4 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 8, 1961 FROM WHERE WE STAND - Food Fads - Fact Or Fancy ? There is an old saying that figures don’t he but liars sure can figure. . When applied to research, the old saw takes on 1 a very serious aspect. This is not to say that research men are generally liars, but when a scien tist sets out with a premise in mind he can usually find enough tacts to prove his thesis. Especially is this so if he is inclined to discard some pertinent facts as unimportant if they do not tend to prove his theories. We are optimistic enough to think the majority of the scientific persons in America today will accept ttie find ings ot experimentation wnether the findings concur- with tneir preconciev ed notions or not But even highly trained and highly skilled researcners are at times influenced Dy what they want to be.ieve rather tnan what their experiments and experiments of others tell them. If you listen to the food faddists, who have sprung up hke weeds in re cent years, you won’t oe able to eat anything tnatV appetizing. More im portant, as nutritionists are pointing out; food faddisnr can; be a major men ace to health. The New England Journal of Medi cine recently published an ironical little verse by David Kritchevsky of Philadelphia which just about covers the case; It runs thus; “Cholesterol is poisonous So never, never eat it. Sugar too may murder you, There is.no Way to beat it. And fatty- food may do you in; Be certain to avoid it Some food was rich in vitamins But processing destroyed it. So let your life be ordered By each, documented fact, And die of malnutrition But with arteries intact.” Some people, of course must follow special limited - diets. These should be undertaken only on a physician’s ord eife and under his supervision. The vast majority of us need a standard variety off foods—meats, vegetables, fruits and pdultry and dairy products. These are the sources from which we draw our ertergies. Americans who have stopped eating cHolesterol-rich dairy and meat fats because they fear that the cholesterol will clog their arteries, may be run nihg more, not less, risk of developing* hdart disease, an article in a recent is sue of Newsweek points out. The magazine cites the work of Flying Farmers To Fly Queens To Butler Fair One of the largest gather ings of Pennsylvania agricul tural queens in one p ace will be part of the Pennsyl vaiiiaC Flying Farmers’ an niial state wide roundup, on Thursday, August 10 at the Butler Farm Show. Flying Farmers from all sections of the state, at a re cent “fly in” at Beaver, for mulated plans for the round up. The event has become a popu ar attraction at the an- Lancaster Farming Lancaster County's Own Farm Weekly P O Cox r>2l Lancaster, Penna, Offices 53 North Duke St Dam-astir Penna Phone - Dane uster EXpress 4-3047 Jack Owen, Editor Bob rt G Campbell, Advert is nit Director A. Business Manater Established Xovember 4 1975 Pul 1 shed e\ ery Saturday liy Lancaster P ■ rnnnlt, Lancaster, Pa Entered as 2nd class matter at Lancastci, I’a under Act of Mar 8, 1370 additional entry at Mo nt Joy Pa 3ni>-,cnotion iiaUa $2 r< i <■ r terested in the strip and the dured 16,946 lbs. miTc and r. h TOnts ears J 3 sinsle LOpy I>nce show Tlie new strip will aL- 74 1 lbs. butterfat in 351 AtemUrs Pa Ntvispaper Pui.'mh- 30 serve as a base for a num- d~’- ~n twice-daily milking; <ra ca'ion, National Editor.ai ber o£ private planes and starting at the age of nine Association 0 hangers years. , Doctor Edward H. Ahrens, Jr., who, af ter nine years research, reported to the association of American Physicians recently. Dr. Ahrens said work at the Roekerfeller Institute showed that a diet rich in sugars and starches but low in fats raises the level of fats in the blood. These blood fats are formed by the chemical breakdown of carbo hydrates. They are not cholesterol but triglycerides—the main constituients of ot body fat. Some medical authorities, including Dr. Ahrens worider if the triglycerides may not be as important as cholesterol in developing thick art ery. walls. Until this time most researchers had assumed that a low-fat diet meant a low fat content in the blood. Dr. Ah rens' * research challenges this belief. He has fed his human subjects diets ranging all the way