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Full length article| Volume 4, ISSUE 4, P289-312, July 08, 1964

Cardiovascular disease in the masai

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0368-1319(64)80041-7
Cardiovascular disease in the masai
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      Summary

      A field survey of 400 Masai men and additional women and children in Tanganyika indicates little or no clinical or chemical evidence for atherosclerosis. Despite a long continued diet of exclusively meat and milk the men have low levels of serum cholesterol and no evidence for arteriosclerotic heart disease. The reasons for this disagreement with the popular hypothesis relating animal fat intake to coronary disease are examined. The authors concede that some overriding protective mechanism such as freedom from emotional stress or abundance of physical exercise may be present. They favor the conclusion that diet fat is not responsible for coronary disease.

      Résumé

      Un groupe de 400 hommes Masaï, plus quelques femmes et enfants du Tanganyika, montre peu, ou pas de signe clinique ou chimique de l'athérosclérose. En dépit d'un régime prolongé contenant exclusivement de la viande et du lait, les hommes présentent des taux bas de cholestérol sérique et ne montrent aucun signe de cardiopathie artérioscléreuse. Les auteurs examinent les raisons de ce désaccord avec l'hypothèse populaire selon laquelle la consommation de graisses animales conduit à la maladie coronaire. Its admettent la présence de mécanismes protecteurs, tels que l'absence de stress ou l'abondance d'exercices physiques. Its sont amenés à conclure que les graisses de régime ne sont pas responsables de la maladie coronaire.

      Zusammenfassung

      Eine Untersuchung im Felde von 400 Masai-Männern and einer Anzahl Frauen and Kinder in Tanganyika zeigte wenig oder keine klinische oder chemische Zeichen von Atherosklerose. Ungeachtet einer langen kontinuierlichen Diät von ausschliesslich Fleisch and Milch haben die Männer niedrige Serumcholesterinspiegel and keine Anzeichen arteriosklerotischer Herzkrankheit. Die Gründe für diese Differenz mit der geläufigen Auffassung, dass tierische Fette zu Koronarerkrankung führen, wurden untersucht. Die Verfasser geben zu, dass irgendein unabhängiger schützender Mechanismus, wie das Fehlen emotionaler Beanspruchung oder eine ausgiebige Körper-bewegung, eine Rolle spielen kann. Sie bevorzugen die Schlussfolgerung, dass die Diätfette nicht verantwortlich sind für das Entstehen von Koronarerkrankungen.
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      Article Info

      Publication History

      Received: August 9, 1963

      Identification

      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0368-1319(64)80041-7

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      © 1964 Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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