimes have diffi-
culty swallowing without chok-
ing?
• Do you ever have the fright-
ening sensation that things
around you aren't real?

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AND THE FOOD WAS TERRIFIC. I

TOLD MOM TO CALL MY BROTHER

AND LET HIM KNOW HOW SHE -

LIKES HER NEW HOME AT

THE HEATHERWOOD. I HOPE SHE

CAN FIND TIME TO CALL.

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