Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 47, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 25, 1992 Page: 12 of 12
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Page 12-Palacios Beacon-Wed., Nov. 25,1992 iiwiiiiiiiAWi'i'iilidAMffiETI
New information shows seafood
to he good for new mothers
9Y WILLIE YOUNGER
County Extenstion Agenl-Marim;
Concerns about food and
pregnancy have been around for
as long as women have been
having babies. Recently much
media attention has been focused
on the safety of seafood for
pregnant and breast-feeding
women. Based on these reports,
you might think there is consid-
erable cause for concent. To the
contrary, experts believe there
are a number of good, sound
reasons why pregnant and
breast-feeding women should
make fish and shellfish a regular
part of their diets.
Assuring a Safe Catch
Seafood has come under fire
Tor a number of reasons, not
j least of which is pollution and its
impact on our coastal waters
and, thus, the fish we cat. Cur-
rently, researchers arc looking
into questions of how pollution
and pesticides might affect de-
veloping fetuses and small chil-
dren. Some studies show few, if
any, effects; some have per-
suaded medical experts to cau-
tion pregnant and breast-feeding
women to limit their consump-
tion of certain foods and expo-
sure to certain chemicals.
Right now, concerns about
seafood arc focused on two par-
ticular problems: PCBs and
mcthylmcrcury. Mcthylmercury
is most to accumulate in fish with
long life spans like swordfish,
shark and tuna. Recent surveys
who levels of mcthylmcrcury in
canned tuna to be low, however,
and number of seafood safety
experts see no harm if a pregnant
women wants to eat canned tuna
as often as several times a week.
On the other hand, experts be-
lieve that limiting consumption of
shark or swordfish to no more
than once a month is a reasonable
rule of thumb.
"I would not be concerned
about pregnant women who eat
tuna, given that currently re-
ported levels of mercury arc
low," said Tom Clarkson, Ph.D.
expert on mercury toxicity and
Professor of Toxicology, Uni-
versity of Rochester Medical
School, New York.
PCBs (polychlorinated
biphenyls) arc a group of indus-
trial substances once used in
electrical equipment and other
products. Although they were
banned some lime ago, PCBs arc
still present as pollutants in some
freshwater lakes and rivers, as
well as in ocean bays and har-
bors near industrial sources of
pollution. Fish living in these
watcrs-particularly fatty types-
can accumulate PCBs. (Most of
the commercial fish supply is
harvested deep at sea where wa-
ters arc much cleaner.) PCB lev-
els have declined greatly in many
freshwater fish, but questions
arc still raised about possible
health effccts-particularly for
sportsfishermen and people
whose primary source of protein
is fish from inland waters.
Another area of concern is vi-
ral or bacterial contamination of
seafoods, especially raw
seafoods and raw molluscan
shellfish (clams, oysters and
mussels). While there arc strin-
gent state and federal programs
designed to safeguard the
seafood supply, all raw foods
(eggs, unpasteurized dairy prod-
ucts, fish, shellfish, pork,
chicken, beef, fruits and vegeta-
bles) contain microorganisms,
like bacteria, some of which may
cause food poisoning.
