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In this special issue, our aim is to help readers be healthier and more responsible with their bodies.

With the tools you learn here, you’ll strengthen yourself to fight off all that evil seasonal sickness.

Ironically, I was a bit sick as I wrote this editorial, so the topic fits. Like myself, I hope you are challenged by the information and perspectives you find inside and are inspired to discuss and act in ways that promote responsible and healthy living. Enjoy!

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This special issue features content in each section pertaining to health, articles on how to live healthier, and a deeper look at how the Adventist health message compares with reality. I am also excited to reveal a piece on Sabbath rest by our new Religion editor, John Lubke. Of course, health is a very broad subject, but an important one. We have to remember that being healthy and treating our bodies with care is a part of life, not duty. This issue is not intended to overwhelm readers with reminders that you must exercise and eat better, but that it’s normal and we can learn to be healthy.

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Over the past few years, the Collegian staff has chosen to invest in producing special issues, dedicated to topics that are significant to the students of Walla Walla University. Some of these special issues have covered topics like violence, elections, alcohol, and origins. This November, the staff of The Collegian brings you an entire issue on health.

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Health Discoveries of 2013 // Lauren Lewis Staff Writer

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At Connecticut College, a neuroscientist named Joseph Schroeder and his students researched additives in high-fat and highsugar foods and their effects on gaining weight and obesity. The study placed rats into a maze and the rats were given a choice between a rice cake and an Oreo cookie. The rats favored “America’s Favorite Cookie.”

A child in Mississippi was born and infected with HIV from her mother. The infant was administered an aggressive 18-month treatment just 30 hours after birth.3 This treatment prevented and protected the infant’s immune cells from the virus. HIV expert at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Deborah Persaud, M.D., says, “Our findings suggest that this child’s remission is not a mere fluke.”

Eating Oreo cookies has been found to create a pleasurable effect similar to the effects of morphine and cocaine on rats.1

According to Schroeder, “Our research supports the theory that high-fat/highsugar foods stimulate the brain in the same way that drugs do. It may explain why some people can’t resist these foods despite the fact that they know they are bad for them.”2 According to the scientific release, “[The researchers] also found that eating cookies activated more neurons in the brain’s

The New England Journal of Medicine documented the first case of HIV remission in a child.

The patient was tested after the treatment and the immune cells that would indicate an infection were all negative.4 The New England Journal of Medicine reports, “This case suggests that very early antiretroviral therapy in infants may alter the establishment of long-term persistence of HIV-1 infection.”

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Napping is Good for Studying

The scientific journal of Nature Neuroscience published a study evidencing that a 90-minute nap helps learning a new skill and termed those who do this “procrasti-nappers.”

Participants in this study practiced a musical sequence for 25 minutes and then took a 90-minute nap. Researchers monitored the participants’ REM cycle and played one of the musical sequences during the “slow wave sleep stage.”5 According to the study, “Before the naptime, the participants performed equally on both sequences.” The participants were tested again after the 90-minute nap.

The research found that the participants performed with less error when the musical sequence was played during their “slow wave sleep stage.”

Next time you take a nap, play a recording of what you need to memorize and place it under your pillow. ninety minutes later your information will be reinforced.

1. Onion, Amanda. "Oreo Cookies as Addictive as Cocaine." Discovery News, Web. 03 Nov. 2013.

2. Strauss, Valerie. "Rats Find Oreos as Addictive as Cocaine — an Unusual College Research Project." Washington Post, Web. 3. Eldred, Sheila. "Girl Still 'Cured' of AIDS." Discovery News, n.d. Web. 03 Nov. 2013.

4. Deborah Persaud, M.D., et al. Absence of Detectable HIV-1 Viremia after Treatment Cessation in an Infant. New England Journal of Medicine, Web. 03 Nov. 2013.

5. LaMagna, Marla. "It's True - You Can Practice in Your Sleep." The Chart RSS. CNN.com, Web. 03 Nov. 2013.

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Campus Healthcare Merger // Savannah kisling

Staff Writer On November 11, the WWU board of trustees will look at and discuss a proposition involving a possible merger of WWU Campus Health & Wellness and Adventist Health Medical Group.

“Walla Walla University seeks to partner with Adventist Health to pursue a collaborative one-stop health facility, housed on the beautiful property of Walla Walla University, to meet holistic health needs and give the highest quality of care for students, faculty, staff, and the community,” David Richardson, vice president for student life, explained.

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“Adventist Health came to us last year and we’ve had ongoing discussions,” said Wanda Nelson, director of Campus Health & Wellness. There are two models of a merger at which they are currently looking. In one, Campus Health & Wellness would partner with Adventist Health to create a clinic for the community, as well as for students, faculty, and staff. In the other model, Nelson said, “Adventist Health would take over, and Campus Health & Wellness would be outsourced.” Both models include the creation of a new facility and community clinic on land owned by WWU. If Adventist Health were to take over, it would no longer be a Universityowned medical clinic but a clinic run by Adventist Health Medical Group on the campus of WWU.

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By joining with Adventist Health Medical Group, the campus would receive benefits such as access to welltrained health professionals. It would also bring state-of-the-art facilities that would serve as a clinic for the surrounding community, as well as be an improved Campus Health & Wellness.

A concern that has been brought up would be the type of care that would be available for students at a new clinic on campus. “The care would be like care you would receive at a regular doctor's office,” Nelson shared. She also explained that currently Campus Health & Wellness is focused on “being available as often as [they] need to be.” That includes being there to work through many students’ first illnesses away from home and first experiences with health insurances. With permission, they also work with professors

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The current Campus Health & Wellness offices are housed on the second floor of Meske Hall. Providers include nurse practitioners, physicians, and registered nurses with experience in college health.

There are several free services currently offered, such as diagnosis of acute minor illnesses such as a cold or flu. For varying fees, there are services ranging from health exams and immunizations to diagnosis and treatment of minor injuries, as well as simple surgical procedures.

“By providing a collaborative approach to health care, we believe that this partnership will improve the quality of care that we offer our students and employees in the future,” said Richardson. “I’m all about what’s best for the students.”

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Healthy Sabbath Rest:

More Than Just a Tradition // John Lubke

Religion Editor

Saturday is kind of a big deal for Seventhday Adventists. It’s in the name. Saturday is our day of worship, our Sabbath. Let’s be honest; most of us SDAs go to church, grab potluck, and take a nap. Let me be clear — the routine in and of itself is not bad; Sabbath is a huge part of our tradition, and has been for many years. But while we value our traditions — especially our namesake — I feel like Sabbath has become automated. It’s probably true that most of us go to church on Sabbath because it’s what our parents did — because it’s what we’ve always done. The real value of Sabbath lies behind the tradition of attendance. To understand it better, it helps to see Sabbath from the view of the Hebrew nation at the time of the Exodus.

Having been in bondage for generations, enslaved to the Egyptian nation, the Hebrews were transitioning from slavery to freedom.

God makes a new covenant with the Hebrew people, leading them from bondage to the promise land — from darkness to light.

In Exodus 20 God gives Moses the Ten Commandments — the law of love, from the God of love. A large degree of focus is given to the fourth commandment, about Sabbath, and I think this is both beautiful and intentional.

