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...show, Dr. Robert Atkins (Dr. Atkins' Diet Book) and Nathan Pritikin (The Pritikin Program for Diet and Exercise) spattered like fast-frying bacon. In the crossfire of insults and accusations, refereed by Tomorrow Co-Host Tom Snyder, 45, Pritikin, who advocates a low-cholesterol, high-exercise program, asserted that Atkins' high-fat, high-protein diet increased the chances of heart disease and certain cancers. After the taping, Atkins, 50, weighed in with the threat of a $5 million lawsuit against his opponent. Quips Pritikin, 65, of the high-fat vs. cholesterol controversy: "It's a real meat...
...other factors usually associated with heart disease. When the data were finally analyzed, it became apparent that the Japanese who cling to their traditional lifestyles, which defuse tension by emphasizing acceptance of the individual's place in both family and society, fare well. Even those who indulge in high-fat diets suffer fewer coronaries than their American counterparts. But those who adopt the aggressive, competitive and impatient traits of most Americans increasingly succumb to the strain. The study found that Japanese who made a moderate transition to Western ways suffered 2½ times as many heart attacks as those...
...other groups. Japan, where the traditional diet is low in animal fats, has the lowest breast-cancer rate of 39 countries covered in a recent study. But even there the rate is rising as Japanese forsake their old diet of fish and rice for a Westernized menu of meat and fats. Japanese women who emigrate to the U.S. have higher breast-cancer rates than those who remain in Japan. Their U.S.-born daughters have breast-cancer rates approaching those of American women in general. But how and why high-fat diets might trigger breast cancer remains a mystery...
Chain Reaction. Friedman and Rosenman are fully aware of the plethora of factors that contribute to the 20th century epidemic of heart disease and premature death: obesity and diabetes, high-fat and high-cholesterol diets, smoking and lack of exercise, and hereditary tendencies. But the two doctors maintain that behavior patterns are at least as important as any of the other causes and may indeed underlie some of them. For example, the Type A's instantly aggressive response to trivial slights and threats may set off a chain reaction of hormonal changes that can impair the metabolism of fats...
...Fuson fed 101 dogs a high-fat diet; 79 of them got no cholestyramine...