Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-04-03
FRUIT AS HEALTHY FOOD.
How Almonds, Grapes and Straw
berries Act as HYGIENE Pabu-
lum-Early Fad in Europe.

According to a celebrated health expert
blanched almonds give the higher nerve or
brain and muscle food, and the man who
wishes TO keep up his brain power will do
well to include them in his daily bill OF
fare. Juicy fruits give more or less the
higher nerve or brain food, and are eaten
by all men whose living depends on their
clearheadedness, says the Medical Record
Apples supply the brain with rest. Prunes
are said to afford proof against nervous
ness, but are not muscle feeding. They
should be avoided by those who suffer
from the liver. But it has been proved
tina fruits do not have the same effect
upon everybody. Some men can not eat
apples without suffering from acute dys-
persia Fruit cure" Is a form OF treat,
ment which is quite the rags in Continental
Europe now with persons suffering from
real or imaginary maladies.
The New York Times says in reference
to this one of the latest fads: In the
tenth century. an investigator has dis
covered. many medical authorities be-
came enthusiastic in their writings over
while 4 certain Van Sweeten. Of a more
modern date, Is said 10 have recommended
in special cases the eating of twenty pounds
of Strawberries a day The same gentle
man also reports a case OF phthiSiS healed
by Strawberries. and cites cases in which
maniacs have gained their reason by tbs
exclusive use of cherries These instances
SAVIOR rather Of the ridiculous. but there
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for indigestion and other evils is carried
OF in many places on the Continent. and
that people betake themselves to Meran.
Vevay. Bingen. or to Italy and the South
of France, with the intention of devoting
six weeks to the cure, during which time
they are expected to have gradually ac-
complished the feat of consuming from
three to eight pounds of grapes daily.
Grapes are said to exercise a salutary ac-
ton on the nervous system and to favor
the formation of fat-tha is to say. when
fruit Of good quality is employed; IL the
grapes are not sufficiently ripe and are
watery and sour. the patient may lose
rather than gain weight. The valuable re-
dyspepsia are due to the fact that the
noxious germs h~abitually present in the
alimentary canal do not thrive in fruit
juices"
That fruit Is a most valuable article OF
food cannot be denied. and that many dis
eases may be greatly benefited by a diet
largely composed OF fruit Is true enough.
1t is a fact. too. that the majority Of peo-
pie eat more meat than they require. Meat
eaten once a day Is sufficient for a person
not engaged in manual labor or who doe8
large number OF the complaints contracted
owe their origin to the consumption OF food
which entails a greater drain on the gas
trio juices than the system Is able to with
stand. The cures attributed to the grape
occur for the most part with those who
are accustomed to high living. and aro
really owing to the fact that the organs OF
digestion are given a m~uch-needed rest.
Semi-starvation would answer the purpose
almost as we'll. For the person whose work
lies chiefly indoors a mixed and varied diet
Is most conducive to good health.