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—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-
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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.
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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
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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 |
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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.