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Balanced nutrition

By Dawn Mitchell little extras, you could end up eating a meal
Do you ever wonder how the food on your that has around 1,400 calories. As Grimit
plate gets there or how many calories it con­ puts it, “It depends on how much they pile
sists of? Do you ever wonder how healthy or on their plates.”
fattening the food you put in your mouth is? Another item that is becoming very
Well if you do, Richard Grimit, Ralston popular is the pasta and potato bar. Both of
School District Food Service Director, has these could be very low in calories, yet once
all the answers you may be looking for.
again, it depends on what extra toppings they
While we sit in lunch, stuffing ourselves
add. Let’s consider the pasta bar first. It
until we’re satisfied, Richard Grimit is work­
usually consists of the pasta itself, sauce, a
ing in his office preparing the menu for the
slice of bread and a carton of milk. The pasta
following week. While deciding what to put
itself is 600 calories, the bread and milk are
in each line, he keeps in mind the each 100 calories, and the sauce is around
government’s policy. Each line must consist 800. Once again if someone decided to get
of the four basic food groups. There must be greedy and overindulge, it could add up. The Sophomore Tracy Foster enjoys the last bit of her
lunch.
a bread, a milk, a meat, a fruit and a potato on the other hand could run as high as Sophomore Tricia Schurtz lends a hand to
vegetable. Most of the time Grimit says three 2,000 calories. Sophomore Dannielle Wade.
out of the five are eaten.
As usual the favorite of the student is the
extra line. After buying a candy bar or M and
M’s from one of the clubs, Sophomore Holly
Jostes says, “I’m usually not very hungry, so
all I usually get is a malt or maybe an orange
juice.” That opinion is shared by many of
Ralston’s students. Yet there are some who
decide to stick to a healthier diet. Those
students usually hit the salad bar or trayline.
Yet when buying a salad the calories can add
up. The salad itself is 200-300 calories, then
when adding dressing, cheese, and all those

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