The Ypsilanti daily press., 1943-07-12

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questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
increased mortality from disease
Of the coronary arteries of the
heart leading to the familiar syn
drome Of angina pectoris.
IL is by no means easy TO ac-
count for this mounting increase.
One could say that II was due to
the fact that more people live TO
get into the coronary artery pc
Rod Of life than formerly. were
II not for certain peculiar!tles IN
the statistics. For instance, It is
four 10 six times more common
among men than among women.
Here II might be said that while
men and women have the same
changes in their coronary arteries,
women in general lead less active
lives, especially after the age OF
fifty, than men.
Another peculiarity comes into
the statistics in that this form OF
heart disease affects the white
collar workers a good deal more
than it does the workers who do
strenuous manual labor. For in
stance, among the professions,
perhaps the one in which 1t occurs
most often is the physician. Ger
tainly he does not do as hard work
as the coal miner Of the same age.
Emotional Factors
Again, if you attempt to explain
il on the basis Of emotional fac
tors, one would think that the ply
s!cian with his practlced control
over his emotions would be fairly
free from II. On the contrary, the
physician is rather continuously
subjected TO emotional strain,
worry and anxiety. perhaps more
so, than a man in any other pro-
fession. A priest can leave the
future to God. lawyer can leave
II TO the courts, but the futures
of mis- patients are IN the physi-
clans own hands.
What role is played by nutri-
ton, faults Of nutrition, by tobac-
co and other chronic drug habits
coffee and alcohol, for instance?
Of course, the fundamental
basis of angina Is an organic
changing in the coronary arteries,
a process of aging, which causes
them 10 thlcken, become occluded
and carry a smaller amount OF
blood to the heart muscle. But
these arteries, rs well as normal
coronary arteries, are subject to
spasm and the question arises:
How can we prevent the spasn
and prevent the nutrltlonal
changes that occur IN the ar
teries?
Protective Vitamins
DR.. H. c. Sherman, one Of the
most eminent American nutrition
lists, believes that the 2dcltic2 ct
foods rich in calcium and protec-
tive vitamlns to the diet of those
beyond the age of 45 would in
crease by 10 per cent the years
of active life. "Experimentally
il has been shown that a higher
than average calcium intake is
conducive to better than average
health" (Falk). A calcium-rich
diet tends to improvement in the
utilization Of food, greater adult
vitality and a longer period be-
tween the attainment Of maturity
and the onset of senility.
The program for possible pre-
vention Of coronary artery disease
and angina pectoris is one which
rests on the responsibility Of the
individual and in this time when
the young men Of the country are
out of industrial and professional
work, every man from forty on
is faced with this obligation.
Bruce Barton has suggested
that at the age Of AS a pan should
review himself and determine
which personal type Of intemper-
ance is his weakness. He says
that alcoholic intemperance is
relatively insignificant when COM
pared to the intemperance Of
other types, such as excessive
work, life-sapping worry and few
erish pursuit Of pleasure.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
H. Z. A: What vegetables
have bulk and produce elimina-
tion?
Answer: Nearly any except
potatoes. Radishes, celery, car
rots, string beans, asparagus, let
tuce, cabbage, onions, turnips, and
beets are conspicuous in having
plenty Of roughage. These fruits
not only have bulk, but their juices
are laxative oranges, apples,
grapefruit, watermelon, canta-
loupe, blueberries, cherries, peach,
pears, apricots, etc.