The Hebrew nation had been completely robbed of their humanity. The oppression of the Egyptians was brutal. The Hebrews had lost all of the fabric of their culture — they were forced into labor, and barely kept alive. They were not allowed to continue in any of their traditions, especially the tradition of Sabbath rest. They were beaten mercilessly. Their population was managed by the massacring of their infant sons. They were less than animals. They had no culture, no individuality, no God, no hope. As the Egyptians normalized this perception, the

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slave mindset became complete. Then God interrupts and draws his people out, toward Sinai.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made heaven and hearth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day and made it holy.”

When I read Exodus 20:8–14 through the eyes of a slave freed from bondage, I see a day set aside to be with the all-powerful God, who saw fit to set me free from total oppression. I see a time to rest, not just for myself, but also for my entire family and community. I see a time to be together — a commune between the divine and the human. I see a time set aside to remember our stories — a time to embrace the culture all around us. I see a time to rest in the completion of creation, both God’s and our own. Sabbath rest is restoration toward the humanity God created in the beginning.

Genesis also plays a large role in the significance of rest. The poetic account of creation seen in the first chapter of Genesis is first received by the newly free Hebrew nation in the wilderness. Elohim speaks the world into existence. In the first three days, God separates: the light and the dark, the sky and the water, and the land and the seas. In the next three days, God fills what had been separated with the sun, moon, and stars; the birds and fish; and the animals and people.

Each set of days seems to correspond: the first and fourth, second and fifth, and third and sixth. This set of six days has a cadence, repeated after each creative act, “... and it was evening and morning, the first day,” and so on. At the end of this rhythm, God rests. Each day was measured from evening to morning, from sundown to sunrise; or rather, from darkness to light. Each day of creation moves away from what was formless and void to the culmination of God’s creative act, the complement of the creative rhythm: Sabbath rest.

To the Hebrews in the wilderness, this presented God as a new kind of master.

Unlike Pharaoh in Egypt, a life lived in the rhythm of God was informed by a movement away from darkness, marked with rest and love. This God didn’t want to work to create the world simply to have it lost in an endless rhythm of perpetual production. God created it to be savored and enjoyed for the blessing that it is. And it’s in this frame of reference that God meets His humanity — offering rest as love, restoration, and freedom.

All too often, we neglect our own need for this kind of rest; a rest that restores us unto God and to each other and to ourselves.

The Sabbath is an invitation to participate in rest: an invitation extended to humanity just as much today as it was back in the time of Moses. It’s this kind of rest, this understanding of Sabbath, that I find so compelling, and the world around us hungers for it.

So here’s your invitation to break the rhythm of your week. Break the rhythm of your day. Stop, re-evaluate what you’re doing, and rest. Rest more. Restore yourself.

Find yourself breaking the bonds that keep you away from the rest God gives us; from God himself. Find yourself understanding God’s poetic intentions in Genesis, and carry with you a renewed sense of what Sabbath is.

Sabbath is more than just a tradition. Sabbath is a way of life.

Our bondage in the 21st century looks a lot different. The things in our lives that take us away from rest go largely unnoticed.

We’ll sacrifice rest in the name of many admirable pursuits. School, work, ministry,

Campus Ministries operation christmas child One of my favorite quotes is from Mother Teresa: “We can do no great things; only small things with great love.”

I believe small things can be just as powerful as the big things. Just because we are busy students doesn’t mean we can’t take action.

The first is Operation Christmas Child. In the past 20 years, over 100 million kids around the world have received a gift and heard about Christ. It may seem like a small thing to us, but it is huge for them! If you would like to help, pick up a box at the Chaplain’s office and return it filled by Nov. 20.

Also, the annual blanket drive is now collecting blankets for the homeless of Walla Walla and Portland. Soon, there will be donation bins all over campus. You can even donate online at http://www.yougivegoods.com/drive.php?id=2050.

There are many other opportunities to give and help our community — contact me at rychelle.willis@wallawalla.edu if you would like more information!

Let’s take the time to do some small things with great love.

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achievement, relationships; any one of these things might quietly drain us in the most subtle of ways. Even good things can get in between us and rest — between us and God. And in our own routines and rhythms, in our creative work of the week, it’s all too easy to take our Sabbath and shape it into just another rhythmic stanza, not much different from any other day. But Sabbath is meant to break that rhythm.

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Opinion Editor

The Seventh-day Adventist church has largely been defined by its health message; it has always played an important role in Adventist life. However, the original health message — abstinence from meat, alcohol, and caffeine and reliance upon natural medicines — has been largely lost. Instead of incorporating the principles of the health message into our everyday lives, it has become something we simply pay lip service to.

In spite of the health message’s benefits, Adventists don’t follow it. Caffeine consumption is a regular occurrence, especially on Adventist college campuses; many Adventists eat meat, and while the taboo on alcoholic beverages is still present, it is up for debate in some liberal circles. Many specifics of the health message are no longer widely practiced.

Perhaps the reason for the failure of Adventists to maintain their health message may be found in balance. Early Adventists were among the earliest to teach that our bodies are influenced by our surroundings, endorsing fresh air and water. The holistic view of health taught that we must care for ourselves physically and spiritually. This balance has been one of the primary reasons for Adventists’ longevity.

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The human body is an amazing thing. It is able to take all sorts of abuse — from bruises to O-Chem — and make a recovery. Issues arise, however, when we abuse these things.

Too many bruises, too much stress, or too many Big Franks are all harmful. The issue is not consuming, but abusing. The health message should focus more on avoiding abuse, whether it’s the abuse of sugar, caffeine, alcohol, or cheese, and instead preach moderation and control. Like Tevye, we must find a way to balance our traditions with the changing world.

Alternative Placebo // Andrew Woodruff

Opinion Editor For many students, “placebo effect” is as common a phrase in your field as “NSA” is in the news. Yet what do we actually know about this phenomenon? Let’s begin with a basic rundown. A placebo is normally a sugar pill used in a study to test the success rate and side effects of a new drug. It can be any nonactive substance as long as that substance theoretically has no effect on the sample group it is given to. Clinical trials tend to involve two groups, one given the drug and one the placebo. It is vital that neither patients nor doctors know which group is which.

But the tricky thing about placebos is they actually work. Both group A and group B will benefit from each treatment, even knowing they only have a 50/50 chance they are on the real drug. However, group A will experience the placebo effect

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Not only do placebos work, they work surprisingly well. Patients with angina pectoris (artery-induced chest pain) under the effects of a placebo could last 10 percent longer on a treadmill than subjects receiving no treatment.1 Not all placebos are created equal, and clinical trials comparing multiple placebos show interesting results. Big pills are more effective than small pills, capsules more effective than tablets, and injections more effective than pills.2,3 Psychiatric illnesses are the most susceptible to placebos. When testing depression medication, 30 to 50 percent of patients respond to the placebo.4 This raises questions of the actual effectiveness of antidepressant drugs, such as SSRIs, as well as many other psychiatric prescriptions. In one study, 78 percent of patients guessed which medication they were prescribed and 87 percent of doctors guessed correctly.5 The problem is, this makes the study not doubleblinded and it violates placebo standards.

Thus, psychiatric drug studies may overestimate the effectiveness of medication.

