Meat diet values proclaimed
CHICAGO, 111. - The
restock and meat industry
is prepared a careful
janiination of
.getananism, “Meat and
e Vegetarian Concept.”
s the second in a series of
eat and Health leaflets
ibhshed by the National
ve Stock and Meat Board.
“The Meat Board has no
iarrel with any individual
10 chooses a vegetarian
estyle,” states Meat Board
•esident David H. Stroud,
jut charlatans and sett
led nutrition adventurists
10 distort scientific data in
der to hawk their own
strums or ideas ought to
► called to task. The
ansition from a meat
ntered diet to a meat
stncted or vegetarian diet
made to seem simple.
iod health and longer life
e promised.
“The overall effect, un
itely, is more likely
of promoting food
lism and nutrition
;kery, higher grocery
and complicated meal
ig. The result can lie
nutrition for the in
lual or an entire
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“Meat and the Vegetarian
Concept” presents the meat
centered diet as a moral,
convenient, economical way
to obtain proper nutrition.
The leaflet also discusses
the historic, religious, social,
moral, health, economic and
technological issues involved
m the vegetarian concept.
And it responds to a number
of anti-meat claims made by
supporters of the vegetarian
concept.
Many converts to
vegetarianism claim to “feel
better” on a non-meat diet.
“These feelings probably do
exist,” Stroud said,.“but not
for the reasons they believe.
It is more likely that this new
attention they are paying to
themselves - with lower
calorie intake, possibly more
exercise and sleep, reduction
of body weight and probably
more vitamin, or mineral
supplements - has a great
deal more to do with the
‘improvements.’ ”
The pamphlet points out
the nutritional shortcomings
possible with a vegetarian
diet: insufficient amounts of
high-quality protein; lack of
calcium, iron and vitamin D;
a tendency toward vitamin
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nicious anemia; and an
increase in malnutrition.
In place of an all-meat or
all-vegetable diet, the Meat
Board recommends a diet
comprised of the basic four
food groups - meat and other
protein sources, dairy
products, fruits and
vegetables, and breads and
cereals - in order to obtain
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exercise too
WASHINGTON, D.C. - As"
more and more dairy cows
are confined in drylots,
they’re finding life pretty
easy. All they’re required to
do is lie down, get up, eat,
drink, be milked, .and turn
out one calf a year.
Recently, though,
researchers with USDA’s
Agricultural Research'
Service (ARS) recognized
that such a soft life was
taking its toll on the cow’s
well-being. And so, to firm
flabby muscles and
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the recommended amounts
of protein, vitamins,
minerals and other
nutrients.
The pamphlet is available
to livestock and meat in
dustry groups for
distribution to state and local
medical societies; civic and
business groups; school
health classes; and press
radio-television.
needs
strengthen weak hearts, they
worked up a jogging
program to keep cattle fit.
A mechanical exerciser
developed by an ARS dairy
scientist forces the animals
to walk a certain distance at
a controlled pace. Moving
tail-gates push the
around a fenced ring
when necessary, i
harmlessly over the backs
any contrary particip;
Currently, the exercisi
designed for research,
not for use by the
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With Christmas so close,
some of us get visions of a
countryside covered with
snow, while others may think
of a gaily decorated tree with
gifts beneath it. Still others
trade. However, if tests
show that exercise
significantly improves a
cow’s well-being, resear
chers will look for ways to
convert the program to
large-scale commerical use.
So far, the tests have
turned up some promising
results.
In one trial, using 42 2-
year-old heifers, one-third of
the animals received no
exercise. Another third
exercised 1 mile a day at a
slow walk until calving, as
did the final third, but for 10
days after calving as well. In
both groups, exercises began
4 to 8 weeks before calving.
Results in favor of the
shape-up regime showed
that exercised animals gave
birth easier. Heifers ex
ercised only until they
calved produced as much
milk as nonexercised
animals, but did so on less
feed. Exercise also healed
sore hooves, straightened
humped backs, and worked
off excess fat.
However, heifers exer
cised after calving produced
less milk.
In line with the mechanical
exerciser, a physical fitness
test developed by ARS
diagnose a cow’s heart and
circulatory condition. An
upcoming study will try to
determine the best speed and
distance for exercising cows.
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may envision a table laden
with a sumptuous meal. Let
us hope that in most families
the true meaning of
Christmas is celebrated with
the singing of hymns in
remembrance of cur
Saviour’s birth.
Somehow, the row of
stockings on Christmas
morning has a continuity for
me. All of my life there has
been that row waiting for
children and adults alike to
check its contents. Many
years ago, my long brown
cotton stocking hung with
my six sister’s stockings on
the chair rail in the kitchen.
This practice was continued
until my marriage. And
following a January wed
ding, we were blessed with a
bright bundle of joy, a baby
girl, just in time for our first
Christmas celebration. So,
we hung up a tiny pink sock
and over the years have
added five more until again a
row of stockings will await
us with an orange, some
nuts, and candy plus a small
thoughtful gift tucked in the
toe.
Gifts for children
nowadays do not last as long
as those given years ago. One
reason is because they are
not made as sturdily.
Another reason, if other
parents were like mine, was
that the toys were put away
and only used on Sundays. It
caused many a tear as we
stood and begged for that
doll sitting on a high piano
out of reach.
One slight compensation
might be that now we have
preserved, as antiques,
dolls, games and blocks
which to this day are stored
in boxes under the attic
steps. Maybe this Christmas
we should get them out and
share them with our
children.
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