More thin, non-smoking fat and salt avoiders

Press, 16 April 1980, Page 7

More thin, non-smoking fat and salt avoiders

PA Auckland Statistics show that people are beginning to realise tlie danger to their health of cigarette smoking, unbalanced meals, .tress, and poor physical .itness. Speaking at a Rotaryluncheon in Auckland, .'rolessor A. S. Leon, of lite University of Minnesota, said reported heart attacks in America had dropped by 21 per cent, and in New Zealand by 8 per cent. ■ “By cutting back on smoking and fatty and

sally foods, and by controlling blood pressure by weight loss and exercise, people are reducing the risk of heart attacks,” he said.

“During the Second World .War when fatty foods and dairy products were scarce, there was a low rate of coronary heart disease," he said.

To minimise the risk of coronary heart disease, Professor Leon suggested that people should modify their lifestyle in the following ways: — Reduce fatty meats.

substituting vegetable pro* tein, fish and poultry. — Use low-iat milk. — Change from butter io polyunsaturated soft margarine. — Reduce egg yolks to three a week. — .Avoid commercial baked goods. — Control sugar intake. — Increase whole-grain cereals. — Eliminate table salt. — Stop cigarette smoking and limit alcohol intake. Mr Leon said the best product on the market was yoghurt.