Making final preparations
STACIA KELLEY paints a door while Glynn Wilcox holds
it steady. The door is part of a theatrical set which is going
to be used in an upcoming production put on by Tidehaven
High School's Language Arts Club. The club is performing
Agatha Christie's 'Ten Little Indians' at 8 p.m., Dec. 9, at the
high school. Admission is $1 for advance tickets and $1.50 at
the door. For ticket information call (512) 588-6810 and
ask for Mrs. Lindquist, or contact any THS student involved
with the play. (Beacon Photo by Marc Alley)
Monday, Nov. 30
Breakfast: toast & jelly, or
Cereal, apple juice, milk
Lunch; comdog w/mustard,
hash-browned potatoes, let-
tuce/tomato salad, chocolate
pudding, milk
Tuesday, Dec. I
Breakfast: pancakcs/sausagc,
or cereal, grape juice, milk
Lunch: burritos w/chili, whole
kernel corn, cole slaw, fruit
gelatin, bread, milk
Wednesday, Dec. 2
Breakfast: oatmcal/toasl, or
cereal, orange juice, milk
Lunch: cheeseburger, french
fries, burger salad, peach cob-
bler, milk
Thursday, Dec. 3
Breakfast: breakfast bar/loast,
or cereal, apple juice, milk
Lunch: B-B-Q chicken, rice
salad, ranch style beans, fruit
cocktail, hot yeast cornbrcad,
milk
We wish to thank everyone who
participated in the Palacios
Lions Club Second Annual
Turkey Shoot, making it a
success
The good news is that ade-
quate cooking kills harmful mi-
croorganisms, rendering foods
safe to cat. One method of
cooking oysters and clams in-
volves placing them in boiling
water, then cooking for four to
six minutes after the water re-
turns to a boil. You can also
steam them for six to eight min-
utes. Adequate cooking for fish
fillets and steaks means cooking
in a preheated 450-dcgrcc oven,
liming cooking at ten minutes per
inch of thickness. (So for a half-
inch thick fillet, five minutes in
the oven should be fine.) The
"ten-minute rule" of cooking ap-
plies to other cooking methods,
with die exception of microwav-
ing and deep-frying. (Check
your microwave manual for
seafood-cooking guidelines.)
Consider fish cooked when the
innermost and thickest portions
begin to flake and the flesh goes
from translucent to opaque.
Fish and shellfish arc excel-
lent low-fat protein sources for
pregnant and breast-feeding
mothers with a low-caloric, low-
fat advantage. Although fish and
shellfish are generally low in fat,
the small amount they do contain
is omcga-3 fatty acids which arc
thought to be important for opti-
mal visual development in early
life and with high intake may
prolong pregnancy and slightly
increase the birth weight of new-
borns.
Many seafoods are rich
sources of minerals necessary for
good nutrition, this includes cal-
cium in fish canned with their
bones, iron in some types of
shellfish which surpasses red
meat, and oysters which arc the
richest source of z,inc.
For more information, call
(409) 245-4100 or come by the
Extension office at 2200 7th
Street to receive a brochure from
the National Fisheries Institute,
titled "Fish and Shellfish for
New Mothers."
Adam English recieves
academic scholarship
Adam English, son of Carole
E. Garcia of Palacios, received
an academic scholarship for the
1992-93 school year at Schrei-
ner College in Kcrrvillc.
Criteria for the award in-
cludes a minimum 3.25 grade
point average and evidence of
good school citiz.cn.ship.
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NOVEMBER 26 ~~|
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NOVEMBER 27 1
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Toni Garcia
Mary Kathryn Erdell
DECEMBER 1
Janel Samora
Steve Rutledge
Alice Garcia
David G. Moll, Jr.
William S. Moreno
'Jfappij Anniversary
Tossing in two
SHARK MICHAEL Harvey makes two good in Iasi
Tuesday's game against the Van Vleck Leopards. The
Sharks won their first season match-up 65-54. Harvey
shot for six in the game. TJ\e Sharks are now 2-0 after
defeating Bloomington Friday. They will travel to Van
Vleck Monday and will host Ganado Tuesday in their
last pre-holiday game. Coach J.E. Todd's cagers will
return Dec. 1 to host St. Joe. (Beacon Photo by Anna
Harvey)
NOVEMBER 25
Mr. & Mrs. David Aparicio
NOVEMBER 2B
Mr & Mrs. Doug Callais
Mr & Mrs. Douglas Edwards
NOVEMBER 27
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Hunter
NOVEMBER 29
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Perkins
NOVEMBER 30
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Lee
DECEMBER 1
Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Guillen
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Junek
All birthdays and anniver-
saries must be submitted to
the Beacon by 5 p.m. Friday
A list is maintained for the
entire year. (Please notify
the Beacon to have a birth-
day or anniversary deleted.)
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