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Dairy specialist speaks to St. James students
Jeff Heuchert
In association with the Dairy
Farmers of Ontario, Walton farmer
Annelies Ringgenberg recently
spoke to students at St. James
School about healthy eating habits,
specifically when it comes to break-
fast.
Ringgenberg started her presenta-
tion by handing out a copy of the
food guide to each student and
going through each group with
them.
She explained the proper serving
sizes each student should have in
the morning and emphasized the
importance of dairy products, espe-
cially milk due to its high levels of
calcium.
"Milk is the only food that con-
tains as many as 15 different nutri-
ents," she said, adding it will also
help prevent osteoporosis.
"It's important to stock the calci-
um in your body. The more you con-
sume now, the better off you'll be
later," she said.
Ringgenberg also noted that poor
eating habits, obesity and lack of
exercise make up 35 per cent of the
risks associated with cancer.
She also took some timeto explain
the importance of simply eating a
breakfast each day, ,noting that the
human body needs food in the
morning to build up its energy for
the day.
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Jeff Heuchert photo
Dairy specialist and.. Walton farmer Annelies Ringgenberg points out the food
groups on the Canadian Food Guide to students at St. James School.
morning, just start slowly.
Eventually you'll be getting a .com-
plete breakfast," she said.
Students were given a chart to fill
out, listing the foods and the num-
ber of servings they had eaten that
day for breakfast.
And, then using the food guide
and what she had told them, stu-
dents either added or removed
foods from their list, until they had
a complete and healthy breakfast.
Ringgenberg also noted that to be
healthy, you haveto do more than
just eat healthy.
She said exercise is just as impor-
tant, adding an activity even as
simple as walking a dog would go a
long way.
A copy of the Canadian Food
Guide can be found on Health
Canada's website, at www.hc-
sc.gc.ca. A new revised food guide is
expected out in early 2007.
Jeff Heuchert photo
Jen Dalton, of Dublin holds her nine -month-old daughter Breanna who is in
awe of Jolly Old Saint Nick, who made an appearance at the Optimist
Club's Breakfast with Santa at the community centre Dec. 9.