1987_10 The Daily Collegian October 1987

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• Friday, October 2,1987;
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see if eight years of money and fame
had changed him. I wanted to see if
Magic remembered me.
You see, it was eight years ago on that
summer morning that Magic, me, and
four of jray friends played three-on-three
behind an old fire station. I'd met him
three days before walking out of a hotel
in Waikiki.
I was the proud driver of a three-
wheeled rickshaw along the beach and
Magic and his girlfriend needed a ride.
Well, not really.
"Can you sign this for me, Earvin," I
asked, recalling from TV that his friends
called him Earvin. "Sure," he replied,
"You gotta penr
"Do you need a ride anywhere?" I
asked. He looked at his girlfriend, smiled
and said, "New, that's all right, we're
gonna get something to eat"
He started to walk across the street
when I yelled, "Free."
Either he didn't want to disappoint me
or he wanted to save some of the
$600,000 he was going to make in his
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Fiberize with the right foods
By Jill Wat
Special to the Collegian
I have heard that fiber can
decrease my risk of getting cancer,
but I have also heard that it can
prevent heart disease. Which is
true? Exactly, what is fiber and how
much do I need?
Fiber is the material in plants which is
not digested by your body.
It is not usually called a nutrient
although it has important functions. If
you do not have enough fiber in your
diet, you could suffer from several
diseases such as cancer, diverticulceis
and heart disease. It may also help
people with diabetes. Because these
diseases are all so different, it might be
useful to understand how fiber is
thought to prevent them.
Fiber helps youlase weight by
making you feel full. It can prevent
constipation and hemorrhoids by
drawing water into the digestive tract.
Fiber can prevent appendicitis and
colon cancer by keeping the food in your
digestive tract moving. This movement
does not allow for bacterial infection or
extended exposure of your digestive
tract to cancer-causing agents in food.
Fiber keeps the muscles of your
digestive tract active so they stay,
healthy. This prevents diverticulosis, a
disease in which the wall of the intestine
becomes weak and bulges out in places.
Fatty substances are carried out of
your body by fiber so your blood
cholesterol level is lowered, reducing
your risk of heart and artery disease.
Fiber also causes a more even rise in
blood sugar which is important for
diabetics. y^*
There are different kinds of fiber,
soluble and insoluble, ana each kind has
a different function.       V
Soluble fiber may reduce your risk
for, and possibly treat, heart disease and
help control diabetes. Foods containing
soluble fiber are oats, dry beans, citrus
fruits and apples.
Insoluble fiber adds bulk to your diet,
decreasing constipation and your risk of
getting intestinal diseases. Wheat bran,
bran or whole grain cereals, nuts' and
seeds, and other fruits arid vegetables
are sources of insoluble fiber.
Fiber has many benefits, but too much
can be harmful/Excessive amounts can
cause dehydration because water is
carried out of your body along with the
fiber. Iron and other nutrients may not
be absorbed as well because fiber moves
food, along with its nutrients, out oflrour
body quickly.
Finally, too much fiber can decrease
the amount of food you eat because it is
filling. This can cause you to get too few
calories and nutrients. Most Americans
do not need to worry about these
problems because they get only half of
the amount of fiber they need in their
diets.
Most Americans should double the
amount of fiber they are presently
getting. At least 12 grams, but not more
than 40 grams of dietary fiber every day
is recommended. ^»
If you add a variety of whole grains,
nuts, fruits and vegetables to your diet,
you get the fiber plus the other nutrients
found in these foods.
It is riot difficult to get the amount of
fiber you need. Here are a few
suggestions:
1) Increase the fiber in your diet
slowly to avoid stomach pains and a
bloated feeling.
2) Get plenty of liqud ds as you
increase the fiber in your diet. Dietary
fiber needs fluids to prevent
constipation.
3) Eat 100 percent whole wheat bread.
4) Add bran to breads, muffins and
pancakes.
5) Eat bran cereal, such as Raisin
Bran, bran flakes or wheat flakes.
6) Use brown rice instead of white.
7) Use whole wheat flour in baking.
8) Eat whole fruits instead of drinking
juice.
and casseroles.
