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EAT LESS MEAT TO LIVE LONGER Insurance Companies Dis cuss Diet of Americans in t.oiinectioii Willi lliisli Blood Pressure. New York. December 6?Ameri can*. vis ;; whole, call 1 ivlonger if Iy will low r tlic.r jiood press-ure. wUivh can be accomplish* u by a bel le.* adjusted d:? ; with less animal fo Trial i- the conclusion of an original 1uurL.1t.oual .-urwy o. blood pr< s-ure, experience. pivs-ent t-a ,:i aft*-in?>oti*s session of the Sevciitri Annual Convention of ih- A?ociui.on of Life Insurant*** I'toiilvniti. The survey, which was submitted by Chief Actuary Arthur Huiitv'r of ill** New York Life ln?ur uiice Company, covers life iusuranee. u.ood inv.-surv records in many wide ly separated countries. From these statistics, affecting representative groups in China. Japin. Australia.i Argentine. Canada and the United States. Mr. Hunter believes that blood pressure is not affected by race bat that it is principally affect ed jy kind 'atul quantity of food, thereby to some extent putting it within the control of the individual with blood pressure above normal to prolong his life irrespective of his residence. It was also disclosed by Mr. Hun-| ter that the leading American life in-j surance companies are now pooling their blood pres?uro experience cov-j ??ring about 1,000.000 lives in this! country and Canada in on effort fur-: liter to study the relation of such j pressure to longevity. While the primary object of this more exten sive investigation is to gain further information with respect to selection: of applicants for insurance, the opinion was expressed that the re suiting information will be of sclen-' title value in prolonging human life. In presenting his international survey. Mr. Hunter stated that ad vocates of the theory that the ebb! and flow of blood pressure are due to racial characteristics cite the low 'blood pressure of the Japanese and Chinese. To combat this he pre sented statistics of the actual exper ience of the life insurance compa nies, showing that Japanese and Chinese residents in the United States have a blood pressure of from five to eight degrees higher than the representatives of these two races! living in their own countries. Mr. Hunter accounted for this by their J eou&umption of more meat in their diet in this country. High as American blood pressure is, it does! not reach that of the people of Aus tralia where, he said the per capita1 consumption of meat is high. i n;11 a few years ago tue lay-, man rarely heard of 'blood pressure," I yet today most intelligent men and, women hove a general idea of what it means," said .Mr. Hunter. "This' is partly due to the increasing use by physicians of the test, and partly lo discussions of the subject in news papers and magazine*. The public is beginning to realize that an early discovery of high blood pressure! may eliable the physician to lengthen til** life of his patient, if not to re move the cause of the trouble. In j many cases the patient has no knowledge of his condition, the first warning coming from this modern] uid In diagnosis. "Blood pressure slightly lower t than the average is favorable to lon gevity provided the persons in the I group are in good health. The: higher the blood pressure is above1 the average the greater the mortality' above the normal. Persons with a distinctly high pressure are prone t?? develop diseases of I he heart, uioil vessels and kldney-i, the mor tality fiom heart disease, apoplexy and llright's disease being very high among them. A moderate use of tobacco does not seem to have much influence on the blood preisufe." After detailing the international statistics which he had gathered. -Mr. Hunter continued: "It was found Impracticable to obtain the blood pressure of persons who had always been vegetarians, or bud hern so for a period of yearn. The Douk liobors. a Russian sect now residing in Canada, do not eat fish, flesh or fowl and are total abstainers from both alcohol and tobacco. It would be very interesting to obtain their blood pressure, but that was found to be Impracticable. Through the courtesy of Dr. John Harvey Kellog. I am able to present the record of a of r.or. heathly young women, students lit the Ikittlc Greek College, who hav? lived there for several months and who generally do not eat meat at all. but If they do, take it very seldom. These young women were Americans, aged from 17 to 28. Their blood pressure was nt least eight degress lower than the average among women of the some age who applied for life insurance, which would he practically the same as among the population of women (at those ages. It is evident. there-1 'lore. th-Jt th? diet hod a very consid er-all* influence on their blood pres sure. "During the war years IS IT and 1V1 > ih* re w?t- restriction* in the ui.t of th?