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Show Page 2 June 1970 UTAH FARM BUREAU Whos June is Cholesterol Month? A Pig? By Ken Rice We get awfully tired of the venomous radicals and militants who insist on calling the police and others, "pigs." Pork producers will tell you that "Pigs are Beautiful," being more than a little irritated over the use of the word. Police supporters will tell you that PIG stands for "Pride, Integrity, Guts," and when used in the plural, "Service." However, all that doesn't really take the sting out of the word. A policeman, assigned to help control a riot can't feel complimented about his "Pride, Integrity, Guts and Service", when some & PIG!!! d aborigine calls him a With all due respects to the pork producers, it's not a nice thing to be called. But we suspect that the term is being applied to the wrong people. Let's make a brief listing of the real pigs. foul-mouthe- d, long-haire- the selfish, disrespectful young lunkhead who destroys classroom opportunity for many others because he has what he considers A pig is a "grievance." That's a pig. citizen who feels that the country is, after all, a rich one, and that he should be provided with all the material blessings of those who work. That's a pig. A pig is the driver who operates his car as though the roads were his personal property. He cuts in front of other cars, changes lanes frequently, speeds up, slows down, curses, honks his horn, and endangers everyone around him. He's a pig. A pig is the mindless neighbor who dumps trash out of his car in any area away from his own home, littering the roadsides and fields. That's a pig. A pig is the businessman who, though publicly deploring the rebellious tendencies of the "turned-on- " generation, rushes to make a profit from the latest tend of these youngsters. He makes records, films, books, magazines, and clothes. He's a pig. A pig is the man who insists on smoking in a closed room, plane or car, even though he's with others who become irritated with the smoke. That's a pig. A pig is the who delights in racing by a church or school with his twin exhausts blotting loudly, so that those inside must take their minds off what they're doing to give some attention to the product of his small mind. A real pig. A pig is the politician who, only concerned with his personal future and possible power, votes for measures that will benefit a select few, while doing a disservice to the majority of this country's citizens. He's n a specimen of a pig. A pig is the militant racist who makes vicious demands born of A pig is the self-gratifyi- ng It's hard to think of a time In the past 12 or 13 years when we haven't heard a lot of controversy about cholesterol. I remember sitting at dinner with Arthur Erekson who Is an official In charge of production for the Borden Company In New York. Incidentally, Mr. Erekson Is the brother of Arlon Erekson, Salt Lake County Farm BurThis occasion was In 1958 and Borden's was eau Vice President. in Involved more much dairy products than they are now. I had just seen a long feature in LIFE about cholesterol and heart attacks. I asked Mr. Erekson about the cholesterol In milk. He first pointed out that there Is no cholesterol In milk. But there Is animal fat which can be used by the body to manufacture cholesterol. Then he said something I'll always remember In relation to the whole controversy. lie said that milk has long been known as one of the most beneficial foods available to us. It would be unwise to stop drinking milk on the advice of a scientist who had only a suspicion based on sociological evidence. While It is clear today that having a diet that Is too high in foods rich In fat can be dangerous, the alternative suggested by some people could be as dangerous for other reasons. To Illustrate the point we are reprinting a letter by Dr. Jesse F. Bone, D.V.M. which first appeared In a Corvallis, Oregon, paper. ''Apropos of sporadic editorial and news commentary about unsaturated Cats, pollution and other starling subjects which are long on sensation but short on science, it might be wise to comment briefly on a NEW development In nutrition. At the University of Nebraska, researchers have shown that adding radiation protective and antioxidant agents to certain mouse diets resulted in a 30-4- 5 iercent Increase in the mean lifespan of the treated animals. In Americans this would be equivalent to raising our average life expectancy to about 100 years. The real grabby part of this . . . was the way the experiments worked out In relation to dietary fat. When the diets of the mice contained saturated animal fats, such as lard, the mean lifespan was 10 per cent greater than those mice which received unsaturated fats. Furthermore, decrease In lifespan appeared to be directly correlated with the degree of unsaturation. To put this in plain language, the more liquid the fat in the diet, the shorter the life of the mouse. If the Nebraska results are definitive, polyunsaturated fats may shorten our lives as much as smoking too many cigarettes. This may well give the polyunsaturated fat proponents some unpleasant second thoughts, providing, of course, that mice and men have things in common. Nevertheless, it might be well to consider that much of the data that have driven Americans toward liquid fats in their diets have been derived from Eskimos and Japanese fishermen. Eskimos and Japanese, presumably because they ingest large amounts of unsaturated whale and seal fat and fish oils, don't get atherosclerosis. However these groups have an average lifespan of about 40 years compared to an average American's 70. There just might be a relationship berween mice and men, and it just might be a good idea to discover what sort of fats are better for us before jumping aboard the bandwagon. And, in passing, the same comment might lie applied to a lot of other things than fat. well-meani- ng antl-choleste- sis, roi, hot-rodd- er blue-ribbo- seething hostility. He demands your property, your money and your respect because he's black, or brown, or red and feels you must pay for alleged wrongs perpetrated against his ancestors by your ancestors. Instant retribution is his game. He's a pig. A pig is the college instructor or professor who uses the faculties of his position to inject the poisons of his own sick mind into the impressionable minds of his students. He resists criticism by mouthing phrases about academic freedom. He's a particularly vile variety of pig. A pig is the man who drinks more than he should and then insists on driving. A very dangerous kind of pig. A pig is the filthy species of lunatics who deliberately heap ridicule on our flag and on the uniforms of the Armed Forces by soiling, mutilating them and wearing them as part of their absurd costumes. They are pigs. Sauce For The Goose Outright distortions and mistakes, said Representative David N. Henderson Carolina) in reacting to a recent article in Readers Digest Time to Say No to Big Farm Subsidies. Congressman Henderson has asked for space in the magazine to reply to the article. While waiting for a reply to his request, he points out that Readers Digest got a $9.4 million subsidy in reduced mail rates in 1968. (D-Nor- th Congressman Henderson believes that publications which receive mail rate subsidies should tell the truth about farm subsidies. He says If the taxpayers are going to help pay for the distribution of this information, shouldnt there be some method of insuring truth and fairness? Total mail subsidies to slick-papcommercial magazines totalled more than $431 million, Henderson said. er UTAH FARM BUREAU (HI NEWS Published each month by the Utah Farm Bureau Federation at Salt Lake City, Utah. Editorial and Business Office, 629 East Fourth South, Salt Lake cents per year to memCity, Utah, 84102. Subscription price of twenty-fiv-e bers is included in membership fee. Entered as second class matter March 24, 1948 at the Post Office at Salt Lake City, Utah under die act of March 3, 1879. UTAH FARM BUREAU Elmo just a partial listing. There are more than enough pigs in our society to fill a volume. You might fill out quite a list of your own. Once again, with all respects to the producers of our fine pork products, we think the pigskin shoe has. been on .the wrong foot for too long. This is FEDERATION OFFICIALS Hamilton, Riverton S. Jay Child, Qeaffeld Mrs. Willis Whitbeck, Bennion V. Allen Olsen Kenneth J. Rice W. President Vice President Chairman, Farm Bureau Women Executive Secretary Editor DIRECTORS District One; A. Alton Hoffman; District Two, William Holmes; District Three: Jack Brown; District Four Ed Boyer, District Five: Ken Brasher; District Six: Jerold Johnson; District Seven: Richard Nelson. |