Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-16
Tests Prove
an People
Live Longer
BY IDA JEAN KAHN

Live EOhSS'
BY IDA JEAN KAHN
on ALL sides the rumors are
flying that the food situation
is much more serious than we
realize" that I'VE face a short
age that is really acute. and
so on, until you'd think the ma
tionsl cupboard had been
stripped bare.
The truth is, what is causing
so much conmotion is not the
actual lack of food, but the lack
Of a food surplus Most OF the
distress springs from the brand
new fact that il is no longer
possible for us as nation 10
keep on eating too much.
LET'S noido our crying before
we are hurt We are not going
10 starve. There IS no reason
10 believe that we will ever feel
even the faintest pinch Of
hunger. II lean days do come,
as they may, the probable effect
will be 10 make us-hard and
healthy
Scientific Feet
That is not optimism on my
part. There is plenty OF Scien-
tific evidence 10 support the
statement. Right now. when
many Of you are alarmed over
the food restrictions. I want 10
tell you again about the fat vs.
leanness experiments conducted
by Or. c. Nj. Mccay, brilliant
research scientist / told you
about his work several years
ago. but there is more TO the
story now.
Or. Mccay used white rats for
his experiments. You may in
cline 10 take the stand that
mice are not men. But physio-
logically they are amazingly
similar. and since 10 days in
rats life is equal 10 year in
humans, il is possible 10 find
out from them just about what
happens 10 us If we eat certain
foods or don't eat them. or eat
too much or too little
The rats were divided into
two groups. Half Of them were
allowed 10 eat all they wanted
and the others were put on
diet perfectly balanced as to
vtamins and minerals but so
low in calories they could not
grow normally
Small but Spry
At the end Of year (which
would be about 80 years in our
lifetLmel the rats that ate all
they wanted were showing signs
Of age Now, mark this: the
other group Of rats were smaller
but they were still young and
Spry
After 900 days. only couple
Of the rats that ate as they
pleased were still alive and they
we're hardly able TO get about.
There was a group of the runtS
and they were still full OF ginger
at mans age OF 90!
DR.. Mccay carried the expert
ment with these super rats
step further and the results
were even more astonishing He
began giving them all they
wanted 10 cat and they started
to grow. In a few weeks they
were nearly normal in size.
And one hale old fellow lived 10
be what we would reckon as Id
years old
Repeated experiments tended
10 cinch the conclusion that the
fat die young, that lcannesS
makes for a long life. More
over, other work along this line
has shown that susceptibility 10
disease and the ailments Of old
age increase with overweight.
Protective Foods First
None of this is meant 10 Suc-
gest that YOU put your children
on a diet 10 stunt their growth
or that YOU 60 on starvation
fare. Such ideas as too fantas-
tic even to consider.
But IL should Sell YOU COM
pletely on the advantage of
leanneSs for a long life and a
useful one and make you eager
TO follow the scientific principle
of eating what you should first,
then what you want within your
needs. II you are overweight.
you do not need as many Gallo
ries as you would at normal
weight.
The foods you should eat are
The protective foods green,
leafy vegetables. fruit. eggs.
milk and whole grain. You will
be able TO get these. Do your
cutting down in the high calorie
foods that put fat on you.
And, whenever you feel APP
prehenSive about the shortages.
remember Dr. Mccay'S expert
ments. So long as the essential
nutrients arc included. too little
food ia apparently better than