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Show Monday, September 26, 1988 Chronicle - Page Nineteen ACC NT atoiroes bewlldeir: dfieteirs iMein) trip to the post office, doctor adds extra pounds yDeameWimmer Chronicle Feature Editor those with extra vitamin C contain 4.0 calories each. ' h rinse with Suppose a person opts for an mouthwash. That he or also should know person Scope she risks taking in 50 unplanned calories per ounce. Of course, as Randy Cody, a Proctor and Gamble spokesperson, reminded us, Scope is not supposed to be ingested. But take nothing for granted. Calories love to sneak up on people when they least is, when they're sick. expect For example, a dose of daytime Robitussen cough syrup, the kind meant for mild coughs, contains 5.4 calories. Barbara Clifford, a spokesperson for AH. Robins Company, added the same remedy in raspberry flavor contains 10.5 calories. Liquid Dimetapp provides unknowing victims suffering from congestion with 8.4 calories a dose. During cold season, many people mindlessly pop cough drops in their mouths. No longer. Sucrets have after-brus- A moment on the lips, forever on the hips. This admonition seems appropriate for anyone con templating chocolate eclairs. But even the most frugal :alorie counter can run into problems. It seems nothing The unexpected calorie throws a n life is calorie-fre- e. nonkey wrench into every carefully-planne- d regimine. Consider the most individual who akes a daily vitamin for instance. With ach regular tablet comes an unwanted 3.5 calories and health-conscio- us nes, pill-Flinsto- it-t- . hat There are unexpected calories and then there are deceptive calories-t- he kind that like to pretend they are less than they are. Even mundane activities like mailing a letter can raise a daily calorie intake. : almost 10 calories a pop, and Ludens cherry cough drops, the tasty ones, contain 14 calories. At this rate, (orie-minde- d coughers are better off suffering. Even mundane activities like mailing a letter can raise a daily calorie intake. There are two kinds of stamps; one is glossy on the back, the other is not. Bill Nebeker, of the U.S. Postal Service, said the glossy stamps contain .07 calories and diet stamps contain .007. the calorie pool that comes from licking think of the Just an entire manila envelope, f There are unexpected calories and then there are kind that like to pretend they are deceptive calories-t- he than less they are. it" non-gloss- y, 7 i U. r By Darren Tucker iChronicle staff writer feosfl c r i; IT For example, most people probably believe there are only 180 calories in their Frootloops and milk. Well there are--if the person only eats 34 a cup. But most cereal bowls comfortably hold at least twice that And isn't it a nice surprise to see that a Snickers bar lower down the only has 140 calories? It's great-un-til reveals two mere are that servings per bar. wrapper That's downright deception. Cn rolnrio rnnntoro houraro Ynn lrnnur tVio cairino "There's no such thing as a free lunch." But there's no such thing as a free stamp either. services aire M g tasDimess fosr;:lKah There are a few things that have to be ione in order to keep the human nachine alive and running well. Among hose are sleeping, breathing and, on a omewhat regular basis, eating. Students, faculty and statt at tne diversity of Utah are no exceptions to s rule. Most oi mem raxe care oi me oine part at home (or in class). Breathing happens more or less sponta- eously. But eating has to be done volun-iril- v and auite freauentlv. For this reason, food' at the U. means , .big business for Utah. The U. s daily food bill comes to a whopping $15,000 or about $5 million per year. Most oi this money is spent m side services. The food services will go out of their way to deUver your share of this huge pie to wherever you are on campus. Students or faculty who are studying or working late can call Union Food services and have their food delivered to them. To get a better idea of the large quantities of food the U. serves, consider its No. the state. Any given day on this campus, there are 24,000 students, 3,000 faculty, 9,000 staff and 2,000 hospital patients, not to mention literally hundreds of visitors. All of these people want to eat, which is why food is consumed on campus in huge '. amounts. ', There are two food services on campus. Nutrition Care Services feeds patients at the hospital and runs the hospital cafeteria. Union Food Services runs the cafeterias in the Union, The Panorama Room, two cafeterias in other buildings and several portable lunch rooms. . And the total bill of $15,000 doesn't include vending; People on campus spend several thousand dollars per day in the vending machines. Some are run by the university and some are run by out- - imi mi' '"-- ' - ' 1 best-sellin-g r i item-cook- ies. The two food services combined bake about 266 dozen cookies a day-th- at's : '1 ; - V. If I 3,200 individual cookies. That acids up to 79,000 dozen cookies per year. At an average cost of 35 cents per cookie, it mmmmmcomes to $330,000 per year. of 388 reason of the That's part pounds flour are trucked onto campus daily. But it doesn't all go to cookies. The Union 11 food service alone bakes another 350 dozen items. These include dinner rolls, croissants, bagels, donuts, apple fritters and other items. ; Many people are trying to eat less meat Chronicle photo by Guy E. Elder IV and more Vegetables. That's part of the reason the two food services buy a mere The food delivered to the University of 1,635 pounds of meat and poultry a day Utah exceeds a daily bill of $15,000. at a wholesale cost of $3,250. mention them all. But here're some examIn a year, the U. eats the total production of about five average Utah cattle ples: .160 gallons of soup per day, 160 pizzas and 670 servings of spaghetti, lasagne, v:w.. ranches. an1 wioriv4i . UUUUVAJIU The vegetableprice tag comes to about CIUU translates That to people at the U. payto The 1,450 money goes $1,500 a day. for ing $860 per day. lor pizzar or about pounds of fruits and vegetables $240,000 per year. salad bars. And as if that weren't enough, there are about there's there out somewhere And also 11 commercial restauraunts west of to 75 milk cows giving their all every day make sure the U. has enough milk to campus on University Street, Second Soutn and 13th East. The volume of these drink and cheese to eat. sales. restaurants is as high as milk The U. buys about 265 gallons of In years past, because people didn't per day at a cost of about $700. That's have one-cu- p to pay sales tax on campus, the U. for milk 4,240 servings. enough use to have as much competition didn't And several hundred dollars more goes other-dairestablishments. from these IbF-tproducts purchase of But even with increased competition "such as tK&ese'nceBanTand ogurt! U.'s food services will give an estimatthe cooked items of There are hundreds ed $200,000 to the state. available on campus, far too many to daily-mostly- J i r r-.;- " -, on-camp- us - 1- iTZ total The University of Utah buys 1,450 fts. of fruit and vetobleS daife Tlie U.'s food purchssa impact the states economy because it gpenc $5jsulUpn a year. ? lllils : he y off-camp- |