In a 6-week study, more than 3000 adults ate about 20 chips a day labeled as containing olestra. The portion of this group eating the olestra chips reported no more GI problems than the control group. But those who ate about 35 chips a day had more bowel trouble than the controls. Read the label. Compare amounts in a one-cup serving.
Soft drinks replace milk and fruit juice in the diets of children and adolescents.
Energy intake was positively associated with soft drink consumption. Motivators among Asian adolescents in Hawaii were parent encouragement, taste, type of food accompanying the calcium-rich food, and the media. Barriers were certain locations, cost, hot weather, and inconvenience. A 500 mg tablet of calcium carbonate has about 200 mg calcium. Orange juice also is a rich source of folate and potassium.