The placebo effect is also useful when testing alternative medicine. Thousands of clinical trials of acupuncture show it has absolutely no advantage over the placebo (usually a retracting needle that never breaks the skin).6 Homeopathic medicine has also failed to show any advantage over placebos.7 Many popular herbal supplements have been found to contain nothing but soy or rice filling.8 As consumers, we need to be wary of our conclusions on the potential benefits of alternative treatments. The success of any treatment is partly due to our hope that it works. And with the rise of all sorts of new drugs and treatments, we should be more cautious than ever.

1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10367099.

2. http://harvardmagazine.com/2013/01/the-placebo-phenomenon.

3. http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmentsandsideeffects/treatmenttypes/ placebo-effect.

4. http://www.livescience.com/37073-surprising-facts-placebo-effect.html.

5. http://www.drugs.com/news/not-all-placebos-born-equal-28330.html.

6. http://www.dcscience.net/?p=6060.

7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16125589.

8. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/science/herbal-supplements-areoften-not-what-they-seem.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=138363415062EGk0ZyBk4oqz2q+4BfXQ.

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Last weekend, I went to Portland and attended the play Fiddler on the Roof. The story revolves around a Jewish man, Tevye, in early 20th century Russia. He is forced to balance his religious tradition with a changing world as his daughters rebel against the traditional arranged marriage and want to marry for love. Tevye’s method for dealing with these changes is moderation.

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Unfortunately, balance has not been shown in presentations of the health message. Leaders endorse scientific studies that show the benefits of avoiding meat, alcohol, or caffeine. But absolute abstinence is taught, so the message is undermined by any study that shows any benefit from any of the aforementioned products. The absolute nature of the message makes it easy for cynics to dismiss.

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Adventures in North Carolina // Annie Palumbo Contributor

I never imagined I would feel out of place in my own country, but three months ago I moved to North Carolina and realized that just because you share a country does not mean you share anything else. At Fletcher Academy, I am the assistant girls’ dean as well as a math teacher — the latter being every history major’s nightmare come true.

There are a myriad of things I love about North Carolina. Fletcher is situated with gorgeous views — kids are embarrassed to be

outside with me because I can’t stop raving about the trees and the sky. I am convinced that the entirety of this state looks like the part of the Columbia River Highway between Hood River and Troutdale. But there are a few differences I have found between the West Coast and the East Coast.

Carolina I have learned that I may have been a closeted Democrat all along. I overhear kids having conversations and I often fail to keep my opinions quiet. I say things like: “The word ‘no’ is not an acceptable stance on gun control,” and, “No, Obama is not secretly killing immigrants.”

In North Carolina, driving anything slower than 13 miles per hour over the speed limit infuriates locals. Being from Oregon, I am deeply uncomfortable with this idea. As a result, many drivers have welcomed me to their state with their middle finger as they fly by me on the highway. I can only assume they’re late for something, most likely the final battle of the Civil War, given the number of Confederate flags waving from the backs of their trucks or in their front yards.

Between living in the South and spending all day with high school students, I’ve also had to learn a new language. I’m not sure of the definition, but “ratchet” is a word I hear used in situations where something is broken, ugly, or low class. I also hear my heart being blessed a lot more than ever before — I don’t think this is always a good thing.

Politics is another point where Southerners and I differ. I used to think I was a Republican. But since my arrival in North

But the people are kind; they smile at everyone and are always willing to help.

Fletcher is a family, and daily I am impressed with the amount of care teachers put into their classes and their students. No one is lost in the shuffle — teachers stay after school to answer questions and everyone comes to

school events. The kids have huge hearts that they offer freely; they are spiritual leaders and I see great things for their futures.

I love being a dean. On Friday nights when the rush of school is over, girls fill my office getting ready for vespers. They laugh and tell stories about the week or some boy.

It’s in moments like these when I forget I ever felt out of place; it’s in moments like these when I feel I am home.

I don’t like my food deep-fried, my peanuts boiled, or my tea sweet, but I have gotten better at running yellow lights and using the word “y’all.” Calling teachers by their first names still scares me, though — I mostly try to get in their line of vision before speaking. But I’m learning and growing, one Krispy Kreme bacon cheeseburger at a time.

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On the path to the Belmopan hospital with one rotten, infected tooth.

Emerson, who hated the dentist with heart and soul, whimpered and clutched my hand. I hated taking him.

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He’s not safe with me, and I don’t like how I feel, and tears curl at the edges of our eyes.

His little mouth clamped.

I lay down on the chair, and pinned his legs with mine and held his forehead down while the dentist wrenched his jaw and put the needle in, and then without a pause, pulled Emerson’s molar out.

I — like the world’s worst mother.

I grew up with very reasonable parents: I was allowed to stay out late with my friends if I told them first, I was allowed to watch whichever movies the MPAA allowed, I did not have a bedtime, and I wasn’t forced to get good grades as long I did my best. My parents were great. Because of this, I didn’t have much reason to rebel.1 The only significant way to deviate from my parents’ lifestyle and become my own person was to eat fatty foods and not work out.

But carrying him all the way back, gauze poking out his lips.

I staked no claim, but in that time and space I found myself his mother, and wanted it to stay.

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As I grew older, I realized I didn’t need to identify myself based on being different than my parents. I decided to start running. I began my summer with the goal of running in cross country the next year. I began by running (and walking) a little over two miles per day. As soon as I got back from my first run, I realized: running is the worst. I quickly consoled myself by remembering all the people who like running. If everyone else likes it, it must get better (spoiler: it did not).

I spent the next two months running occasionally throughout the week. I got better, but I never liked it. All of that running was keeping me away from watching television and eating fatty foods, and it wasn’t at all helping me not work out. It was then that I realized I was not doing these things to rebel. I didn’t eat fatty foods to rebel; I ate them because that is who I am. I quickly stopped running and I have been happier ever since.

The moral of this story: Be yourself. Also, running isn’t all that great.

1. The one time I did rebel, a dog licked the inside of my mouth. I listened to my parents after that.

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See, my parents are ridiculously fit. Both are strict vegans (not because they care about animals but because they are healthy), and both run at least eight miles almost every morning. My father tried to run a 100-mile race once. He didn’t finish. He didn’t finish because it was hailing throughout the race. He only ran 87 miles through the hail and mud. Since he failed, he tried again later and finished.

I decided that this life of health, wellness, and a ripped body was my parents’ life, not mine. Instead of spending my mornings lifting weights with my father, I spent them asleep, tired from a long day of doing absolutely nothing.

Leave with a full stomach and new friends!

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Diversions Editor & Pontificator

The Path Less Traveled //

I want to preface this article by saying this: If you’re expecting some deeply felt, emotional-Maya-Angelou soliloquy about health and Adventism, you should try reading the BackWord; I hear Rachel is writing about her struggles with being naturally beautiful and picking the right nail polish. But over here at Diversions, it’s time to get real. I get it, kale’s a super food. You know what other food is super? Cheese. And if it weren’t for my body’s inability to digest lactose, I would eat more of it. But instead, I power through the pain. Why? Because I’m fearless. Also, it’s awesome how you’re a vegetarian. NOT. I enjoy eating animal flesh, and you know what I love more? The dissonance that I have to deal with, knowing that an animal involuntarily died just so I could eat my overcooked burger. It’s about time everybody gets ready because I’m like Oprah on a donut binge: unstoppable. So, all of you veggie, vegan, earth-lovers have fun. I’m gonna go set a tree on fire because I can.

