Sugar: The “White Death”?

Meeting News

At the July 23 meeting of Imperial TOPS NE0267, Barb was the best loser for the second week in a row, and Lorna won a little cash in the Ha-Ha drawing.
Barb and Lorna will provide food for the August 9 dinner at the Community Center.

Challenges

1. Exercise at least 15 minutes a day.
2. Eat five servings of fruits and/or vegetables every day.

Contests

Judy won the “Shoot Off Those Pounds” contest. The area-wide Fun in the Summer Sun Challenge will end on August 27. To meet some of the challenges, the club is planning a program on yoga, a chapter walk, and photos with the TOPS News magazine at a tourist site.

Programs

Lorna’s program was on sugar as “The White Death,” based on a news release from cancertruth.net, a blog written by author Ty Bollinger. According to Bollinger, in 2012, half of Americans were consuming 180 pounds of sugar each year, compared with an average consumption of 4 pounds in 1700, 18 pounds in 1800, and 90 pounds in 1900.
Next week’s program will be the installation of officers for the coming year.

Please Join Us!

TOPS Club meets from 9 to 10 a.m. on Thursdays at the Imperial Community Center, with weigh-ins beginning at 8:30. The first meeting is free. Find out more at www.TOPS.org.