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Show ' - i P ' ,..; r" i $ ' ... .... " : " '' k it , J , J " ' ii HAROLD BILLS ' '40 is prime of life . ' ' LORI LUND "21, beca use no obligations. ' ' 4 MIKEDOYON "21 sounds like a good age." J JUDY BARNEY ' '35 is ideal age." bW-twv k j - ' ' ' r a' n Opinions vary on question of what is actual ideal age X S X X X X . '. 4 - ; , X i I: J A recent announcement by the medical profession regarding the use of a human growth hormone which can help the elderly feel and appear younger, has sparked a new round of "fountain of youth" speculation. The new product which is has been tested by injecting it into patients, has built up their muscles, and restored their physique, stopping stopp-ing the visible consequences of the march of time. Twelve men took the shots and claim to look and feel stronger. Doctors reported that the signs of aging were reversed. The patients appeared to be 10 to 20 years younger. In addition, their muscle tissue had increased by nine percent, per-cent, their fat tissue decreased by 14 percent and their skin was seven percent thicker. In most people the secretion of human growth hormone slows at age 30 and stops at age 60, therefore the added human growth hormone is important in those over 60. The treatment is very expensive. The dosage is determined by the weight of the patient. The cost to treat one 155 pound man with the required three injection per week would be $13,800 per year. The injections are not yet available to the general public. pub-lic. The search for youth is continuing. continu-ing. We asked Davis County residents if they could be the "ideal age" what that age would be. Interestingly, Inter-estingly, most of the young people want to be older, and some of the older respondents would choose to be younger. Teen-ager Lori Lund said she feels the ideal age is 21-years-old. "Then you can be on your own with no obligations to anyone." she said. Lori said when she is 21 she plans to be in college, unmarried, and "foot-loose." "I think whatever age you are should be ideal," said Heidi Kieffer. "I've enjoyed all of the ages I have been. I look forward to the wisdom that will come from be- ERMA HIGH "What lam now." ing older. The only thing I might want to change with an injection would be if my body began to interfere with the things I wanted to accomplish," she said. Mike Doyon said "21 sounds like a good age to me. You would have more freedom, and" he added laughingly, "You can gamble and buy anything you want." "Forty or forty-five is the best age," said Harold Bills. "That's when you are in your prime. Those are your better earning years and your children are usually grown. That is the time of life you can start HEIDE KEIFFER ' 'Whatever age you are." doing the things you haven't done before," said Harold. According to senior citizen Erma High the best time of life is "What I am right now. I don't have any responsibilities. I have more leisure time, and I enjoy it. I've liked lik-ed every age," she said. "I think 35 is the ideal age," said Judy Barney. "You feel young, and your body doesn't hurt. You don't feel the signs of old age yet, and you don't have to have the treatment, if I were to have the treatment it would be when I was 60. That's when the wrinkles of old age will appear," she said. |