Mix dry ingredients
-Add spices and mix
-Mixliquid ingredients
9) Use dried beans and peas in soups-   ^     separately, then add to
^dry mixture
-Add fruit and mix
-Spread on two cookie
sheets
•Bake at 300 for 1 hr. (stir
every 15 minutes)
Jill Watson is a senior Dietetic and
Food Adminstration major. Quetionsfor
Body Language can be sent in care of
The Daily Collegian, California State
University, Fresno, Fresno, California
93740-0042. Body Language will appear
every Friday in the Collegian.
High Fiber Granola Recipe
Tastes greed and easy to
prepare!
2 cups quaker oats-regular
2 cups wheat flakes
2 cups rye flakes
1 cup bran
1 cup wheat germ
1 cup nonfat dried milk
1 this* cinnamon
1 tsp, nutmeg
16oz Can frozen apple juice
1/3 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water       '
1 cup raisins
1 cup dates, chopped
first yftar. I think it was the former.
He plopped his 6-9,210-pound frame
in the back of my bicylcle carriage and
away we went Through some fast
talking, I became he and his girlfriend's
personal caddy for the next three days.
I took him everywhere, including to
the park to play ball. The local paper ran
a teature article on him, and I just
happened to be standing next to him in
the picture on page 1.
HI never forget those three days, not
because Magic talked to me about
basketball, but because he talked to me
about life.
Now, understand, I was 15 years old.
It was a time in my life when my Dad
had two ways to do things: his way and
the wrong way. Somehow, at 15,1
always did things the wrong way. It
was a time when a kid thinks he knows
more than people older than him, a time
when you get tempted by the wrong
crowd.
"I don't know what I'm gonna be, but
if I'm good enough, I might be able to
get a pro tryout," I told Magic.
'You can't rely on that, though," he *
said. 'You need that school later on."
We talked more, and before he
jumped out of my buggy for the last
time, I wished him luck. "I hope you
make rookie of the year," I said, smiling
like only a girl who had a picture of Rob
Lowe on her dresser could.
"I'm going to win the NBA
championship," he boasted. You just
stay in school and keep playin' ball. And
keep away from the punks at school."
\   He won the NBA championship and I
stayed in school, kept playing ball, and
avoided the punks. He left an indelible
impression on me, so eight years later, I
came back to say thanks and see if he'd
changed.        /
After I weaseled my way into the
press conference at Valley Sports and
the TY cameras had left, I waited until
the 1 ast q uestion was asked. A few
hundred kids outside began to chant,
"Magic, Magic."
-   He had to go, but I had to talk to him.
"Earvin," I said, turning from a
reporter to, Joe Fan in less than a second
"you probably don't remember me,
but I peddled you around in Hawaii for
three days back in 79."
I whipped out the laminated
newspaper article, showed him the
picture, and waited for a response with
about a thousand butterflies circling in
my stomach.
He looked up, smiled that same smile
that everyone knows, and said
somewhat surprised, You're all grown .
up." I laughed and said, "I've been trying
to track you down for eight years, now,
but you've been so busy this was the
only chance I got"
I expected him to nod, say "nice to see
ypu again," and take off for the*
autograph seekers. Instead, he spent
three minutes asking me about myself.
"So you're in Fresno, now," he said.
"Man, this place is basketball crazy. You
still in school?"
Yeah, I'm at Fresno State," Ireplied.
"How long you got left?" he aaked.
"This is it, I'm a senior." "What are you
gonna do?" he came back with.
"I'm gonna try and be a reporter, so I
can cover your games," I replied.
He laughed. "A reporter, huh?"
You ever go back to Hawaii?" he
asked. Yeah, my folks still live over
there."
The cheers grew louder. His PR guy      *
was surprised and little frustrated that
Magic hadn't left for the mob yet
Feeling guilty, I shook his hand and said,
"it was good seeing you again," but I
couldn't tell him thanks for eight years
ago. I don't know why, but I just choked
when the moment came.
Magic walked away.
He hadn't changed. Not a-$25 million
contract, not a trillion kids since me, not
anything would change Magic.
I don't know if I will ever see Magic
avain, but 111 always remember mm as
probably the best thing that happened to
me at that age.
For a few moments Tuesday
afternoon, I was 15 again.
Thanks, Magic. I mean...Earvin.
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