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ARough Diet
for America
by
Roben Gonskey
"Tbe destiny of nations depends on the
manner in
wh1ch
tbey nourlsh
thcmsetves."
So slated Jean Bnllal-Savarin 159)'ears ago
on
Th• Phfsíoll>f}'ofTasu.
lf
it lS
true
ahal our
de.,sttny
líes in
o-ur
diets, the ..
civilited"
Wcstcm world has
much 10 worry about Nthough modero nu·
trition_is.ts are learniog vital prlnciples of
good
die~
most of us are ognoñng Ibis
weallh oflolo.,ledge.
The faa
is
lhat the modem American dict
has becn rad1cally altcred S1.nce our great·
grnndfathcr's day. The average die! in !be
Wcstcro world now
cont~ins
SO
pereent
more rcñncd 1ugar, 30 percent more fat. and
90 peroenl
lus
cereal fibcr !han
11
did
at
lhe
tum ofthc ccorwy.
Concurrcnlly with this chanae in dict. a
new paucrn
of
diseasc has emerged
in
the
Unucd States.. Canada. and Western -Europe.
The óld infeetiow dioeases are now largdy
undcr control. but new
dcgcncractvc
dis.c.uc:s
bll ohe
vut
majoñoy of !hose """ 40 years
old.
Roben Walker wro1e lhal "the new kind
of dietary deficieney ·disease eaused by con·
centrated incompleoe foods builds up slowly
over half a hrctimc and then ma.njfesrs
itselt
i.n
a wide. vJtrery·or
de¡etu!ntnrc·d~ases.
botb
acute. and ehronie....
Doctors now rcfcr to a ..twcnty·year
abuse;• meanmg that we can abuse our
nat~
urally•good heallh for aboul twenty. yem
bcfore de¡cneraüvc distases be&,in
to eatch
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Elliot Smilh, formetly S<nior surge;,o ac
Radc:lift'e Hospooal, O)l(o>rd. studied lhe na·
live peoples or 1\fñca and notieed lhe' ab-.
sence of ! 'modern .. díscases, such as
appendicitis. olcers.. diabetes, obesity. coro·
oary tbromboSi.s. dcntaJ dctay. and constipa·,
tiort.
As
soon as these ...primit.avc" peoplc wcre
fed the ave111ac "civilized"
doe~
bowever.
these dcgencrativc dise8$('s increased dra·
matically. Othcr authorities., such as Wcston
A. Pñce and O. P. Burkill. found ideotical
condus:ions:
M
pcoples be&in to consume
increasiog amounu of ovcr-rctincd.
p~
c:esscd.
preserved, and packaged products.
lheir heallh inevooably
degenera!~.
Lncreasing
cvidence indi<:atc:s that the
'"s,e.
cree" to hc.allh and Jongcvity among scat·
tered
.,.primitive··
peoples
is che
essential
but
forgouen ronn or nutñenl called "roup·
age."
Bridsh ·medica! resea.rchen
have:
found
thal bulky, ftbrou.s foods slimulate g..troc
juicc secretion. provide a quicker sense of
satiation. and
reduce retentlon time
in
Lhe
in(estines_
•
Ooe study round lhat food. oal<es
six
10
eighl limes lonser 10 pass through lhe in·
testioes of people.living
in
Western c:ountries
!han
in
paru of Afñca and India wbere the
foodis natural ond unprocesscd.
Thb.-retention
time
may
be
an important
facto;
in
cau.sans
ma.ny seno\lS maJadies.,
es-–
pccially
cancer. o( lhe colon. The longer ol
oal<es for food lo lravel lhrough lhe alimen·
tary cana.l, the.
m~re
exposurc the oolon
will
rcccive to cancerous agents.
Since a higb
inddcnce
of
colon cancer
tj
u.suaUy (ound in t.bc &ame nations which
have a bi¡h tneadeace of
cardiova.sada.r-
<~u
uses.
tbe lack ordiet.ary fibcr may be lhe
underlying cause.
Accumulating cvidence continues' to show
that lhc wfl, bland. rcftned Westem diel
may
be
a major source
o(
dc&enerativc diJ..
ea.es.
la
lhe
llnal analysu. lhere may be
mucb more
to ..
rt)ugbing it"
thu
a.n
OOCII•
sional camp-out
in
tbe mouncaans.
We should also lean) lo "rough i1- at the
dinner
tablc.
