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Editor's note: Starting today and continuing in the fal, The
Daily Tar Heel hY periodically run a column answering
health-related questions. Questions to be considered for the
column should be addressed to the Student Health Service and
dropped off at the Health Education Suite of the SHS or the
DTH office.
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Q. With exams coming up, I'm going lobe drinking a lot of
coffee. Is a lot of caffeine bad for you?
SHS: The main action of caffeine is to produce a more rapid
and clearer flow of thought and to allay drowsiness and
fatigue. After taking caffeine, a person is capable of a greater
sustained intellectual effort and a more perfect association of
ideas. But like many things, it only works up to a certain point.
There is no evidence that a moderate coffee habit is harmful
to the average person. But excessive consumption of coffee or
tea may lead to chronic caffeine poisoning. Symptoms include
restlessness, disturbed sleep,, heart palpitatians, stomach
irritations and diarrhea; these can be seen after drinking seven
to. 10 cups of brewed coffee in rapid succession.
Since caffeine is a mildly addicting drug, abrupt withdrawal
from it by people who ordinarily consume substantial amounts
can lead to A headache or depression for several days.
The amounts of caffeine differ with each type of drink:
nondecaffeinated instant coffee, 60 mg per cup; ground
roasted, 134 mg per cup; tea, 50 mg per cup; Coke and Pepsi,
Therefore, using caffeine to increase your concentration
through exams is not harmful if it is in moderation.
Q. My roommate has started to take vitamins because $he
claims that they give her more energy. Is there any reason to
take vitamins and, if so, what kind and how many?
SHS: First of ail, vitamins do not provide energy unless the
person taking them has a severe vitamin or mineral deficiency,
resulting in extreme fatigue and anemia, an unlikely possibility
for your roommate.
Too often vitamins are taken as an excuse for poor eating
habits or as a' "cure" for any variety of ailments. The fact is
that most people would not have to take vitamins if they .
maintained a good diet.
Furthermore, when taking vitamins, it is difficult to
differentiate between the psychological benefits of taking the
pills and the psychological benefits that result from the vitamin
itself. If you feel a great need for a vitamin supplement because
you are not sure whether you have an adequate diet, shop
around and avoid the high prices of "natural" and Vorganic"
vitamins.
Look for store brands that have the same amounts of each
vitamin as the basic national brands; the savings are usually
substantial. But the main thing to remember is that vitamins
should serve as a supplement to a well-balanced diet, which
provides the majority of nutrients that your body needs
. Q. I have just started jogging and I am beginning to develop
some sore joints and muscles. What should I do to prevent this
problem? - '
SHS: Whenever beginning a running or jogging program,
the most important thing to remember is not to strain your
body. If the body is subject to continuous stress, cumulative
fatigue may result. There are several signs of this fatigue: pain
in the joints, muscles or tendons; trouble falling asleep or
staying asleep; continual thirst, resulting from dehydration.
According to Sports Medicine physician Joe De Walt, not
being able to carry on a conversation while jogging is a sign of
overdoing it. ' '
It is a good idea to run short distances when you first start
jogging. Wearing good shoes is also important; buy shoes that
are properly padded to absorb shocks and that have a wide,
stable heel to prevent sway that wears on leg muscles.
Taking time to warm up before running can prevent rnany
injuries. A.series of stretching exercises will help you to avoid
pulled muscles. , ' . v ? -,
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By WILLIAM PESCHEL
Staff Writer
To search for the origin of creation, Gore
Vidal could not have chosen a better era than
the fifth century B.C. He covers three
civilizations in Creation, during which Darius
I of Persia ruled from the Nile to the Indus.
Socrates and Aristotle lived in Greece.
Zoroaster, Nebuchadnezzar and Lao-Tzu
had recently died. In India, the Buddha was
alive, as was Confucius in China. They all
figure in Creation, his 17th novel.
The story begins as Cyrus Spitama, a half
Persian, half-Greek grandson of the prophet
Zoroaster now totally blind and dying in
exile from Persia dictates his memoirs' of his
career as ambassador to India and Cathay
(China). His belief in the dual theory of
creation an inevitable battle between good
and evil is at odds with the civilizations he
visits, making him . a good foil for the
arguments throughout this 510-page book. '..
As in his previous novels, Vidal injects
much mood and color in Creation. On a visit
to Babylon, Spitama describes a ziggurat:
"Seven enormous cubes of brick have been
set one atop the other. A staircase goes
around the whole pyramidal shape. Since
each level is sacred to a different divinity,
each is colored accordingly. v Even by
moonlight we . could make out the ghostly
shining blues and reds and greens of the,
various sun and moon and star gods." "
Spitama's travel, like his sex, is very much
telescoped. Moving from Persia to Cathay
across the Himalayas takes less than a page.
And on his wedding night, after marrying an
Indian princess he says, "That night our
marriage was agreeably consummated. I was
pleased. She was pleased. Presumably, the
Vedic gods were pleased, for nine months
later my first son was born."
It is difficult to convey the scope of this
novel. In between discussions on creation,
Spitama discourses on Greeks (who are
pompous bores to him), his blindness, his
boyhood friendship with Xerxes, future King
of Kings and other subjects.
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A target-number of 3,200 high school graduates will be
admitted to The. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
this fall, Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions
Margaret Fofger said Tuesday. .
Of those students, an estimated 2,700 will be from North
Carolina. No more than 15 percent of the freshmen
admitted may be from out of state, she said.
. Although a prospective applicant may excel in
academics, the UNC admissions pffice looks for additional
achievements before admitting the student, Folger said.
"The high school record is the most important thing,"
she said. "But we do look at the type of courses the student
took, the Scholastic Aptitude Test score, class rank and the
extra-curricular activitiesincluding leadership."
The exact number of students admitted will not be
known until students confirm their acceptance by sending
in an enrollment deposit. Applicants were notified of the
state of their application earlier this month.
" Despite forecasts that the number of college-age students
will decrease in the next few years, Folger said she did not
think it would seriously hurt admissions at UNCi
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we enroll since a college degree will always be important,"
she said. "We've been averaging 11,000 applications per
year for a while now." -
Enrollment at UNC has increased sharply during the past
20 years. In 1960, only 8,592 students, attended the
University. Recently, enrollment has hovered around
21,000.
Even though UNC receives a high volume of applications
every year, every student is scrutinized closely, Folger said.
"1 think we do a very good job," she said. "One thing
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