Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-30

Beef Is the Most Nutritious of All Anil
 z:a.i Eo.sss-eS"od Candy Is Good Food
 and Should Not Be Denied Children.
 Value of Eggs and Fruit.
 The following hints on the subject of food given by Dr. Grant Allen in the cur rent Chautauquan should be impressed upon every young persons mind He states that one pound of lean beef is equivalent in nptritive value to rather more than two pounds or two pints of milk or more than two pounds of pota- toes, but is not equal in nutritive value to pound of bread
 Beef is the most nutritious of all ani- mai foods and can be eaten continuously for a longer time than any other kind of meat It resembles rice and bread in this respect. Fresh beef is almost com pletely digested, moro completely than milk is by all adult. The time required is less than that required for any other variety of flesh, except boiled or broiled fish or chicken, soft boiled eggs or oys- ters
 Veal has more waste, more water, less protein and less fat than beef. It possesses less nutritive value than either beef or mutton and is lacking in flavor When veal is slaughtered too young it is apt to be tough, pale, dry and indi- gestible. h Germany veal is considered as easily digested as beef and is ire quently prescribed for invalids. In America and England the opinion is general that veal and lamb are foods that ought to be avoided by people with weak digestive ability. Veal broth is nutritious and affords pleasing variety, but if given ill excess may cause diar- rhea. The time required for digestion (about four hours) is longer than for beef, mutton, lamb CT bacon, but is less than for ham or duck.
 The composition of mutton is similar to that of beef, but the average amount of fat is higher Its nutritive value is, when properly assimilated, about equal to that of beef. The muscle fiber is shorter. 1t ought, therefore, to be more digestible than beef, and it probably is when 3 to years old. Mutton is fatter than beef, and, as the fat is harder and less digestible than beef fat, it is prob able that on the average in this coun- try, where more attention is paid to getting prime beef, mutton is the less digestible of the two As it is not so completely digested as beef, it is less suitable for inyalids The time required is longer than for roast beef but is less than for beacon, partridge or roast fowl
 The composition of lamb is very like to that of mutton, and their nutritive values are about equal.
 Pork contains less water, less protein or flesh forming quality, and more fat than most other animal foods Owing to the relative small amount of protein in pork, it is poor meat for use as q con- tinuous diet, unless combined with some such food as beans, in which there is considerable protein. Bauer, in his Dietary of the Sick. says that smoked ham is one of the wholesome forms of meat Bacon is more digestible than pork, but not so much so as ham. Ham is more digestible when thoroughly boiled, cut thin and eaten cold Bacon, if cut thin and cooked until crisp, is comparatively easy of digestion, can be eaten by dyspeptics and forms an agreeable fatty food for consumptives.
 In poultry the waste and water are large in amount, the fat is small, while there is more protein than iii any other animal. The large amount of protein makes the flesh of poultry good flesh- forming food. Its disadvantage is the small amount of fat or force production. Fish is very much like poultry in the large amount of water and the small amount of fat. Different varieties vary, but in general it may be stated that the flesh of fish is less satisfying and less stimulating than either the flesh of birds or mammals There is really noth- ing to show that fish is a brain food unless it be that on account of the low amount of fat it is better suited for per sons of sedentary habits than are the richer meats.
 h vegetable foods starch is the nutri- ent most widely distributed and largest i'll amount. Good candy is good food | and ought not to be denied children. l We should, however, avoid giving them | candy rich in fat, or too much of any kind. or before meals, as it spells their appetite for other foods. Wheat bread, though not a perfect food, comes nearer the requirements than, perhaps, any other vegetable food. Maccaroni has q high nutritiye value, is about as easily digested as meat, and as valuable for flesh forming. Crackers, weight for weight, contain more nutriment than bread, three pounds of crackers being equivalent to four or five pounds of bread. Most persons can digest them more easily than bread.
 Oatmeal contains more protein, more fat, and more mineral matter, but less starch than wheat flour. It is, therefore, possessed of good flesh and bone build- ing qualities. 1t is a hearty food and hence is more suitable for those who |