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Health (helth), noun. A person’s mental or physical condition. From the Old English “hælþ,” meaning “wholeness, a being whole, sound, or well.”

Also of interest is the Old Norse “helge,” meaning “holy, sacred.” photo in creative commons

Day of Reckoning: E.G. White meets Taco Bell // julian weller Feature Editor Nearly all Collegian readers have heard of the Adventist Health Message. It helped define Adventism during the movement’s spread in the mid–late 19th century, and is still a source of pride for many Adventists today.

It’s not just tribalism, either. Adventists are among the top 10 groups of people to live longest. In 1960–65, the Adventist Mortality Study found that Californian Adventists were 60–76 percent less likely than their peers to die from cancer.1 Time magazine termed these better odds the “Adventists’ advantage.”2 The benefits to non-smoking, nondrinking vegetarians who devote one day a week to rest are not negligible, even when compared with other traditionally healthy cultures. In 2008, National Geographic investigated the habits of longevity cultures around the world, from Italians in Sardinia, to elderly Japanese in Okinawa, to Adventists in Loma Linda, California. David McLain, the feature’s photographer, observed, “Seventhday Adventists are the only culture of longevity we visited who are not losing their longevity edge.”3 In fact, Adventists are outliving their American counterparts by up to 10 years, whereas Okinawa and Sardinia’s elderly are the last of their countries’ generations to be free from Western fast food culture.

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If you want McDonalds, you can find it in 121 of 195 countries around the world. But Western culture hasn’t always been linked with fast food. For example, the working classes in Victorian England had far healthier lives than we do today and lived longer lives with 10 percent of the levels of cancer and heart disease we have today.4 So reports the Journal Of The Royal Society Of Medicine, which reviewed medical records from the 1850-1900s and found workers “ate eight to ten portions of fruit and vegetables daily, [and had] higher levels of vitamins and minerals

of 14 different cultures — including Gaelic fishermen, Masai tribesmen, Swiss mountain villagers, and Amazonians — “revealed ... almost no degenerative illness, almost no cavities, no cancer, and no tuberculosis.”5 Once again: no cancer. But none of the cultures had low-fat or vegetarian diets. All ate animal meats, fats, and organs; seafood when they could; and insects. The Masai “ate almost all meat and blood.” But you shouldn’t necessarily start eating steaks.

Price found these omnivores’ health came from diets free from “pesticides, additives, or chemicals ... no foods contained

“Despite being vegetarian, some Adventist dietary norms are not healthy at all.” than occur in today’s nutrient-depleted, refined, and processed foods.” Eating stoneground bread and drinking unfiltered beer also boosted immune systems, due to higher levels of yeasts “clinically proven ... to boost our innate immune function,” says Dr. Paul Clayton, a medical pharmacologist at Oxford Brookes University.

But health is about more than vegetables and physical labor. Kansas University reports on Weston A. Price, a Cleveland dentist who travelled in the 1930s to investigate the good health of “less modern” cultures. His studies

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polyunsaturated oils [like canola and corn oils]; most ate a form of fermented food ... [and] grains were soaked, soured, or fermented.”

But this diet only works without processed foods, sugars, and most doughy foods.

Hawaiians who normally ate “fish, coconuts, sweet potatoes, and fresh fish” became obese and diabetic in just one generation of eating processed foods like “white bread, jams, jellies, canned fruits, and vegetables, and not eating whole grains and milk products.” As a result, Hawaiian children returned from Western schools with poor health and tooth decay. That was in 1930. Now we have Big Franks.

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Updating the Health Message It’s been almost 100 years since Price researched older diets, and 150 years since Ellen White first advised vegetarianism and avoidance of spices. Now, despite being largely vegetarian, some Adventist dietary norms are not healthy at all. Adventists are big consumers of processed foods made with pesticides and preservatives — veggie meats, haystack Fritos, and GMO users like Taco Bell, to name a few. In light of what we’re learning, how should we update the Health Message as we learn how processed foods and GMOs impact our health? How would Ellen White feel about Taco Bell, potluck casseroles, and veggie meats? In light of the growing gap between Adventism’s centuryold health message and current Adventist eating norms, The Collegian has decided it’s time for an update. Read on for some dietary suggestions and explanations of what food does once you swallow.

1. “Religion and Health Study Progress”. Adventist Health Studies Report 2008 V: 5. 2008.

2. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,899372,00.html.

3. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0511/ sights_n_sounds/.

4. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1049130/They-healthier--lived-longer-Socopy-Victorian-diet.html#ixzz2jwLxE8ec.

5. http://www.aihd.ku.edu/health/history_declining_health.html.

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So What’s The Big Deal? why should I worry about what I eat? // Brooklynn Larson Feature Editor The truth is, you should not worry about what you eat. Eating healthily is hard sometimes, but it should not cause you stress, especially when you have midterms to worry about. Instead of toiling over which cafeteria line to get your food from, take these simple things into consideration. You’ll be living more healthily in no time.

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If you are looking for a vegetarian option to get your daily dose of protein, try eating actual food more often than “food-like products” like vegetarian meat substitutes.

Legumes, beans, and quinoa are all great sources of protein. Even tofu is less processed and can come in brands that offer an “Organic and GMO-free” promise.

“Let’s talk about vegetarian meat substitutes.”

Alright — next, let’s talk about being a vegetarian. Although a lot of people in Adventist communities are not vegetarian, the health benefits of having a meatless or semi-meatless diet have been documented.

WebMD’s “Becoming Vegetarian” slideshow says it in a nutshell: “[Vegetarianism] tends to be low in cholesterol, total fat, and saturated fat, which may help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease.”1 If you are vegetarian, though, take this into

consideration: There are three big nutrients that vegetarians can miss out on:

found at any local drugstore or supermarket and are fairly affordable.

Zinc/Iron — Although zinc and iron are common in non-meat foods, they are most easily digested in meat products. To make sure you’re getting your daily dose of zinc and iron, eat as many zinc-filled and iron-filled foods as you can and your body will do the extra work to absorb the minerals. (Possible figure/graph/list of foods high in zinc/iron.)

Lastly, let’s talk about fast food. As collegeaged students, we know better than most what it’s like to be both lacking in funds and lacking in time to cook a healthy meal.

The truth is that for a lot of us, fast food is nearly unavoidable. The trick is to minimize the damage. Avoid fountain drinks and take a water bottle along with you instead (you’ll save money that way as well). Try the salad options, especially if you eat meat and are looking for something both filling and healthier than other options. When at Taco Bell, try the Cantina Bell Menu or order your food “Fresco Style.” “Fresco Style” food items have “mayo-based sauces, guacamole, reduced-fat sour cream and cheese ... substituted with pico de gallo.”3

Omega-3 Fatty Acids — Most often found in fatty fish products and eggs, Omega-3 fatty acids are known to help with heart health. Flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, walnuts, and soybean oil are all great substitutes for the vegetarian seeking a daily dose of Omega-3.

