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Show Psychologist Discusses Effect of Meat on Energy Is the jungle lion ferocious because be-cause it lives on raw meat? Would it be more gentle if a vegetarian? And are men who live principally on a meat diet likely to be more belligerent than those who prefer vegetables? The answers to those questions, according to Martin F. Fritz, associate as-sociate professor of psychology at Iowa State college, is yes and no. Lack of meat in the diet may cause an animal or human being to live on a lower energy plane, Fritz found, thus giving the appearance ap-pearance of a peaceful, mild disposition. dis-position. "According to that hypothesis," he said, "a vegetarian diet simply depresses the activity level while a generous intake cf meat may bring out the full energy potentialities. potenti-alities. "It might be argued that the continued eating of high .protein foods, such as meat might result in a permanently higher plane of basal metabolism which would account ac-count for the energy and vigor of meat-eating nations." he continued. But Fritz apparently found a hitch in this argument. For if It were true, he said, the Eskimos could be expected to be especially violent "for they eat a meat diet and their basic metabolism is about 33 per cent higher than that of people living in temperate zones." The Eskimos, however, are the most peaceful and unwarlike race in the world, the professor declared. de-clared. Inheritance is an important factor in the degree of activity, he said. But "it may be argued that all races have inherited a potentially po-tentially high level of activity a very questionable assumption and that the differences we observe are due to the failure to utilize a diet which will bring out this activity to its fullest extent" Fritz summarized by saying: "It is quite possible that diet does influence racial temperament but until further evidence is gathered we may well be just a bit cautious in drawing conclusions." Crusoe's Tobacco The University of California hai sent a party to Robinson Cr isoe island to find the particular tobacco plant that grows there. It n hoped that the plant can be transplanted trans-planted to the Uni;ed States and grown hex |