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;