Vitamin B-12 — Most sources of vitamin B-12 are animal products, such as meat, eggs, and milk. For those who are vegan, vegetarian, and/or lactose intolerant, try doing one of two things: First, you can try to eat foods that have been “fortified with B-12” like tofu and some types of breakfast cereals.2 Second, try taking a B-12 vitamin supplement. They can be

1. http://www.webmd.com/diet/ss/slideshowvegetarian-diet.

2. http://www.livestrong.com/article/251276-foodsfortified-with-vitamin-b12/.

3. http://www.tacobell.com/nutrition/foodfacts.

Overall, my message to you is one of moderation. You do not have to completely cut out “veggie meat” from your diet to be a healthy person, nor do you have to go vegan and vow to boycott fast food restaurants. What you should do is be aware of what you are consuming each meal and how it interacts with your body. Drink lots of water, consume moderate amounts of all of the food groups, and take the stairs instead of the elevator. Little steps lead to big things!

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Diet of REckoning: Taco Bell meets your body // Katie Pekar

Feature Editor

Our bodies work because of an incredibly complex set of chemical reactions. If you’ve ever taken a chemistry class, you’ll know that using the right chemicals in each experiment is vital to producing results that don’t boil over, turn malodorous, or earn you failing grades (or death). The body is no different — certain ingredients in the right proportions are crucial to maximizing the body’s potential. Dr. Lee never leaves his general chemistry students without detailed instructions on how and why certain chemicals are necessary for creating the perfect solution, though. Hopefully this breakdown of the body’s chemical needs will help create a healthier you.

Fats

Body’s Use: The body uses fat to store energy, insulate, and protect vital organs. It is also important in chemical reactions, acting as chemical messengers and catalysts. This makes fat a vital factor in controlling growth, reproduction, and other aspects of metabolism.1

Trans Monosaturated polyunsaturated These healthy, unsaturated fat molecules help the body by lowering harmful cholesterol production.

These fat molecules each lack two hydrogen atoms. As they do no help or harm to the body besides providing an energy source, monounsaturated fats are considered neutral.

polyunsaturated Good sources are found in sunflower oil, safflower oil, grapeseed oil, and oily fish. Try adding a handful of sunflower seeds to your salad to boost your consumptions of this beneficial fat.

Saturated These fat molecules are completely covered, or saturated, in hydrogen atoms. The presence of so many hydrogen atoms is important because it increases the body’s production of harmful cholesterol, increasing the risk of heart disease.

Monosaturated These neutral fats are found in nuts, natural oils, and avocados.

Try adding avocado to a wrap or sandwich, or throw a handful of nuts into your cereal.

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Saturated Meat, poultry skin, dairy, and processed baked goods are rich in these unhealthy fats. Try to be aware of consumption, and use these items as a side rather than main course.

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Otherwise known as partially hydrogenated fats, these artificially produced compounds are made by adding hydrogen to other fat molecules. Although typically used to help naturally liquid fats stay solid at room temperature, liquid trans fats are also common because they can be used multiple times before being thrown out. These fats are considered the most harmful, as they raise bad cholesterol levels, increasing the risk of heart disease.

Doughnuts, French fries, and other fried foods are the most common sources of trans fat. Cheap stick margarine and hydrogenated shortening are also common culprits.

Be aware of consumption of these items, and realize they’re best as an occasional treat.

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Complex carbs include starches and dietary fiber. Starch, which must be broken down by bacteria in the body before it can be used for energy, helps provide the body with long-lasting energy. Fiber is important for digestion because it aids bowel movements, eliminates toxins, reduces cholesterol, and regulates sugar intake.

sources complete proteins Complete proteins are those that contain all of the essential amino acids.

Simple carbs Simple carbs such as those found in fruits, vegetables, and milk products, as well as those added artificially to other foods, provide quick sources of energy to the body. Consumed in excess, these carbohydrates can lead to unhealthy spikes in blood sugar levels.

Incomplete and Complementary Proteins Protein sources that are deficient in one or more essential amino acid are known as incomplete proteins.

However, two or more incomplete protein sources can be combined to form a complementary protein source capable of providing all the essential amino acids.

Sources White and brown sugar, maple syrup, juice mixes, fruits, and vegetables provide simple carbohydrates. Try to only consume simple carbohydrates from natural sources, like fruits and vegetables.

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CULTUR E|18 | 18 ARTS & MEDIA

Marginal Focus // Chad Aufderhar Arts & Media Editor Doodling is one of my favorite things.

From church bulletins to class handouts, I have found it to be both relaxing and focusing at times. When I found out about mandalas it made sense to me that people use them for everything from Hindu rituals to art therapy for prison inmates. A mandala is basically just an intricate circular pattern that can be drawn or just colored in. It originated as a symbol for the universe in Hinduism and tinyurl.com/nskt3q3

Songs for DUBIOUS DOODLERS

These songs really help me focus. They are also a great soundtrack for doodling.

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Buddhism. In the spiritual or ritual setting it is often used to focus attention or aid meditation. Now they are sometimes used by art therapists also as a way of focusing or calming a patient.

“People who doodle while being exposed to verbal information retain 29% more than those who do not.”

think.” People who doodle while being exposed to verbal information retain 29 percent more than those who do not.

Brown says that rather than doodling being something that happens when we lose focus, it is a something that prevents distraction.

I realize that it may not always seem appropriate to doodle, especially if you want the person talking to be confident that you are listening. Think about this, though: There are three primary ways of learning — visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. Doodling has the capability to engage all of these at the same time. Don’t underestimate the power of those little curlicues in the margins of your notes. I think we could all use a little art therapy as we forge into the second half of the quarter; and if you don’t know where to start, try coloring this little mandala, or just fill the margins of this page with something.

There have been studies looking at the power of doodling. Yes, the Buddhist monks may be onto something along with those of us who always used to fill in the letters in the church bulletin.

Motorcycle Mathematicians. After 42 years, Tom Thompson’s cautionary tale to Calculus I students has finally come to life. Do you know your 21 Trig identities? Watch for this anecdote’s release this Thursday at 9:37 p.m.

Check out this Mandala!

Author Sunni Brown says, “Doodling is making spontaneous marks to help yourself

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FOOD | 19

The Food Fiend presents

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Andrea Johnson Food Editor I’m a firm believer in the importance of breakfast. I’ve read many opinions and studies both supporting and countering this belief, but I remain convinced. This is mainly because of personal experience. I find that whenever I skip breakfast, I’m cranky and have a hard time paying attention in class.

In my normal, everyday life, food fantasies are problem enough; but on an empty stomach — Lord have mercy — I have zero productivity in class. So for me, and probably

for a number of you all, breakfast is pretty important. On the other hand, sleep is pretty important to me, too. I struggle to get out of bed with enough time to make breakfast. I usually don’t, and that gets me into trouble.

In order to combat this, I’ve taken to eating cereal. But not just any old cereal, cereal that’s going to give me enough energy to survive grading essays and participating in class discussions. That’s where granola steps in. Eat and go, or eat on the go. I’m also including a delicious nut-milk recipe just for yumsies and funsies. You ready for this? I’ll eat breakfast if you eat breakfast.

Actually, I take that back; I’m going to eat this deliciousness whether you do or not.

