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Story in Many Pics: Eastlake Falcons vs Monterey Plainsmen

by Dr Alex Jimenez DC, APRN, FNP-BC, CFMP, IFMCP | El Paso HS Sports (Local) RSS

High school playoff action in the Permian Basin and Herald-post is there to bring it all to you! Our very own Andres Acosta brings you his view of the game in today’s Story in Many Pics.

Eastlake Falcons vs Monterey Plainsmen, Conference 5A Div 1, Region 1 Area Championship, Midland Texas

Eastlake Falcons vs Monterey Plainsmen, Conference 5A Div 1, Region 1 Area Championship, Midland Texas

Eastlake Falcons vs Monterey Plainsmen, Conference 5A Div 1, Region 1 Area Championship, Midland Texas

Eastlake Falcons vs Monterey Plainsmen, Conference 5A Div 1, Region 1 Area Championship, Midland Texas

Eastlake Falcons vs Monterey Plainsmen, Conference 5A Div 1, Region 1 Area Championship, Midland Texas

Eastlake Falcons vs Monterey Plainsmen, Conference 5A Div 1, Region 1 Area Championship, Midland Texas

'Low' Fat and Sugar Labels May Confuse Consumers

by Dr Alex Jimenez DC, APRN, FNP-BC, CFMP, IFMCP | Diets, Fitness

Food labels that say ‘low salt’ or ‘no fat’ may be misleading, suggests a new study.

These ‘low-content’ claims are based on comparisons with other foods and are not standard definitions. Making such a claim doesn’t necessarily mean the food is more nutritious than other brands, the authors say.

Consumers should “turn the package around and look at the entire nutritional profile as well as the ingredients list in order to get a better sense of whether the product overall is healthier or less healthy,” Lindsey Smith Taillie of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill told Reuters Health in a phone call.

Smith Taillie and colleagues analyzed data on more than 80 million food and beverage purchases made in the United States by 40,000 families from 2008 to 2012.

“We found that higher-income households tended to be more likely to buy products with these types of claims, which is consistent with previous research that suggests that claims tend to be more utilized by people with higher levels of education,” Smith Taillie said.

As reported in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 13 percent of food and 35 percent of beverage purchases included products with some type of low-content claim. Low-fat purchases were the most common, followed by low-calorie, low-sugar, and low-sodium claims.

On average, packaged foods with low-nutrient claims had 32 percent fewer calories, 11 percent less sugar, and about half the fat and sodium compared to foods that didn’t carry any claims on the packaging.

However, some products with low-nutrient claims actually had more of that substance than foods without those claims.

Also, Smith Taillie said, when a product has a low-sugar claim, for example, it might have less sugar than a reference product or a similar product, “but it doesn’t mean that it has an overall better nutritional quality.”

Or, “it could be a high-sugar food but be low in fat, so it’s going to say low fat on the label. That doesn’t mean that it’s healthy,” she said.

“Essentially, it can be kind of misleading to make a decision about a product based on a front-of-package claim,” she added.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates what products can claim, Smith Taillie said.

“It’s not that the products are technically wrong in making a low-content claim, it’s just that the rules that allow them to make this kind of claim vary by the claim and by food category,” she said.

Food labels can be confusing, agreed Melissa Rifkin, a dietitian with Montefiore Medical Center in New York City who was not involved in the study.

Understanding what a nutrition fact label means is more important than focusing on marketing claims,” Rifkin told Reuters Health by email.

Key items to focus on are serving size, quantity per container, calories, fat, sodium and sugar, she said.

A new and revamped nutrition fact label is under development, Rifkin said.

“Slowly we will begin to see all labeling take on the new information,” she said.

Southern Miss Tops UTEP 6-1

by Dr Alex Jimenez DC, APRN, FNP-BC, CFMP, IFMCP | UTEP (Local) RSS

Mallorie Cross registered a RBI and Kaitlin Ryder connected on a pair of hits, but Southern Miss behind, three solo home runs, downed UTEP 6-1 on a breezy Sunday afternoon at the Helen of Troy Softball Complex.

The Miners (8-21, 3-6 Conference USA) and Golden Eagles (16-15, 3-6 C-USA) are tied in the West Division after Samantha Robles (3-5) threw another complete game victory, allowing only four hits.

UTEP, who had been hitting the ball well as of late, struggled on this Sunday afternoon.

