Eastern Iowans favor home dining over fast food in poll
A Gazette survey of 469 readers shows 68 percent eat four or more family meals weekly and about one third dine out once weekly. Fast food appears less dominant with 30 percent never eating it.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1990
Page
11
A Gazette survey of 469 readers shows 68 percent eat four or more family meals weekly and about one third dine out once weekly. Fast food appears less dominant with 30 percent never eating it.
The Gazette launches its 12th annual Recipe Contest from Sunday through March 29. Seven categories offer top prizes up to 75 dollars and a grand prize bonus of 200 dollars plus 100 for the runner-up. Entry rules require one recipe per category, signed with name address and phone, and submissions can be mailed or dropped in at The Gazette Iowa Cedar Rapids location.
The Good Health Newsletter outlines a six step plan to reduce salt consumption. It suggests omitting salt at table and during cooking, avoiding highly salted foods, checking labels for sodium, steering clear of most processed foods, using potassium bicarbonate in baking, choosing low sodium products, and selecting salt free cheeses.
The American Dietetic Association in Chicago offers fat tips noting saturated fats raise cholesterol and are often hidden in ingredient lists. Avoid assuming low cholesterol means low fat as vegetable oils have high fat calories.
Chilean grapes recapture shelves after a yearlong cyanide scare involving South American imports. The $200 million Chilean grape industry hums, though CSPI ranks grapes low for nutrition. A half cup has about 60 calories, and CSPI notes grapes remain better than candy.
The latest RDA keeps Vitamin C at 60 mg daily for healthy adults and 70 mg for pregnant people. Notable sources include broccoli 98 mg orange juice 97 mg Brussels sprouts 96 mg grapefruit juice 83 mg strawberries 85 mg cantaloupe 68 mg cauliflower 68 mg tomato juice 44 mg baked potato 26 mg.
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