Yay food!

Simple Granola 4 cups rolled oats (not instant) 1 cup coconut flakes 1/3 cup honey (or pure maple syrup) 1/2 cup dried cranberries

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1 cup chopped raw almonds 1/4 tsp. salt 4 tbsp. butter

Preheat oven to 350° F. In a bowl, mix together oats, almonds, coconut, and salt. In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, whisk together butter and honey. Pour butter–honey mixture over dry ingredients and mix thoroughly to coat.

Spread evenly over a cookie sheet or pyrex dish and bake for 10 minutes and then stir every 5 minutes until golden brown (25-30 minutes longer).

Remove from oven and add dried cranberries.

Feel free to add other flavorings, nuts, seeds, or dried fruits (or removed; no one says you need cranberries and coconut). Dried fruits should be added after the baking process.

If nuts or seeds are raw, add before baking; if they are already baked or roasted, add afterward.

Puffed cereals are a cheap additive that can give the granola some more substance (add after baking).

Add other nuts and even chocolate chips to make your own trail mix.

Personalize mixes for your friends and place in a glass container for a simple-but-delicious gift (Christmas isn’t as far away as you think it is).

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OUTDOORS | 20

Outdoors

How to get it done:

Some Walking Wisdom //

believe it or not, one does not simply walk for exercise. think over this list before you get your step on.

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1. Posture: Core tight, back straight, head up, arms swinging, smooth walk.

Outdoors Editor

2. Purpose: Have a distance and time goal in mind before starting.

3. Safety: Make sure you know the area where you are walking and the potential dangers that may be present.

In keeping with this issue’s theme of health, I want to share with you one specific healthy habit that is as simple as putting one foot in front of the other. It is the art of walking, and it has a history as old as that of human kind. Although walking as a form of exercise may be thought of as an activity for small groups of spry old ladies, this historic sport of walking can have physical, mental, and social health benefits, and may be just the activity you need to add to your day.

The Physical

Maybe you have been looking for a way to start down the path toward physical health, and you feel like you are starting from scratch. If you find yourself in this place you may not feel ready to hit the gym, pump iron, and get “swoll.” Becoming active through walking could be your gateway into the world of exercise. Here are a few of the ways that walking can influence your physical health in a positive way:

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Routine, moderate exercise can lower your risks for heart disease, diabetes, and even cancer.

Walking regularly can help in achieving healthy weight loss.

By walking, you can strengthen some of the bones and muscles in your body, which can help you avoid diseases like osteoporosis later in life.

The Social

Balance is a huge part of life, especially for college students. I understand how difficult it can be to find time to spend with friends amidst all the deadlines, classes, and work hours. Knowing how full each day can be, why not spend 30 minutes or so doing something that can be both social and active at the same time?

Taking a walk with friends is a great way to spend some quality time while waking up your brain and warming up your body. In my experience, being outside and moving really helps to start great conversations and provides an atmosphere that feels open and friendly. Plus, if you walk with friends regularly, you can begin to accumulate fun and interesting experiences together that you would have otherwise missed.

Walking can help you build a baseline level of fitness that will allow you to expand upon your exercise routine in the future.

Getting Competitive

The Mental

As the weather grows colder and the quarter grows busier, it becomes easy to get blue. It seems as though both our desks and minds become cluttered as we sit apathetically in front of piles of assignments.

Although it may seem like one more thing to keep you from productively working, taking a quick walk may be just what is needed to clear the mind, kick the bad mood, and steer us back on track.

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Social Health Challenge Take 30 minutes sometime this week to walk with a friend who you haven’t had time to see lately.

Walking can increase blood flow to the brain.

Walking can improve the health of your brain’s nerve cells.

Walking for 30 minutes can increase positive thinking and one’s sense of well-being.

In some cases, walking can even show some effects similar to those of antidepressants.*

*Remember, walking can’t replace professional help for those who truly need it.

Sources for article: www.usatf.org. www.health.howstuffworks.com. www.mayoclinic.com. www.bostonmagazine.com.

Race walking — speed walking in a competitive setting — is a technically and physically demanding sport that attracts participants of all ages and is even an official Olympic event. If you are competitive, walking has a place for you too!

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FASHION | 21

UGG-ly Health Risks // Brenda negoescu

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t’s that time of year again — when I start seeing UGGs slowly taking over campuses, malls, and shoe racks everywhere. Honestly, why are they still even being manufactured? Oh yeah, because you keep buying them! Okay, I’ll admit that I have had a pair or two — back in junior high! That’s when denim miniskirts and three-quarter-length leggings from Abercrombie & Fitch were the hottest thing that everyone coveted.

Here’s the thing, girls — they were never cute and certainly aren’t any cuter today with those tacky bows and studs. They’re UGG-ly. Actually, about.com suggests that the term UGG is derived from the word ugly. And since this is the health special, here are some more facts on why you

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bad posture. So unless you’re looking for a reason to visit the chiropractor — I say toss the UGGs out ASAP or at least wear them at home by the fireplace away from the public.

1. Foot fungus. Sheepskin lining is a

breeding ground for athlete’s foot, dermatitis, and other skin infections.

Come on, we all know that when those boots come off at the door you have to quickly somehow create a distraction, evacuate the area, and keep feet away from human senses because you have a case of sweaty, stinky feet. Gross!

UGGs were never made to be worn for long-distance walking and were originally worn as slippers for surfers to keep their feet warm. So why on earth have we come to the assumption that they can be worn on a daily basis anywhere and everywhere?

They’re unflattering, bulky, and collect nasty stains. Also, please be aware of cheap imitation UGGs, as they’re often worse.

2. Ankle, knee, and hip problems.

According to Dr. Ian Drysdale, head of the British College of Osteopathic Medicine, your feet constantly slide around inside UGGs. He explains, “With each step, the force falls towards the inside of the foot and the feet splay. This flattens the arch and makes it drop. The result can be significant

problems with the foot, the ankle, and, ultimately, the hip.” And you thought you were giving your feet a break?

3. Bad posture. All of those previous

pains I’ve mentioned above lead to

1. "Wearing Ugg Boots for Long Periods of Time," http:// www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/wearing-uggboots-long-periods-time-ruining-women-feet-expertsarticle-1.175360.

2. "Ugg Boots," http://shoes.about.com/od/boots/a/ugg. htm.

3. "Our Love Hate Relationship with Uggs," http://drjessicalee. wordpress.com/2011/11/08/our-love-hate-relationshipwith-uggs.

ESSENTIAL If you are still wanting that fluffy benefit that UGGs have, why not try butter socks? They're soft, cute, fuzzy and can be thrown in the washing machine. You can wear these with any boot (except UGGs) and not have to worry about smelly feet.

Is your wardrobe in need of an update? Feeling like your wallet will not cover it? If so, a guest fashion blogger and myself have accepted the challenge. We are asking for $35 (to cover cost of the clothes you get to keep) and a couple of hours to be your very own personal stylists. We are looking for girls specifically (we already have guys lined up for the challenge) who want to exhibit trendy styles and have the chance to appear in a future fashion feature. If interested contact me at ema.negoescu@wallawalla.edu.

portion of u.s. kids age 2–18 who don't eat at least the minimum amount of vegetables

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Bugs! // Joe Hughes

Science & Tech Editor Hello, Onions — today’s issue is about health. Today’s topic: bugs. Good bugs, bad bugs, and all the weirdness that ensues.

