The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-24
GOOD ADVICE ABOUT EATING.
Doctors Smashing Old Time superstit'ons
About BiGeren, ksuds Of Food.

Some recent remarks by DIR. James q.
White. professor Of desnatolo9y in llar
ward university. are directly in line with
"a article published on, few days ago
in these columns on the subject of scnsi
bic eating There is ~ course, no sub
iect concerning which PEOPLE need infor'
NATION more than they 90 about eating,
and there are very few subjects on which
more ridiculous notions aro extant "t|ne
mans meat Is another Ilans poison Is
an old aud true saying, get great ma
iority Of mankind have iGeas OF diet that
ARE formed from the experience of other
people. and these ideas are very commonly
absurd DR. White disposes of some OF
these notions. by the authoritative utter
Gnce of thorough scientist
For example. lac touches on the old
wives fable that butter in LIBERAL quaint
ties will cause children's faces to break
out with butter sores Ne declares,
what Intelligent people have long known
that good butter uncookod is perfectly
harmless food so far as the skin Is con
ccrncd and he might have gone much
farther. for the limitation was unncces
sary He saws. however. that the notion
that the use of impure butter in food
otherwise indigestble may have dis
turhrd the stomach and produced impure
blood in some cases II is more likely To
have come from the efforts of parents OF
limited means 10 curb their children : III
diligence in an expensive dainty II Is
certain that much of the prejudice against
candy came from this particular cause
though with candy. as with butter. the
prejudice is entirely justiiiable IN refer
cncc to adulterated and impure grades
Nothing is more common than to hear
parents tell their children that eating
candy will ruin their teeth. but it Is most
likely 10 be an utterance dictated by
economy At all events, 40 educated
dentist will indorse the statement.
The notion that buckwhcat cakes and
oatmeal are productive of skin diseases Is
also attacked and pretty thoroughly de
molished by Professor White. as well as
that absurdity about tomatoes which was
started by bio Lewis generation or SO
ago lie said that tomatoes were pro
ductive of cancer. and that they loosencd
and DESTROYED the teeth. DR. White de
clarcs tomatoes and oatmeal TO be harm
less anu NdiutUlt lODtl1i anu i'iiiiAs' tAh hh'
simple fact that the only danger in eat
ing buckwhcat lies in the fact that
it is apt to be served MP hot in the form
Of improperly cooked cakes. These may,
and are very likely TO, upset the diges-
ton lie declares moreover, that good
digestion and healthy appetite viii take
care Of the skin 50 far as the effects Of
food are concerned. and that ii matters
little what kind Of food is used so long rs
it is pure. of good quality and properly
prepared The healthy stomach will turn
it nto good blood This, it will be seen,
is n similar utterance to that Of DR. Aus
tin Flint. recently quoted only that DR.
White. treating "a he did on the skin only,
did not make so sweeping a statement rs
Dr Flint. who said Eat what you like.
when you like. ana eat as much as you
like You may get govt that way, but
not dyspepsia. Now York Mail and TX
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