A2B-LancMter Farming, Saturday, September 18, 1999 Human Response To Cholesterol: ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Fanning Staff MANHEIM (Lancaster Co.) Dr. Robert G. Elkin, newly appointed head of the Penn State Poultry Science Department, believes there is a genetic basis as to why some people can eat many eggs regularly and suffer no ill effects. It’s in the genes. He related the stray reprated in the March 28,1991 New England Journal of Medicine about the “Egg Man" a male in his "80s who consumed 25 eggs a day a day\ for 15 years in a row. Normal people, according to Dr. Robert G. Elkin, newly appointed head of the Penn State Poultry Science Depart ment, second from right, spoke to about two dozen poultry producers and agri industry representatives Monday afternoon at the Penn State-sponsored Poultry Sci ence and Health Seminar at Krelder’s Restaurant, Manheim. From left, Mike Hulet, Penn State poultry science professor; Paul Patterson, Penn State poultry science pro fessor; Elkin; and John Schwartz, Lancaster extension director. wfwf Wt If DO NOT BUY 1 ragr ya H" aR/SSLER TMR Mobile Forage Blender ■g g unless you want... 5 Sr J® BMP ★ Better Feed Utilization - You May Not Be Able To Empty jgp Your Silos. ★ Less Expensive Premixes - i] sr You Can Mix Your Own Feed (This Could Make Your Feed Salesman Unhappy) sr ★ Less Problems With Twisted r WT Stomachs - You Might Not See Your Friend The Vet As Often. wr ★ Less Time and Effort Spent Feeding. ?£3 ★ Increased Milk Production - The Bottom Line - More Profit - ?£3 & 2| gg* If The Above Benefits Are Needed For Your Operation You Really Do Need a WT R/SSLER TMR Mixer wr Call Today For The Name Of Your Nearest Dealer |y 448 Orchard Road jCOS ‘B BT Mohnton, PA 19540 7 W 717-484-0551 -MANUFACTURING-* Elkin, absorb between 29 percent and 80 percent of the cholesterol, mainly located in the egg yolk, into their bodies (most average about 56 percent). The 88-year-old man simply "shunted" the cholesterol through bile acids in his body, out his stools. The man was clinically recorded as absorbing only 18 per cent of the cholesterol way below the average. There are no easy answers to explain why this happened, Elkin told almost two dozen poultry pro ducers and agri-industry represen tatives Monday afternoon at the Penn State-sponsored Poultry Sci ence and Health Seminar at Kreid- er’s Restaurant, Manheim. Elkin believes it’s a combina tion of factors, mostly involving human genetics, which will pave the way for further understanding. Elkin, an expert in cholesterol and nutrient metabolism, spoke about his role as new poultry sci ence department head, a position he accepted in July in the wake of the resignation of William Weav er, former head. Elkin, a native ofNutlcy, NJ., is a Penn State alumnus, having been graduated with a bachelor’s in ani mal science in 1975. He received a master’s in poultry nutrition from Purdue in 1977 and a doctorate It’s Up To The Individual from the same university, in nutri tional biochemistry, in 1981. Elkin has been a faculty member of the Purdue Department of Ani mal Sciences until now. Elkin spoke about the work he has done in studying cholesterol in eggs. Elkin cautioned that, contrary to what sometimes is reported by the media, Americans in general can handle dietary cholesterol most of them, anyway. However, there is a select percent about 20 per cent of the population that may increase their serum cholesterol level, sometimes significantly, when eating eggs, which could prove dangerous to their health. LAND PRIDE BB Quality equipment from a quality company 1 GROOMING MOWER 3-Spindle, 48", 60", 72" & 90" REAR BLADES 48" Through 120" __ A* t l 'Jk ■ ■>— „ ROTARY CUTTERS 48" Through 120" LANDSCAPE RAKES 48" Through 96" ®* Rental Units Available Riminqs. m K: u BOTH tk Mi ft tff fll ' / V N < We Ship Parts Call For Details UPS t TRACTORS & EQUIPMENT] On Leasing V iobah&M 17042 . , f1t.419 iMllaWest I Of Sohaettemtowi 1717-949-2000 * wToHFme 1877-4Kubota kr.Kc3*3immn . Unfortunately, there is no other way to test whether a person responds or not unless they submit to a clinical test “The cholesterol test is highly individualized,” Elk in said. “There’s no way we can quickly tell whether you’d be a responder or not." The egg yolk, where the choles terol resides, includes “two hepati cally synthesized lipoproteins that comprise about 84 percent of the yolk dry matter,” Elkin noted. Those proteins include very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), about 60 percent, which makes up the source of virtually all yolk choles terol, and vitellogenin (about 24 ; ; 1 y yn. ‘ n j-'H k/; ♦< '?>! 'lEwi' C« >''” , 'St »,••*►■. „ f ' e f\ i j * v > Ipr ; J t ■' , i. NEW LANDPRIDE ALL-FLEX MOWERS 11'. 14', 16.8‘ & 21.9 Ft. Cutting Widths MONDAY • FRIDAY 7:30 - 5:00 SATURDAY 7:30 -12:00 Serving Central PA Since 1921 PILOTS! KELLER BROS. AIRPORT 2550 1 RUNWAY MO 1 From DuUnhb (Turn to Page ASS) BOX SCRAPERS 42" Through 96" 4 i ■* $