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â€" Submitted by NIP Beware of crash diets, _ wonder foods or the use of drugs that promise rapid results. Even if they seem to ‘work at first, and they often do, how long can you keep them up? Fad diets to be avoided include Taller‘s, Atkins‘, Fredericks‘, and Stillman‘s to name a few. These fad diets are crash, temporary diets which ignore princiâ€" ples of good nutrition. They often take valid research and apply it out of context, ’giving overemphasis to one food or group of foods and ignoring others. For exâ€" ample, grapefruit or eggs have no special ability to melt away fat. Fad diets are often associated with the promotion of special foods and make false claims for their powers. Carliton Fredericks: vitamin â€" and mineral pills or Herman Taller‘s safflower oil capâ€" sules. If you follow a sensible program of nutrition, by making sure your food is not too rich in fats, sugar or calories, and get â€" proper exercise you can slim down for keeps. One problem with many fad diets is the yoâ€"yo efâ€" fect â€" the zigâ€"zag between losing and gaining, when your goal really is constant weight control. We don‘t want to knock all the diets available. There are some very effective ones. The lowâ€"carbo diets where you count carboâ€"cals or carboâ€"calories are helpful and beneficial if you know what you are doing. These diets are based on eating fewer calories â€" and that has to work‘! Our disenchantment with Fifteen new members were recently inducted into the Mutual Life of Canada‘s Long Service Club which comprises employees at the head office in Waterloo and in 78 branch offices across Canada with 25 or more years of service. These additions bring the total membership to 305, including 145 "honorary‘"‘ members who had served the company for at least 25 years before their retirement. . Mutual Life honours longâ€"service employees $500 to Lexington creative playground to show temporary results. They are monotonous and cannot serve as the basis for new permanent food patterns. many of the fad diets arises also from the dangers assoâ€" why you should always conâ€" sult your doctor when going on a fad diet. For instance, the dangers of highâ€"fat diets to the heart and arâ€" teries, as well as possible ketosis are reasons to stay away from such principles as the Atkins Diet. And if you have any history of kidâ€" ney or liver disease, a high protein diet like Stillman‘s is definitely one to avoid. Fad diets are meant to be temporary and doomed Overweight in‘ most cases is caused by an imbalance If your weight is 15 pounds or more in excess of the reâ€" commended weight for your sex, age, activity cateâ€" gory and bone structure, you are officially ‘"overâ€" weight‘‘ you have a posiâ€" tive energy balance. And 50 to 60 percent of Canaâ€" dians are overweight. _ How do you win the batâ€" tle of the buige? â€" Lexington Public School will receive $500 from the City of Waterioo to develop a creative playground on the school grounds. The project, which recent . uy Wioser on behalf of ly received $500 from the May Wicker on behalf of the group involved. Waterloo County Board of The plans ar t unlik Education, is being underâ€" . ,, o plans ate mot UnAE liken by a group of neign Ofher trfaite playgrounds bourhood parents in Waterloo and include * ropes, tires, _ climbing The school hopes to comâ€" apparatus, fortâ€"like strucâ€" plete phase one of the proâ€" _ tures and a water area. The Mutual Life of Canada is proud of these employees and of the contribution they have made through the years to providing a high standard of service for the company‘s policyholders across Canada. Crash diets don‘t last between daily food intake and daily amount of physiâ€" cal activity. Small increasâ€" es in physical activities or small reductions in calorie intake over a period of time can result in significant weight loss (walking to work). So to lose weight you must burn up more calâ€" ories than you eat or proâ€" duce a ‘‘negative energy _ Ideally you should lose one to two pounds per week. Since one pound is equiveâ€" lant to 3,500 calories, your intake should be reduced by 500 calories per day to lose one pound per week. Unless your doctor recomâ€" mends a special diet, you can safely use the Canada Food Guide as the basis of a reducing diet â€" supplying as few as 1200 to 1800 calorâ€" ies per day without omitâ€" ting any of the important food groups. Though you may probably be able to eat a little more, you still have to maintain a balance between . food intake and body activities. It may take a little trial and error to determine exâ€" posed creative play area with the city grant, City council committee of the whole unanimously approvâ€" ed the grant Monday night following a presentation by Ray Wieser on behalf of the group involved. The plans are not unlike other creative playgrounds in Waterloo and include ropes, tires, _ climbing with regular exercise is suâ€" perior to any special fad or formula diet. you personally need per day to hold your welght But in the long run, the use of Among the head office staff members honoured at this year‘s annual dinner meetâ€" ing were (left to right): John Carlisle, Thomas Garner, Russell Henrich, Edwin Moogk, Lester Orth, Velma Parker, S.J. Tittle, Robert Vogel, Florence Weiler, Edwin Wettlaufer and Fletcher Whitmore, who have completed 25 years with the company ; and Howard Brown and Harold Winterburn (below), whose 45 years of serâ€" vice were recognized in special presentations made by President J.H. Panabaker. "The Twentieth Century Belongs to Canada‘" Former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations Provost of Trinity College, University of Toronto Admission Free â€" All are Welcome â€" University Chancetior Presiding Friday, November 1, 1974 at 8:30 p.m. Room 1E1, Arts Building Wilfrid Laurier University GEORGE IGNATIEF The Hon. Paul Martin to be delivered by creation Centre, 185 King St. S., Waterioo. If you have any questions about any diets or wish furthâ€" phone 745â€"0651 or drop in to the Nutrition Improveâ€" ~‘Waterioo Chronicie, Wednesday, October 30, 1974 5 The Second Annual You are invited to â€"48 King §1. South oldp â€" Gift Visit The Cuckoo Clock Ceramics