�We�re going to work on things offensively this week to get back on track,� fourth-year head coach Tobin Echo-Hawk said. �The first game, out bats were hot and then they kind of went away. We�ll pick the player�s brains to see where they�re at and where their mentality when they are up to bat so we can work on that this week in practice.�

The Miners will host I-10 rival NM State on March 28 in a doubleheader (5 p.m.). San Antonio is the next destination point for UTEP as it will play five contests. The first is a series at UTSA April 1-2 and two more games on April 3 against Incarnate Word.

Southern Miss took an early 2-0 lead in the first. Ciarra Cherry led the contest off with a walk, while Samantha Reynolds reached on a fielder�s choice sac-bunt. The defense went to throw out the lead runner Cherry, but was unsuccessful in the attempt. Cherry would reach third base on a throwing error in the process.

Lauren Holifield also reached on a fielder�s choice as the defense went after the lead runner Cherry at home, but she was called safe for the game�s first run.

Tori Dew then knocked in Reynolds on an RBI single up the middle. UTEP turned its third double play of the series on a liner hit to shortstop Cortney Smith, who made a diving snag to her right, while throwing out the runner at second. Samantha Papp flied out to center to end the top half.

In the bottom first with one out, Ryder connected on a towering shot that went down the left line, but the wind halted the momentum for a four-bagger, instead digging out a double as the ball dropped right at the fence. Smith walked with two outs to get a pair of runners on, but the Miners couldn�t sustain any more hits to get the runners across the dish.

In the third, Holifield hit the first of two solo home runs to put her squad up 3-0.

After a scoreless top fourth, the Miners got within two runs in the bottom half. Hope Moreno reached on a fielder�s choice and Lindsey Sokoloski singled up the middle to advance Moreno to second base. With two outs, Cross hit a blooper to shallow center that plated Moreno.

But Holifield hit her second solo shot in the fifth and pinch hitter Jade Lewis came up with the team�s third dinger of the game in the sixth to pull away.

Holifield finished the day 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs scored.

Ryder finished 2-for-3 and is hitting .444 (12-27) the last nine games with 12 RBI and three walks. Cross, after her 1-for-3, one-RBI day, is hitting .316 with 10 RBI this season.

Erika Harrawood (3-8) started the contest, hurling 5.1 frames. Kaitlin Fifield threw 1.2 innings.

Story in Many Pics: Cooper Cougars vs Canutillo Eagles

by Dr Alex Jimenez DC, APRN, FNP-BC, CFMP, IFMCP | El Paso HS Sports (Local) RSS

It was a cold Friday Night in Midland, but the action was red-hot as the Canutillo Eagles hosted the Cooper Cougars as Grande Communication Stadium. Check out Andre Acosta’s view of the game in this ‘Story in Many Pics.’

Cooper Cougars vs Canutillo Eagles, Conf 5A, Div 2 Region 1 Area Championship, Midland Texas

Greater El Paso Football Showcase names All Star Players

by Dr Alex Jimenez DC, APRN, FNP-BC, CFMP, IFMCP | El Paso HS Sports (Local) RSS

Youth Organization Aims to Build Local Talent, Compete Nationally

by Dr Alex Jimenez DC, APRN, FNP-BC, CFMP, IFMCP | El Paso HS Sports (Local) RSS

El Paso Diggers Back-to-Back Cactus Classic Invitational Champs

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Story in Many Pics: Del Valle vs Parkland � Sweater Showdown

by Dr Alex Jimenez DC, APRN, FNP-BC, CFMP, IFMCP | El Paso HS Sports (Local) RSS

In a much-anticipated game, Del Valle knocked off Parkland 6-0 in Women’s Soccer to pick up the victory Tuesday night. More importantly, both the teams and fans brought sweaters to donate as a result of a playful ‘ugly sweater’ contest from last year.

Andres Acosta was there – sans sweater – and brings you this ‘Story in Many Pics’

Del Valle at Parkland Womens Soccer, The SweaterBet contest at Matador Stadium, January 24, 2017

Del Valle’s Head Football Coach Jesse Perales (pictured left) and Parkland High Principal Dr. Darryl Henson ( Pictured right) at the Del Valle VS Parkland Womens Soccer, The SweaterBet contest at Matador Stadium, January 24, 2017

Del Valle at Parkland Womens Soccer, The SweaterBet contest at Matador Stadium, January 24, 2017

Del Valle Sophmore Love Tovar (pictured Left) and Parkland High Principal Dr. Darryl Henson ( Pictured right) holding up the Sweater that started it all at Del Valle VS Parkland Womens Soccer, The SweaterBet contest at Matador Stadium, January 24, 2017

Del Valle at Parkland Womens Soccer, The SweaterBet contest at Matador Stadium, January 24, 2017