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Show pr m 4 servings in Hagen-Daz- ? Watch your step in reading food labels! A Telltale Sign Of Not Having Enough Life Insurance. by Dennis Hinkamp Consumer Information Writer Utah State University One of the first of the consumer movement was to put more information in the hands of consumers so they could make intelligent choices. g laws were enacted to help consumers multe these BY OWNER Food-labelin- choices. . Labels increasingly are becoming crowded with nutritional claims. Such cause confusion and are prompting the Food and Drug Administration to try to revamp labels by 1993 Some examples of labeling! misdirection are laughable. Those little pints of expensive ice cream and frozen yogurt that list four servings per con- -' tainer. You would be hard pressed to get two scoops out of these containers. The number of servings is exaggerated to reduce the calories per serving on the label Granola brakfast cereals that list a serving adze of cup. Similar to the icecream example, this is done to make the calories per serving look smaller on what is usually advertised as a heatlhy, natural alternative to sugary breakfast . , ;'A V - , Protecting your familys lifestyle and future is what life insurance is all why talking to a Farm Bureau agent and making sure you have the right life insurance is so important You see, your Farm Bureau agent will listen, .work with you and design a plan just for you. One that fits your needs and changes with you. Plus, today's life insurance can provfde security before, as well as after, youre gone. So be sure your family is adequately protected. See a Farm Bureau agent about life insurance today. The Farm Bureau Family. Our most important policy is caring. about Thats i r yV a.'' i - - The i .v iv vw . t'.' &. i&V ... Jack and Barbara Blankenship home and yard received the Levan Town Beautification peoples choice award. Commit-iee'- s Jack, Barbara Blankenship win Levan's 'people's choice' award The Levan Town Beautifies; done by contractors, but the tion Committee has given its Blankenships did much of it. peoples choice award to Jack Blankenship is a retired sheet-metand Barbara Blankenship for worker.. They say they their house and yard at 45 West moved to Levan because they 4th South. loved the hunting and fishing in Mr. and Mrs. Blankenship the area, and decided to retire moved to Levan from Southern here. cereals. California in 1985. Some of the I dont know how good a Large letters on bags of work on their new home was fisherman he really is, but boy potato chips, touting no cholesterol" as if these two words would magically negate all the other relatively empty calories in chips. Even more ridiculous are the no cholesterol stickers sometimes seen on fresh fruits and vegetables. Cholesterol only can be found in animal products. You still can get useful information from food labels, but it takes some work. You have to know the metric system. You have to know the difference in the number of calories in a gram of fat, carbohydrate, and protein. Finally, unless you are quick with numbers, you better bring a calculator. In short, you have to spend, more time reading labels than most harried shoppers are willing to commit. On the other end of the scale, we need to be cautious not to simply label foods as good or bad. This is the kind of menVaCance tality that has caused people to iDemonstration eliminate whole groups of foods, such as beef or potatoes, from Saturday, their diets. The proposed label reform September 14 th tries to express information, I! more simply and accurately. 3:00 p.m. exwill sizes be The serving : pressed in more reasonable given by , measurements such as one-haLufline Chambers cup for the previously mentioned ice cream. The proposed: labels would also reveal that a food with low or no cholesterol could be high in fat One of the other proposals is that the adjectives "high, "medium, and low be used to describe the foods content of Time fat, saturated frit cholesterol sodium, carbohydratges, fiber, and protein. This would simplify m Laces Brocades, labeling for consumers, but they would still have to learn the standards for low, medium, and one-thir- d al Form curcau MMRYOFflMflMCMLFblMRMQSBVMCS COMRANYWES7 LIFE INSURANCE DES MOINES FARM BUREAU hes got the fish stories down PANORAMA-CANYONLAN- said Don Hunter, a good, member of the beautification committee. 801-623-23- Nephi Agency Manager Terry G. Frost Career Aaent: D. Todd Peterson - Nephi But this is no story Jack and Barbara keep a beautiful yard and garden, said Hunter. The Blankenships received a shrub from Olsens Nursery in Payson, and a letter of commendation from Levan Town. 7ALL fAmiCSME!!!! 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