Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-10-02 | Page 4 | Food Chemist Promises a Longer and More Virile Life to Mankind

Food Chemist Promises a Longer Long And More Virile Life to 1 I CHICAGO S The S. S The expectation of ot life lite will be extended from 70 to 77 years by the application of ot the chemistry of ot nutrition Men will be beat beat beat at the height of ot their powers at 65 instead of ot 58 These are the beliefs of Professor H. H C. C Sherman of Columbia Co lumbia lumba university expressed before a meeting of the American Chemical society here Nutrition chemists are arc awakening to their duties towards human welfare welfare welfare wel wel- fare and arc are concentrating their efforts ef ee forts torts around six pillar pUlar concepts enumerated enu enu- by Professor Protessor Sherman as The quantitative studies of the energy en energy ergy relations the protein chemistry of ot nutrition the mineral elements the vitamins the interrelationships relationships between the different nutritional factors The file tors and the principle that In the chemistry of nutrition the ultimate concern is essentially the nutritional reactions of ot the living JivIng body as a whole Prof Professor or Sherman stated While chemistry will not make blondes or brunettes it U will by providing providing pro pro- viding the sulta suitable le environment make men and women women more powerful con con- Among the hopes held out for the future are the age at which it is dif dif- to get new jobs j Li l a a 1 laId field w be 52 instead ot of 45 Jr ago gc will less readily to youth i and newer will be taller talk U a and gf than their Parents This tr last tion lion is and borne out by the f fact act J Ul that t a lne women at Harvard and are Ire taller teller than their parents Va 1 This Improved internal m ment nt brought about aboul by byI the c Uon tion ot of the knowledge gained c by nu ne I chemists will P pass on to generations form a bUlwark against disease uc enlarge the priS prime o life and postpone senility ProK r Professor Sh Sherman asserted The conclusions conclusion reached were werd based on experiments with wiL more 27 generations of rats s' s an nr similar to the tha human In its re reaction to nutrition Small changes change Ia S seemingly perfect diet resulted f much more mora rapid and elude growth lower death rates and hIgie vitality at all ages an increase lSe of off io 10 per cent in the tha average longevity o f ti adults adult and greater th the prime of life f Popular belief belle attributes attribute longevity onge to hereditary factors but these eg fa seem to establish very co com th that t It Is greatly influenced by food