April 1995
The News Argus - Page 7
FYI —
Health Is Wealth News I
Cheaper
Student Loans
The Milk Mystique,
Health Maladies
The drinking of milk has become so
entrenched in our society as a custom that
to question this practice borders on
sacrilege; even though, many health
problems and childhood diseases are
directly linked to milk consumption.
Nutritionally milk contains many of
the recommended elements needed by the
human body to function efficiently;
however, these nutrients were obtained
because the cow ate greens, grasses,
whole grains and legumes.
In their book. The Animal
Connection: The Proven Link Between
Cancer and Other Diseases From
Animals and Man, Drs. Agatha and
Calvin Thrash, point to correlations
between chronic disorders such as heart
disease, ulcerative colitis, childhood
hypertension, leukemia, cancer and the
consumption of milk. The Thrash’s also
document how common childhood
sicknesses like colic, earaches, colds,
diarrhea and tonsillitis stem from the
consumption of milk.
Several years ago renowned
pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock revealed
A Health Column
by Carter B. Cue
that milk for growing children was not
really needed and that he no longer
endorsed the drinking the drinking of
cow’s milk by children. Needless to say
the good doctor was castigated by the
very powerful U.S. Dairy Industry and
other persons that benefited from milk
production as being old and senile.
On socio-economically depressed
areas predominantly populated by Latinos
and African-Americans, school children
dependent on subsidized government
breakfast and lunch programs are more
often than not bombarded with an
inordinant amount of milk and dairy
products. Never mind that the majority of
these children are lactose intolerant and
lack the lactose enzyme needed to digest
cow’s milk.
The key ingredient in milk and dairy
product which is the cause of mucus
ingested eyes and runny noses amongst
many children and adult is caesin.
Caesin is a binder used by manufacturers
to produce glue. Bon Appetite!
African-American youth are using
afro-centrinsic paradigms in history,
music, and fashion to understand the ways
of their ancestors. But the missing piece
in this cultural ideology is food. Some
foods are chosen some are taboo. How did
the African soul eat to evolve utilizing
ancestral, cosmological correct foods?
The answer is not at McDonald’s and
Burger King ( home of the Whopper
where they whop you to death).
In a book entitled. Diet Disease and
Racism, the author Kenneth Kiple traces
the genetic predisposition of African-
Americans to hypertension and milk
intolerance to the Transatlantic slave trade
and the eating of alien foods such as
organic salt and cow’s milk. According to
Kiple, West Africans ( nor their African-
American ancestors ), never drank cow’s
milk or developed the lactose enzyme.
Today West Africans drink next to no
milk and rarely do they suffer from
osteoporosis or calcium deficiency.
What are some healthy alternatives to
cow’s milk? most health food stores
carry soy and rice milks in a wide variety
of sizes and flavors. Or a nice milk for
cereal and assorted baking needs can
easily be had by mixing in an electric
blender raw, shelled nuts ( sunflower,
almond, etc. ) distilled water, and a
natural sweetener such as honey or
refined maple syrup. Enjoy! Peace and
Health!
**Carter Cue is a WSSU graduate.
He is currently the archivist on the
library’s staff.
Students who need to borrow
money to pay for college can get a
cheaper student loan through three
innovative, borrower benefit programs
available from banks that partner with
Sallie Mae, the nation's largest holder
and servicer of Federal Family
Education Loans (FFEL).
Depending on their loan balances,
borrowers can achieve a significant
savings over the life of their loans
through one or a combination of all
three programs.
Sallie Mae's Great Rewards
Program is available to borrowers of
Stafford loans - the predominant type of
education loan - who make their first 48
scheduled payments on time. Borrowers
who qualify for Great Rewards receive
a two percent point interest rate
reduction for the remaining term of their
loans.
Sallie Mae's Great Returns
Program offers Stafford borrowers
added savings - equal to loan
origination fees paid in excess of $250 -
for borrowers who make their first 24
scheduled payments on time.
Borrowers who elect to use Sallie
Mae's Direct Repay Plan - a repayment
benefit that allows them to authorize the
electronic transfer of money from their
checking or savings account for their
monthly student loan payments - receive
an additional 1/4 percent interest rate
reduction for their loans.
For more information on Great
Rewards, Great Returns and Direct
Repay and how to save money on your
student loans, contact your university’s
financial aid office. (WSSU's Financial
Aid Office is located on the basement
level of Carolina Hall, next door to the
Academic Advisement Center.)
Redenbacher Offers College
Scholarships to Adult Students
In one of the two programs of its
kind, Orville Redenbacher’s Second
Start Scholarship Program renews its
commitment to assisting adult students
with their special financial needs.
This year, (25) $1,000 scholarships
will be available to adults age 30 and
older as they pursue a “second start” in
their lives through college education.
Recognizing the unusual burdens
adult students face, Orville
Redenbacher’s Second Start Program
is a unique program responding
specifically to aid these non-traditional
students in their academic pursuits.
Be it increasing limited career
opportunities available for high school
graduates, growing financial demands or
the desire to pursue aspirations previously
put on hold, millions of adults are going
back to school.
Established by Orville Redenbacher
and his grandson Gary, the scholarship
program was established in response to
this ever-growing number of adults
returning to the classroom and the extra
financial burdens they often face.
In fact, according to the National
Center for Education Statistics, more than
3.6 million students 30 years of age and
older have returned to college to pursue a
higher education degree, this year.
The only program requirements are
that applicants be at least 30 years of age
and enrolled at an accredited college or
university. Applicants need not be of a
certain race or religion or pursuing a
specific degree.
“We created the Second Start
program based on our strong belief in
higher education in the development of an
individual and the fact that it is never too
late to succeed,” says Orville
Redenbacher who did not gain success
with his famous Gourmet Popping Com
until he was in his mid-sixties.
Beginning to offer scholarships in
1990, the Orville Redenbacher Second
Start Scholarship Program continues to
support adults pursuing a college degree
by offering 25 scholarships for 1995-19%
school year. Applications can be obtained
by sending a self-addressed stamped
envelope to: Orville Redenbacher’s
Second Start Scholarship Program, P.O.
Box 39101, Chicago, Illinois 60639.
Scholarship applications will be
accepted between March 1 and May 1 and
must be postmarked by May 1.
"MAVIBUVE i AFRICA"
(Africa Must Come
Together)
Friday, April 28,1995
8 P.M.
K.R. Williams Aud.
Tickets:
$8 (adv.) -$10 (door)
On sale at K. R. Wms.
Box Office