Bacteria are bad, right? We try to kill them with everything from Lysol to DDT. It’s hard to find a hand soap that isn’t advertised as killing 99.9 percent of bacteria, and anything medical seems to float in sterility.

But not everything we use to clean ourselves is marketed as being so lethal to bacteria. You will rarely see a claim of how antibacterial a shampoo or toothpaste is, and most makeup ads give the impression they wouldn’t hurt a fly, let alone a bacteria.

This uncertainty should clue us in to the fact that a dearth of bacteria is not always a good thing. Granted, the wrong bacteria at the wrong time can be as inconvenient as multiple trips to the bathroom or as deadly as typhoid fever. Pictured below is tuberculosis, which most of us know from Oregon Trail, but which can ruin much more than our fourth-grade manifest destiny.

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Bacteria are also good. They make many enzymes that our body cannot and break down much of our food. How do they do this, you ask? Well, it all starts in the intestines. After the acid bath of the stomach, the food goop (yes, technical term) floats into the intestines where it meets a whole civilization of bacteria. This civilization of bacteria (okay, more of a zoo tycoon-esque

53 %

chaos than a civilization) exists to break down complex starches into simple sugars.

Your body isn’t capable of breaking apart the complex starches, so it makes a deal with the bacteria: The bacteria get a place to stay and some food as long as they break down the starches for us. Your body, like most civilizations, is built on trade.

So let’s talk about this civilization of bacteria: It is much larger than any human civilization ever to exist. Actually, the number of individual bacteria in your intestines is 1,000 times larger than the number of people who have ever lived. To put this in perspective, if all people who ever existed on earth were scaled down to the population of College Place, the number of bacteria in one person’s gut would be enough to fill New York City and then some. And New York City can hold a lot of people.

Oh, but it gets weirder: Since bacterial cells are so much smaller than human ones, there are way more of them. A lot more — for every human cell there are about 10 bacterial cells. That means that, cell-for-cell, you are more bacteria than person. That ratio is almost as bad as the guy-to-girl ratio in the engineering department.

But before you run away to wash your hands, think of it this way — you’re a city, and that’s a good thing. If you didn’t have all those bacteria with you, you wouldn’t be able to digest anything but the simplest sugars; so if you’ve ever enjoyed food other than raw sugar, you have bacteria to thank.

By compromising with bacteria, we are able to do so much more. Much like civilizations, we all benefit from each other. We live a fuller existence by having bacteria in our gut.

But we weren’t always cities — we were hermits in the womb. Absolutely no bacteria, our whole body to ourselves, an empty city.

We meet our first non-human cells in our mother's vagina during birth. Just as we are pushed into a new world, bacteria are pushed into ours. We slowly gain more than just our mother’s vaginal flora in our first few years of life by chewing on shoes, eating dirt, playing with the cat, and all else that babies do. Our initial lack of gut bacteria is one of the many reasons babies take so long to eat normal food.

portion of foodstamp households that have children

As time goes by, both you and your bacteria grow up, with your bacterial culture weighing in at about 3 to 5 pounds by adulthood. This isn’t all that impressive until you realize that you brain probably weighs about 3 pounds, your heart about 3/5 of a pound, and your lungs weigh about 2.5 pounds each. If we assume that bacteria are about the same density as water, your bacterial culture is about the size of a twoliter soda bottle. That’s about the size of a small cat, or a big parrot, or a football, or a very premature baby. Whoa, that got weird fast — I’m going to stop.

Bacteria help us to digest more than those single-serving sugar packets or mother’s milk — they also may run our brain. Let’s look at an experiment:1 you take two groups of mice and feed one broth doped with bacteria called Lactobacillus; the other is fed sterile broth.

Then you give both groups of mice a stress test. You give a mouse a stress test by tossing it in a bucket of water and seeing what happens. Mice know how to swim, but they don’t like water in the least. What normally happens is that they swim furiously for about four minutes, and then give up, accept death, and make peace with whatever mouse deities they prefer, after which they are promptly rescued by lab assistants and presumably live long and slightly more introspective lives. photo from michael vertolli

Well, this is precisely what happens with the mice fed the normal broth. But when you move to the bacteria-broth-fed mice, instead of swimming for four minutes, they go for six! How is this possible? Is Lactobacillus some type of mouse steroid? Well, it’s not quite a steroid, but if we want to compare it to a drug, marijuana might be the best choice. When the researchers examined the

neurochemistry of the mice while they were in the water they found some strange things.

For the un-doped mice, the found a bunch of the mouse equivalent of a panic button.

This makes sense; panic and drowning go together like CommUnity and Angry Birds.

When they looked at the bacteria-doped mice, they found something different. They found half the panic, plus a little bit of bliss.

Specifically, the bliss they found was GABA. GABA is a chemical used by the brain to tell itself to calm down. It looks like this:

photo from wikimedia commons

So while the normal mice are freaking out and swimming like mad, the bacteriafed mice are listening to Sigur Rós, already one with the world. The type of bacteria in these mice’s stomachs is actually making the mice behave differently in the face of a crisis.

This is very odd — we all know that “we are what we eat,” but we thought it meant muscles and getting sick, not crisis response.

If these mice are reacting differently to crisis, is there a chance they are acting differently under normal circumstances? And what about people — could we have a personality change from eating yogurt?

What are we to make of this? We are looking at a community of 1,400 different species of bacteria that outweigh many of our organs, outnumber human cells 10:1, and outnumber humans by a factor of about 1,000. Combined they’re about the size of a football, and we can’t live without them.

They’re also responsible for tons of disease, our digestion, and possibly our mood. Washing my hands is going to be strange now.

1. http://www.radiolab.org/story/197242-gutfeelings.

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Walla Walla Waistlines // Timothy Barbosa

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Sports Editor

Whether you enjoy water sports, winter sports, faux sports, or no sports, Walla Walla offers a variety of health clubs and fitness centers where community members can pursue a better lifestyle. This week, as we are focusing on health, we’ll be looking at the availability and benefits of some of these.

340 S. Park St. Walla Walla, WA 99362

Walla Walla YMCA Monthly Membership Rate: $37

The YMCA offers the most diverse assortment of fitness opportunities around. Though it costs a fair amount, there are opportunities to play everything from basketball to pickleball with your friends or with community members. The Y offers a state-of-the-art wellness center staffed to help you with your goals, a 25-meter pool, and many other facilities and features. http://www.wwymca.org/ 610 W. Tietan St. Walla Walla, WA 99362

Ace of Clubs Fitness Center Monthly Membership Rate: $27

From kick-boxing to free weights, personal training, and even air-brush tanning, Ace of Clubs is conveniently located right next to your favorite post-workout reward: Blue Palm. If you’re interested in just pumping iron and looking like Arnold, this is the club for you. http://www.goaceofclubs.com/ 400 W. Whitman Dr. College Place, WA 99324

Blue Mountain CrossFit Monthly Membership Rate: $95

CrossFit features personal attention to the serious athlete. Carrying a reputation for satisfying the strongest, CrossFit trains its members with a mix of all-encompassing cardio, weightlifting, and gymnastics. Located approximately the same distance from the dorms as the WWU gym, I recommend that you take advantage of their four complimentary introductory classes. Not for the faint of heart. http://www.bluemountaincrossfit.com/

Walt Fitness is a club that offers respect and a kind, helpful attitude for any and all applicants.