from one made up of 85 per cent carbohydrats and 15 per cent protein and no fat to one made up of 15 per cent carbohydrates, 15 per cnt-protein and 70 per cent fat. The patients on the high-fat diet, .showed the lowest level or blood triglycerates, Dr. Ahrens reported. Since these findings conflict with the findings of'Dr. Ahcel Keyes, of the University of Minnesota,' chief propon ent of the cholesterol-heart disease link, Dr. Keyes has this to say: Peop;e on low fat diets in countries like For mosa not only have low blood chole sterol levels but few triglycerides as well. In reply Dr. Ahrens says, “The point is, our subjects were kept well nourish: ed; People who. don’t get ehoughjralbr ies to ihaintain body weight" won’t have a high fat content in their blood —or anywhere else.” Whether it be cholesterol or cran berries, butterfat or bug killer —if someone is against it he can prove it is.- a road to ruin fbr the human race. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. From the Illinois Medical Journal: “It is a strange paradox that the Am erican people are intensely interested in their health, yet they spend more money on smoking and drinking ($16.6 billion) than on drugs, hospital!; and physicians combined (15.4 billion)—ac cording to the U. S. Department of Commerce. In addition, they complain about the cost of medical care but are willing, if not anxious, to spend com parable amounts on their socially pleasant poisons—tobacco and alcoho nual Butler County agricul tural, industrial and home exhibition. The idea of flying agricultural queens to the festivities at the show was iniated by the Pennsylvania Flying Farmers’ Association last year when a dozen queens participated. Since the Butler Farm Show started 13 years ago, the Pennsylvania group has participated annual y in vari ous contests of skill. This year they wiT compete for 6 cash awards in 'port landing and bomb dropping contests commencing at 2 p.m Em phasis will be placed on the skillful, safe handling of airp’anes. Russell M Pisor of Butler, chairman of the event, has extended an invitation to Flying Farmers of neighbor ing states to participate in the roundup. Completion of a new air strip at the Butler Farm Show grounds, west of But- ler on Pennsylvania Rte. 68 is anticipated for take-offs and landings during the show August 9-12. The new strip, nearly 3,000 feet long Hi dam is the “Very and 300 feet wide is private- G''-' 1 ” Secmoia Jo Princess ly financed by individuals in- D- l«ne. This cow has pro- Holstein Sire Added To Stud By S.P.A.B.C Service is now available from the proven Holstem sire, oia Ideal Jo 1289173, purchased recently by the Southeastern Penna. Artifi cal Breeding Cooperative frcm Sequoia Ranch at Sp- California. TCarl L. Groff, chairman of the Holstein Sire Purchas- Committee, announced tha* the sire’s S.P A B C.— coro r vl <a d production proof " 10 daughters with 10 T-pc—ds which average 16,- t u <? of milk, 3.98°& test, pt,/i ibs. butterfat (305 da-"- twice-daily making, ma+’i-e equivalent basis) is sired by Wis. T deal, a Medal bn 11 with 209 daughters avera g e 14 083 IH S and 512 lbs. fat. His ■w" 'lassified daughters aver apa 31.8. WHE A lysmsJ Ik Ik InterTMt'ontl Un‘lo n Sunday School Le^ns Man Of Action Andrew’s name was q, Weie there Greeks in h, s lat) We do not know Wo ( | 0 j enough about his life ( 0 f O , shadowy pictino ol a man was ccitainly much nio.e stantial than a shadow V'e) for example that he was a j‘ man by ti ado Amanwhoh\ ( fishing, jou may count on n a biavo man used to emp and not scaled by them Ho be a man of muscle too a ho out seining as we kno\, did He was not poveil\-sfp 1( i but ho .was not rich Ho IS| seen mending his net, ho ha make that net do a long Js could. He could not be c Hi wai and buy a new net cvoiy ( his old one got tom We also know that Ancliev; one of those people, found cti wliere; who “almost make if never quite Jesus had acj within the circle of the Tv,f| v Peter, James and John j a and John were brothers, sot Peter and Andiew. If Josusi a special fnend of both som Zebedeo, why not both sonj Jonas? This soit of thing aj tends to thiow some people i .... » . «. j a tadspm. “If I can’t be cot Mwt In t- Bright Shadow don’t want to be shucks” ist -One.. striking .fact about Jesus some people