- American people and al ! though such restrictions were not a mutter of compulsiuu. th*-v w?-re f tittifully observed by the masses of citizenry. Anionic tin- ca*es exam ined at one life insurance iiouie of fice in Now York. the pressure *tur ing 15*17. 19IS and 1019 was about two degree* lower than in the pre oedmg three years. It began io rise ill !!*-?? oud came bi'ck to til' j;r?-war lev? I in ll?-l. "As t!ie result of my Inventiisations I haw com** to the conclusion that blood pressure i> not ulfectcd by ran . but is the same throughout t'.ie world under like conditions. . In my judgment it is principally affected ?y the kind of diet and the quantity of the food. In addition, simplicity of living and freedom from strain have undoubtedly an effect. The t;'\ and build have a minor influ ence. I'nfortunately. it is not pos sible it present to assign weight to tin- several couuitian* which aflect blood pressure. "The practical question arises: Would a reduction iu tile blood pressure be of advantage to Ameri cans. and could it be obtained through a change in their diet? As already stated, the mortality among persons with a blood pressure slight-i ly below the average in the United Slates is believed to be better than among persons with an average blood pressure. It should not be assumed, however, that the low] blood pressure among Orientals has resulted in a lower mortality thanj among Occidentals. As a matter1 of fact, the mortality among Chinese. Japanese. East Indians and Filipinos is much higher than among Ameri cans in the United States. This? is due to a variety of causes not in any way connected with blood pres sure?such us sanitary conditions*, the quaJity of medical attention and the udequacy or inadequacy of diet, j "While there Is little doubt that: a reduction in blood pressure of Americans in the United States | would resell In longevity, n qucs-| ition might urise as to the effect on i the quality and quaullty of their ? work. Among brain workers and those in sedantary occupation there, ! would be. in my judgment, as great efficiency. Among manual laborers experiments indicate that a low pro j teln diet does not Increase physical endurance. Taking tip' population of the United States as a whole 1 be lieve that a better adjusted diet, with less animal food, would result in a lower blood pressure and_ in greater longevity with an equal ability to carry on their occupations. "The life insurance conipunie? re cognize an obligation to give to the public any information which might be of scientific value, and it is from their records that most of the avail able data on blood pressure may be i obtained. It Is to their interest to obtain exact Information on this subject In order that they may issue policies to applicants in accordance v. ih their merits. Not content with the present knowledge, an investi gation i-s now iu projcn*?< ?>' the lite insurance roai?*itiies in \.?ivinu tie r? cord* of probably a ?:i.lu?n liviit." AN IMIMMK LINCOLN sTOKV Abraham Lincoln. ev? at while lie v.as President. ahva>s a?ldr? s*ed Mrs. Lincoln as "Ma." while she ad dre.?s? d biin as "Pa." s Joseph Christian. Lincoln's v.; .-IIvj'.l.-t coachmati. .\n amusinu ? pi.~odr ?.f il?e:r fam ily !il!? is r?ca1i?d h> Christian in McC!ur? s Magazine I'er December. Or.t ?1a\ wl.Le be v ;?? thi villi: the t're.?i?b lit ;:i:d Mrs. Lincoln, one of tb.- brive* uot the blind staus-ers and b? ^ati t?. nin wild. \VI??*n the coa?-':?iu?n liuall> succeeded in britiK liiu: it to a standstill, Mrs. Lincoln, badlx frightened. jumped out of the can -ite. "Tin- liorse will probably be all ri*:ht in a moment. madam." the coachman assured her. nut his ex-j planation was of no avail anil Lin coln came to the rescue. "Now, Ma." he uracil u? ntly. "you know 1 don't want >mi to wa:k. You'll l>< too iir??l. t??t hack in and we'll ?! 11 v ? ?!nV|>." "Nn. I'm -t'inL to w::1*." h ?ist? ?i. >ti11 triuhti r.? <1 ?u tin* i:o;>r .? antics. "All rlulit." ?aid Lincoln. So Christian turned t!.?? hors?s and stall* d hack at a cli|?piiiu pace. S?.m?? time alii r tli* ir r? turn. Mrs. Lincoln cann- in. ih?d and du*i>. * ilcSh-. Ma." ?..i?l Hi?* i'rt -hU :it. "did >?>u ? no-" walk?" 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