Offering machines for everything from cardio to weight training, this 24-hour gym is for the timeoblivious student with healthy ambitions. http://www.waltfitness.com/

As Walla Walla University students, we already have access to a fantastic array of physical opportunities from intramural sports to clubs to free use of the University’s fitness facilities.

Of course, our primary aspiration in college is to do well in school and find that special someone, but we shouldn’t neglect our duty to maintain our physical well-being. You stay classy — and healthy — Walla Walla.

years since the last raising of school meal standards occured, until this september's hunger-free kids act.

Well, it seems as though our on-campus sports are all in full swing. This weekend, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, and men’s soccer are all headed on the road toward different locations. Men’s basketball is headed to the College of Idaho for a twoday tournament, women’s basketball is planning on heading to Utah for a tournament, and men’s soccer is going over to Montana for a tournament.

All are looking for wins, and we wish them all the best.

basketball played a game at University of Idaho this Tuesday night.

This year we are really trying to pump up the spirit for our teams. Try to make it to all the home games that you can! We need to show as much support as possible. Check around to see when the home games will be.

The NFL was just nuts this week. Seattle came back in the fourth quarter to win in overtime what was the biggest come-from-behind Women’s basketball has win in Seahawks history. The had some unfortunate luck Colts also came back in the this year. They’ve suffered fourth quarter to win, giving two concussions, one player Andrew Luck his 10th wining drop-out, and injured ankle, drive. The Patriots steamrolled which has placed them photo by wallawalla . edu / athletics the Steelers as the Saints back to only five players. surprisingly fell to the Jets.

This is a major setback right now for the The playoff race is on. team, and they are looking to pick up more The Miami Heat has yet to win a game on players within the next week or two. Men’s the road. How is this possible for the repeated champions? The season is still young, but there might be a few surprise teams this year in the NBA, such as the Raptors and the Pistons. This is going to be fun to watch.

Go Red Sox.

Power rankings HOCKEY:

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3. Pittsburg

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4. Anaheim

4. Seahawks

5. Chicago

5. 49ers

6. Phoenix

6. Saints

7. Tampa Bay

7. Patriots

8. St. Louis

8. Bengals

9. Detroit

9. Bears

10. Vancouver

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Oh no, another diet ... //

There are a few things you need to know about my roommate Brenda: 1.

She’s the fashion editor for The Collegian (Holla!)

2. She’s getting married in March, and therefore, 3. She needs to be smoking hot for her wedding day (See Song of Solomon).

There are a few things you need to know about me: 1. I love food.

2. I have no self-control.

3. I love food.

Late last Sunday night, Brenda was talking to me about her upcoming wedding: “I’m going to look sexy. Are you in or not?”

I wasn’t entirely sure. But before I knew what was happening, I was looking at inspirational pictures of Rihanna in bikinis and watching a documentary called Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead, a story about an Australian man who suffered from numerous

health issues because of his weight. After going on a purely juice diet for 60 days he lost over 100 pounds.

Through consultation with his doctors, he was able return to a healthy weight and get off of all of his medications — from juicing. Although this is an extreme situation (don’t try juicing with the goal of losing 100 pounds, please), it does show the power that fruits and vegetables can have in turning your health around.

Brenda talked my ear off about our new plan (suddenly it was “ours” and not “hers" — misery loves company); we were going to juice for two of our meals during the day. We weren’t going to be as extreme as Joe Cross (the man from the documentary), because we, unlike Joe, can’t take 60 days off from school to live in New York and talk about juicing all day. The meals that we were going to eat needed to be gluten and dairy free.

I’ve been on this diet for seven days and there have already been some issues. First of all, as soon as people hear that you are on a diet, they suddenly become determined to get you off track (I’m looking at you, Grant Perdew). And secondly, temptations are literally everywhere — even at work. When I went

verbatim “Good, we died. Excellent.”

— Brandon Beck, on decrescendos

“My memories of politics go back to 1916.”

— Terry Gottschall

"I feel like The Collegian is a group of people."

— Kamia Salango, thinking thoughts

"It's not 'Luther had the right idea.' It's just that Henry VIII is horny."

— Monty Buell, on Protestantism's arrival in England

“Are these all the frarority houses?"

— Joanna Stephan, while driving through Whitman’s campus

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Email me at: Rachel.Logan@wallawalla.edu.

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Logan BackWord Editor

to Collegian night last Wednesday there was apple pie, homemade cheese-puff things, and Campus Ministries brought us free loaded burritos from Del Taco. It’s like I couldn’t catch a break.

Fortunately, it’s not all bad news (though it did feel like it while I angrily watched Grant eat his pie in front of me). You know how people always talk about feeling great when they eat healthily and go off gluten? Yeah, that’s actually a real thing. (I know — I was surprised too.) I felt so energized. Normally, after my 2 p.m. class I want to fall asleep until dinner (or later), but I actually found myself being productive and doing things (such as completing my homework or doing my laundry before it overflows out of my basket and onto the floor).

Frankly, it was kind of incredible.

Another good thing about vegan and glutenfree food is that it actually tastes good. I remember when my friend Macie went gluten-free back in high school; it seemed like all the food she ate tasted like literal rabbit food. But nowadays, vegan and gluten-free lifestyles are common enough that there are so many more options than there ever were before. Let me put this in perspective: There are

vegan/gluten-free cookies that look and taste just like Oreos. What else do you need?

Real talk though, guys: After doing this glutenfree/vegan/juicing extravaganza, I’ve learned that the healthiest way to diet is in awareness and in moderation. If you can incorporate juicing into your diet, then do it. Even if you only juice once a day it can triple the amount of veggies that you normally eat. When you eat out, try to eat without cheese if you can, or check to see if there is a glutenfree option. Just being aware of your options can help cut calories without cutting out food. And lastly, moderation is key. Don’t be so extreme in your eating/dieting habits that it ruins your life and you can never go out or do fun things ever again.

Eating healthily should be an improvement to your lifestyle, not an end to all social eating. If you cheat every once in a while and have a treat with friends you are more likely to maintain a healthy lifestyle than if you are an extremist in your diet.

So go out there and be healthy! (And don’t forget that 2014 bathing-suit catalogues come out in two months.) Happy eating!

What do you think of when you hear the word “diet”?

“Eating healthy and working out … but I don’t necessarily do that. I love dessert.”

— Anisha Sukrutham junior, health science

“I think of juicing — apples, spinach, kale, ginger …”

— Karalee Rhuman junior, business

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“Fruits and veggies. Everyone should adopt them in their diet.“

— Marsonio Bacon senior, bioengineering

riding on these pleasantries!

Sincerely, Why are SDAs so obsessed with marriage?

“Silly! People shouldn’t diet. They should eat healthy.”

— Kari Gomez sophomore, accounting

“Being vegan and juicing.”

— Connor Wasylucha sophomore, finance

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