HEALTH

"Eat Smart"

As you get older, it’s smart to eat smaller meals to help keep excess weight off, finds a new Tufts University study. That’s because after eating a large 1,000 calorie meal the fat burning ability of women over the age of 60 was 30% lower than women in their 20s.

That’s not good because you want to get rid of the fat. What’s not burned is stored as body fat. The study discovered that older women could burn off smaller 250 and 500 calorie meals as efficiently as younger women.

The solution is to eat frequent, smaller meals and exercise, which may increase metabolism.

by Jean Carper

USA Weekend May 8-10, 1998

Sizing Up Servings

For those who don’t like to measure portions, I received this from my Weight Watcher group. After receiving this, I realized my guess-timates were way off.

Bagel

• 1 hockey puck
• 1 medium potato
• 1 computer mouse

Pancake

• 1 CD

1 Cup of Rice

• 1 walkman

½ Cup of Rice

• 1 cupcake wrapper

1 Cup Dried Cereal

• 1 large handful

1 Medium Fruit

• 1 tennis ball

1 Cup of Fruit

• 1 baseball

½ Cup Chopped Fruit

• 15 marbles

¼ Cup of Raisins

• 1 large egg

3 Ounces of Meat

• 1 deck of cards
• 1 cassette tape
• 1 bar of soap

1 Ounce of Meat

• 1 match box
• 1 floppy diskette

3 Ounces of Fish

• 1 checkbook

1 Ounce of Cheese

• 4 dice
• 1 small child’s block
• 2 saltine crackers

½ Cup of Ice Cream

• 1 tennis ball

2 Tablespoons of Butter, Salad Dressing, Peanut Butter or Mayonnaise

• 1 ping pong ball

1 Teaspoon of Butter, Salad Dressing, Peanut Butter or Mayonnaise

• Tip of thumb to the first joint
• 1 die

1 Ounce of Larger Size Snack Foods (Pretzels, Chips)

• 1 large handful