Evening star., 1933-09-03
RY HOW 4RD ERICKSON.

BY HOW Ard ERICKSON.
LID age at 100? Bah! Man can
vet reach the age of over 200 years
-225 to be exact-provided he
j lives in community where the
most favorable conditions prevail
and where he conducts himself,
especially to diet, unde- strict rules o'
health.
T1,is nltra-long life is contemplated by
recognized authority on health and dietetlcs-
Dr.. Daniel Thomas Qugley, Omaha physician
member of the University of Nebraska Coliese
faculty and author of several articles ana
books diet.
DR. Quigley's ng-hving community mlgnt
be called a vitamn Utopia. His recent DooA,
Notes on Vitanlins and Diets" sets forth tnat
health and long life depend on eating food
containing the proper amounts of vitamlns
The principal reason why SO many persons
are cut off in what should be their prime at
from 70 to 80 years, says DR.. Quigley, Is be-
cause of old chronic infections OF low vlru-
lence which a long period OF time break
down the resistance OF the Dloou ana tiSoue
cells of the body.
The proper kind of vitamin- containing foods
will prevent these infections. These are more
of the uncooked variety Of plenty Of fresh
fruits and green vegetables
THE vitamin Utopia would have to be near
! the sea- where the maximum Of iodine Is
found in the soil and where there Is q max
mum of Misunderstanding food
Furthermore, the Utopia would have to be
in temperate zone where there would be
the stimulating effect Of cold weather at times
and where the parasites Of the tropics could
be avoided.
If such community were established to-
NJ oil re jy1h
watch their vitanin step and obey the rules OF
correct eating in every particular, 1t would
take Q hundred years to bring about cond1-
tions where people could live to be 225 years
old.
Dr. Quigley, who has been practicing ply
sician for 80 years. and who has studied the
relation of diet to longevity for nearly that
long, pauses here to say that he does not
predict people will ever SO live that they can
attain the age Of 225 years He merely says
that, If, under the proper instructions, they
adhered to the principles Of correct diet, they
could live that long
And with the conservatism Of the scientist
he refuses to speculate whether people could
be produced who could live forever on this
ea,th. Two hundred and twenty five years is
all he promises.
The doctor bases his conclusions on obServa-
tions he has made Of people who have lived
beyond 100.
IA HEN he visited Westminster Abbey some
w years ago he saw the tomb Of Robert
Parr who died about century ago at 154
years. Until year before his death Parr lived
on farm in Ireland, worked hard and sub
sisted frugally On milk, cheese, whole grain
bread, potatoes and mutton or pork-plenty OF
spuds, meat only once week and no condi-
ments.
He was so old and SO strong and healthy, 50
the story goes that the King of England in
vited him to live In the royal palace. Rich
food and no work soon made another man OF
Robert Parr. He contracted q stomach all
ment In few months and promptly folded up
and died.
The moral Of that story Is, watch your vita
minis, says Dr.. Qugley. OF course, Robert
Parr never heard Of vitarnins, but he ate
vitandn- containing foods until he got into fast
company.
Dr.. QNig3ey goes on to tell Of the famous
Ioetschal Valley IN Switzerland, which pro-
wdes the majority Of the Pope's Swiss Guard.
In this valley, heznmed IN BY high mountains,
a community o6 more than 1000 has existed
for ages. These people live oa plain vttanin-
containing food and when any die at 100 o.
ITO the newspapers talk Of their uatameay
demise.
Unfortunately serpent recently eneeesd this
paradise In the shape of . fancy beess. who
began turning out non vstazhin containing