say. But Andrew; k fijas-thevariety ofr his .friendships. not cut down by this at all, He had a drawing power for all sorts and-conditions of men. Now He Know Ahont People Bible MateriiJ Matthew 4 18-20, M- 1 1 3 14-19 a, John 1 0 0 9, 12 20 22 Ocxotiomil Readme* II Countniam S.ll-20 Fisher Gf Men Lesson tor July 9, 1961 ' TT TAKES all kinds of people tc make a church When a con gicgation becomes known as £ “middle-class church” or a “Ca dillac church” or by.any namt that suggests there is only on« kind of person: who would be m terested in join mg, that is i dangexous sign “They aic not oui kind of people" is a phrase that can Wrecks church. It "pCoplt' i* hadi been kept out Dr. Foreman of'chuich because they don’t fit the pattern of the people already in it, there nevei woultf have been a church. There never would have been the Twelve Apostles. you might have thought-that-Jesus Andrew was a man of dir would perhaps have-no objection action. He never wrote a jo* to all kinds of persons in his gen- nor any other kind of book eral following; but wouldn’t hs the pictures we have of nli select for the "hard core” of'his “snapshots” only—show himj : nfw movement,men. who somewhere. He is not noted much really would any profound remarks, he nt go "each for all and 1 all for each”? even asked Jesus an import Men so well fitted for one another question, as lus brother Peter i that quarrels would never arise? This plain ex-fisherman seem On the contrary, Jesus those his have been a man of one tali inner circle from men so different but that one was important fi om one another that up to the was the talent of knowing pro: very eve of Calvary they were In John's story t Andrew was quarreling among themselves, first man to make Peter Each wanted to be top man. Now quainted with Jesus. He v,as there was one natural top man in man who m a vast crowd fa the group. His name was Simon" a koy with a lunch, and some! but Jesus gave him a nickname,* 16 persuaded the boy to co that stuck longer thar the name anc * s * laie ks bicad, his parents gave him. Tins was 1 sil Peter, a natural leader if ever (Based on outlines copji-wiil the Division of Christian Edoett there WAS one. Now booming National Council of the Churchi bright big brothers arc not always Christ in the ir. a. a. rclmsil . , Community Press Servile ) easy to live with. Many a younger brother without the strength or abilities of some older brother Now is The Time • * ♦ TO CHECK LIGHTNING RODS - * weather will continue to bring sS ' ! thunderstorms; buildings that have rods are "protected P 1 viding the rods are in good condition. Owners are check the rods and especially check the ground cable pipe; be sine it is deep enough to reach moist earth MAX TO ENROLL IN GRASSLAND AND CORN CLUB—^ two state-wide agricultural clubs are now open for ent * ments. Tne grassland club is for the purpose of imP r 0 grassland farming methods. The five-acre corn club ‘ s the purpose of stressing good corn method for max mum yields. Both of these clubs may 136 ] t ) until August Ist. Enrollment.blanks are- available at Extension Service Office. "" " TO GET THOSE- CANADA THISTLES—Many faring well as other property owners are guilty of not cont* , Canada This les. - -This noxious weed is to be control cording Pennsylvania laws. By either mowing ( times during the summer, dr by spraying when U ,c Pp , shooting- the seedheatL with either amine form of - Amino Tnazole, these thistles may be kept from t seed and spreading. If the plants are already out m j, then they ..ijaid v be. -Cit to dry, and then P 1 burned. Everyone should cooperate in this control P has acquucd an mfeunuiy plcx. Simon Peter had ,i v however, who never scom e( | dazzled by living in the [ shadow of his older bi othc r name was Andrew, and !i e his own life in his or n i, s man less able than Peter k at all cast down by that f aC | J BY MAX SMITH TO PRACTICE FARM POND SAFETY Hot weather makes tire larm pond a popular place; however, it may be a '< dangerous place if safety measures 1 not practiced. Swimmers should staj ll of the water just after eating a meal* while they are over-heated; never sf alone is a good rule. Inflated inner tab ropes, or a raft are good safety items have handy.
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