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Our Economically
lmpoverished Elderly
by
John R. Schroeder ·
The sad !tate
of
our senior citizons
is
the
subjeet for many a magazine anide. The
worsening
econom.ic
coodttion
or
thc
elde:rly
on
~ur
midst is routinely deplored
by
all.
Oepréssed central c:ity
areu
are hardest hiL
Garbage-can fare. cal and do& food dinners,
and seedy. flea-bag hotels are bccoming cli·
cMs.
Cohventional wis4om dictates a potpOu.rrl
or
scmi-~tUlical
solutions: nlses in social
secuñty
~neftts.
addilional medical
aid:.
on·
creased welfare paymeots. free or in·
expensive
bus
transportalion -
all
are
popularly proposed. knowing in advance lhe
Inevitable
and
unwanted
side
eff((:ts
of a
heavier
laX
load an.d boomin¡ inftation.
No person on his ñght mond would pro–
pose
that we
dtsOOntinue
or cvcn severely
curuil
these govcmment
bencfits-.
However,
there is a simple program lhal would greatly
aid lhe eldcrly lhal has been largcly over·
looked or ignored by laymen and govem·
mctlt alike Wbat about
teaching children
and abk rdatives 10
CAAE'?
1 read about lhe
sevcre .PO''crcy
conditions of many an clderty
cOuple (and lhe widowed or widowcrs) and
ulc
myself th1s queslion: "Are all of 1he.*
poveny-stricken people wolhOUl any chil·
dren o>r family?"
Tbe
answcr
is,
of course, that thc vut
majoñty do have eeonomieally capabk and
mature
duldren,
and rnany concemed.
chil·
dren (now working aduhs) do eonlributc lo
the well-bciog of their aging parents- both
emotionally and monctarily. But wh:u about
!hose ablc·bodoed c:hiJdre.n wbo should help.
but
don"t?
There
ate
fa.r
too
many
who
C:OO·
veniently tum
their
heads tbe other way.
. We claim to
be:
a Christian na1ion. and
97% of
us believe
ip
sorne rorm of Divine
• Providence. Most or us at least acknowledge
the Ten CommandmenlS. Well, whal aboul
!hao
fifllo
one? "Honor
yo>~tr
father and your
mother:~
Poety btgins al home.
"lf
a Chñstian man
or
woman bas widows ln the ramily. ht
must
suppon . thcm himself," wrole lhe apostle
Paul (1 Tim. 5:'16,
The
N~
E•glish Blbl•).
Also: "But
if
anyone does 001 make provi–
sion for hos rclatioos,
ilnd
espeeoally for
nlembers of hos own household, he has de·
nied
thc
faidi a.nd
is
worse than an unbc.·
lievcr" (verse 8).
The author of lhe Chñslian religion had
wmewhal 10 say aboul
Ibis
mauer. Oid you
kno>w lhaÍ people
m
bis day were
<:<e<slng
rh,.,...,l-...
from economic suppon of lheor
aged parents
for -
cao you
behcve
lhis
one?
-
nligious
rellJOn.l.
They were claiming that
funds which might havr been earmarked for
parcntlll
support
we.re ..
Corban" -
that is.
dedicaccd
to
.thc service
or
lhe
altar. Jesus
said 10 lhese hypoc:riti<:al
types;
"How
weU
you set uide the commandment of
Gqd
in
order
to
ma..ncain your
tnditaon!
Moses
said, ·Honour your father a.nd your mothcr,'
and,
~e
man who curses his (alher or
mother must suffer death." But you
hold
that
tf
a man
says
to his
father or
mother,
•Any–
tlúng of mine which onight bave bcen usc:d
for your benefil
is
Cotban'
(meaning. sel
opan for Gnd), 'he
is
no longer permitted In
do anything ror his
falb~r
or mother.' Tbus
by
your own tradilion, handed down &JI\ong
you. you mate God's
word
nuJI aod void"
(Mart 7:9-13. NEB).
Can we learn anylhin& from
Ibis
example
so rar as ..
acceptabte excuses••
a.re
con–
cerned? Thcy s imply don't c:xi.st for those
able
to
rendcr economie
suppon.
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an age when lndlviduality la hard
to
flnd, yet
atrong
personal values are crotlcal
to
succ:Qs
and happinen In life.
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Ambassador
Colleges
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enrollment of
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81!
well as
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to eam a
living.
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at
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