Word: dieting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...organization founded the Komeito party in hopes of wiping out corruption in government. Although the party is now theoretically independent of Soka Gakkai, believers in the sect account for 90% of party membership. With 30 representatives in the lower house of the Diet and 24 in the upper house, Komeito has become a force to be reckoned with. Says Yoshiaki Masaki, the party policy board chairman: "We stand on the side of small people and work against the base of authority in Japan...
That attack has been a long time coming, for high blood pressure has been an enemy of man throughout recorded history. A Chinese medical text dating back to 2600 B.C. noted that a diet high in salt (now known to affect blood pressure) could cause changes in pulse and complexion. The Bible contains several accounts of paralysis and apparent stroke that may well have been the resuits of hypertension. But it was not until the 17th century that the great English anatomist William Harvey provided the foundation for the understanding of blood pressure by mapping the human circulatory system...
...DIET. Modern studies have strengthened the connection between salt intake and pulse changes. Tribesmen in Africa, who eat almost no salt, rarely if ever develop high blood pressure. But in northern Japan, where people eat around 50 grams of salt a day, half the population dies of strokes, a common complication of high blood pressure...
...particularly prone to hypertension. According to the A.H.A., one out of every four adult black Americans has high blood pressure, compared with one out of seven adult whites. Some scientists theorize that blacks are genetically incapable of handling the large amounts of salt that are found in a diet rich in pork and highly seasoned soul food. Others suggest that the pressures of being black in America are enough to cause the disease. Indeed, a common joke among blacks is "If you're black and you ain't paranoid or suffering from hypertension, you don't know...
...escaping to the slopes. At 61, the most celebrated former college football center in the history of the sport is still a man who craves exercise, and he had trained for his annual assault on Vail like the seasoned athlete he is. For two months he patiently followed a diet-and-exercise program prescribed by Dr. William Lukash, the White House physician. He got his weight down from 206 Ibs. to 195 Ibs., and he worked hard to correct his special weakness-his knees. Surgeons have operated on both to remove cartilage damaged during his football wars...