European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes monday february 29,1988 researcher zeroes in on diet gimmickry Washington a fad health diets and marketplace gimmickry arc giving americans a distorted View of the Type and amount of foods needed to help prevent chronic disease according to a Cornell University professor. In a paper prepared for congressional testimony on tuesday t. Colin Campbell said isolated studies taken out of context and promoted by special economic interests often trigger changes in the american diet that May actually be harmful. Too Many americans believe in magic bullets. Too Many corporations be Lieve in profit Rich products with very specific health claims said Campbell. Such marketplace gimmickry he said docs not help americans avoid the so called diseases of affluence of osteoporosis and heart attack. In a paper prepared for the Senate governmental affairs committee Campbell recommended that the govern ment establish a National research Center to collect and Analyse nutrition information so americans can receive More accurate information on diet and health. Campbell directed a massive study of the diet and lifestyle of 6,500 per sons in 130 locations in the people s Republic of China in an Effort to deter mine How nutrition affects such Dis eases As cancer and heart attack. He said the study is not yet finished but results so far cast doubt on some of the popular american nutritional beliefs. Among his observations american studies have shown that a scrum cholesterol Reading of 180 milligrams per Decilier can reduce the risk of heart attack. Another . Study showed that a reduction in cholesterol raises the risk of Colon cancer. Camp Bell said that in China the cholesterol Levels Are far below the typical Ameri can level and the incidence of co on cancer also is Low. This shows he said that the study showing an increase in Colon cancer with lower cholesterol is an experimental excess calories May not be the sole cause of obesity. Campbell said. He said the chinese consume about 20 percent More calories than do americans yet obesity is rare among the chinese. He said the chinese average Only about is percent of their calories in the form of fat far below the percentage consumed by the typical american. Some american studies have suggested that an increase in fiber in the diet May Lead to a loss of minerals. Campbell said the chinese consume about 34 Grams of fiber per Day versus about 10 Grams for most americans and yet the chinese show healthy Levels of Iron Zinc and magnesium All important minerals. Boston starts search for a super pied Piper Boston up a massive Highway construction project through the heart of Boston is expected to unleash a plague of rats on the City and officials arc seeking a super exterminator for a $2 million Battle the City and state arc in the beginning stages of a multimillion Dollar project to rip Down the elevated Central artery through the Center of the City and re place it with a Tunnel several Miles Long tracing the same path of the excavation will go through a number of densely populated commercial and residential artery project is going to bisect a lot of rat housing projects and the rats Are going to Start run Ning All Over the town Michael Sciand environmental Protection Agency regional administrator told the Boston Herald last state transportation Secretary Matthew Coogan said a nationwide search has begun for inexpert to run a massive $2 million extermination Cam is the Opportunity of the Century to do some thing to make the Standard of Public health higher to do it and do it Well Coogan told the estimated that the number of 1.3-Pound, 18-Inch Norway rats infesting the 7.5-Milc path of the artery project could reach into the hundreds of thou Sands accordingly the extermination project Calls for extraordinary measures he most similar projects Call for extermination procedures up to 300 feet on either Side of actual construction the Boston plan will extend out 1,000 feet he said a Public relations Campaign will Coin cide with the extermination project urging residents to cover trash cans and dumpsters and keep other refuse off the streets. That part of the Campaign is aimed at starving the rats so they will cat pellets of Zinc phosphate that will be seeded in their rats arc supposed to die within 48 hours of ingesting the pellets and the Burrows will then be sealed officials said. Quilts turn 18 they re ill grown up believe it or not and they say they re ready to go outland make names for Ihms Dow individually. The Kienast quintuplets born in 1970, turned 18 last week and they celebrated at their far Hills nj.,Home. From left the five Are Amy Abby Sara Ted and Gordon do of Yourse of Book offers tips on loved ones1 burial h1nesburg, it. A Lisa Carl son borrowed a truck to take her Hus band s body to the crematory after he shot himself in 1981. In the Early hours of the morning she could think clearly enough Only to know she did t have the Money to pay a funeral Home. His ashes arc buried in the Garden be Hind their country Home the spot marked by a slab of Granite on which she etched his name John tracked with a pocket regrets Only that she did t share the intimate Farewell with her husband s Mother and the couple s children. Now Carlson has written a Book to help other people make their own funeral arrangements. She began writing it after her current husband Stephen and his three Brothers buried their Mother in a Pine Box atop a s very easy to understand Why peo ple give it away to a funeral Home and indeed if i had had the Money i would have Given away a very special Opportunity Carlson said during a recent inter View at her Home. Her Book caring for your own dead includes a directory of each stale Laws on funeral arrangements cremation and Home burial a glossary of terms and instructions on completing a death certificate. It also includes a listing of medical schools that accept body donations. I really tried to take the mystery out of body disposition Carlson said. Many states allow funerals to be handled privately but Carlson said there May be obstacles to obtaining needed information on Short notice including some funeral directors reluctant to offer prices Over the Telephone and local officials unaccustomed to the idea. She credits Many in the funeral Industry for their help during her nine months of researching the Book. She found that anyone in Vermont can do a Home burial As Long As technical requirements involving the death certificate Are met if the burial is to be on private property it must be away from Power lines and water and May be subject to local Zon ing restrictions. The town clerk keeps a map of private burial to Carlson a cremation could Cost As Little As $130, including a permit. Transportation and a Box would add to the professional services and Cost of the casket arc two of the major expenses Carlson said. In 1987, the average Cost of a funeral including professional services and a Cas Ket was $2,935, according to an Industry newsletter funeral service insider. Carlson took on her husband s funeral first from financial necessity. But the she realized that not Only was it All right it became Clear to me that i needed to do funeral director she had inter viewed for the Book called her after his 7-year-old son did t realize until afterwards How important it was for him to be involved personally she states do not limit the family in caring for their dead but some prohibit Home burial and limit the scattering of ashes her Book says. About 80 percent of the 500 crematories Carlson contacted across the country will accept a body from someone other than a funeral direct slate requires a body to be embalmed in every Case but Many require it if a person died of a contagious Dis ease the Book Alaska a body May not be closed after an autopsy. In most of California burial must be in an established Ceme Tery. Colorado has no state licensing requirements for funeral directors so any one May handle a new England according to Carl son s Book there arc limits on private funerals and Home burial in new Hamp Shire Connecticut Massachusetts and new Stales where the family s in in funeral arrangements maybe limited arc Indiana Louisiana Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Nebraska Nevada new Jersey Ohio an West Virginia she says
