1996_03 The Daily Collegian March 1996

              THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN
Wednesday, Mguh 13,1996
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Editor: Jevon C. Swanson
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Bulldog
Health
Report
Vitamins. Good or Bad?
Many individuals choose multi¬
vitamin supplementation to provide
for the lack of proper nutrition in
their diet. However, in excess,
some vitamins have been shown to
become toxic, and our bodies may
even become dependent upon them.
■      According
to Webster's
New World
Dictionary, vi¬
tamins are any
of certain com¬
plex substance
found vari¬
ously in foods
and essential to
good health.
By Matt White
Health Contributor
Many of us have been brought
up with the notion that multi-vita¬
min supplementation is good and
somewhat essential for a proper
diet.
Studies have shown that vita¬
mins A.D.C, and B6 have potential
toxicity/dependency effects.
When our bodies are accus¬
tomed to excess amounts of a sub¬
stance, and then we stop giving it
that substance, we can show signs
of dependency.
Vitamin C has been labeled as
the "cure-all" vitamin. Studies have
shown that consuming excess
amounts of vitamin C and then
drastically reducing or stopping
supplementation can cause a depen¬
dency effect known as, "Rebound
or Infantile Scurvy."
Many individuals also believe
that multi-vitamins will provide
energy. This is wrong. Vitamins
contain no calories. Vitamins pro¬
vide the metabolic stepping stones
for specific functions in our bod¬
ies.
If you believe your diet lacks the
essentia] vitamins, I would suggest
supplementation only if proper nu¬
trition was not available. I would
also suggest before ingesting the
multi-vitamin, reading the percent¬
age of U.S. recommended daily al¬
lowance (RDA), of those vitamins
that you are putting in your body.
Lastly, I would definitely stay away'
from those multi-vitamins that pro-,
vide greater than 5,000 times the
recommended daily allowance per
capsule.
Any questions or comments con¬
cerning multi-vitamins may be di¬
rected to Matt White, a senior
Excercise Science major, via e-mail
at mawlO@csufresno.edu.
Gravatt
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in the 1650-yard freestyle. If either
of these two make the NCAA's it
will only be the second time in
school history. Only swimmer Lisa
country are faxed the list of swim¬
mers.   Another freshman, Nicole   Hadfield made it to the Champion-
Brushey, is waiting for notification   ships for the Bulldogs back in 1994.
Signee
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his shooting stroke.
Macklin averaged 5.4 points and
3.3 rebounds in 28 games at West¬
ern Kentucky in 1993-94. He flour¬
ished at Sullivan, averaging over 20
points per game. He spent this sea¬
son at Chaffey College (under
Tarkanian's son George) in Rancho
Cucamonga, Calif., but didn't play
basketball.
With the addition of Macklin,
the Bulldogs are loaded at the for¬
ward position. Also competing for
minutes in the frontcourt will be 6-
foot-7 Terrance Roberson, 6-foot-
6 Larry Abney and 6-foot-8
Daymond Forney.
Roberson is a former three-time
Parade Magazine All-American
who sat out this season as a Prop
48 casualty. He will have three
years of eligibility left at Fresno
State. Abney, out of Nyack High
School in Nyack, Ny, is currently
involved in a lawsuit against the
NCAA, as the NCAA declared him
ineligible to play this season over a
math class he took at Nyack. If he
wins his case, Abney will have four
years of eligibility left. If not< he
will have three.
Forney is a sleeper out of
Okaloosa-Walton junior college in
Florida. He was named as a junior
college All-American after leading
Okaloosa to the national title last
season.
The Bulldogs also have Darnell
McCulloch, Darnarryl Stamps, and
GerritTerdenge returning at the for¬
ward position.
Fresno State is also heavily re¬
cruiting current Fontana High (Ca¬
lif.) star Corey Benjamin and
Dorsey High (Los Angeles) guard
Jason Patton. Benjamin, who also
lists Syracuse and Cal as his other f
possible choices, is ranked by The
Sporting News Magazine as ore of
the top-10 high school seniors in the
nation. Patton is also considering
Oklahoma, Arizona State and
Tulane.
NIT
Continued from page 6.
points and 9.8 rebounds per game
this season. Hackim, a 5-foot-10
inch senior, is averaging 13.4 points
per contest.
The Bulldogs are one of the
deadliest perimeter shooting teams
in the country. Fresno State led the
WAC in 3-point shooting, and made
a school record 259 treys this sea¬
son. They are led by the backcourt
duo of Dominick Young and
Kendric Brooks. Young (108 treys)
and Brooks (90) combined for an
NCAA-leading 198 field goals
from behind the 3-point circle.
Young ranks second in the coun¬
try in 3-point field goals made per
game (4.2). He has four game-win¬
ning three-pointers this season,
beating Oregon with 18 seconds
left. UTEP with- 2.7 seconds left,
and Utah twice with .8 seconds and
1:03 remaining, respectively.
The game will be televised na^
, tionally on ESPN.
Recruit
Continued from page 6.
"Rebounding was probably our
number one weakness this season,"
Wunder said. "We were too one
dimensional."
Fresno State was listed as hav¬
ing the worst rebound margin per
game in the Western Athletic Con^
ference this season.
Wunder said the team will also
be working on developing leader¬
ship and oh building a better offense
scheme.
New this season are NCAA rules
which allow a team to give each
player two hours of individual train¬
ing each week. Wunder says this
time will be used to. work on fun¬
damental skills.
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