Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-11-22
MILK ASACHEAPDIET'
IT CONTAINS ALL NECESSARY ELE-
MENTS OF NUTRITION.


MENTS OF NUTRITION.
Not to Be Regarded ms a Luxury, but
as an Economical Article of Food.
Practical Experiments In Feeding
People.
Comparatively few people are aware
Of the true value of milk as cheap ar
ticle of food, it being usually looked
upon only as beverage or even lux
Try, without contributing much if any
thing toward our actual support, says
L. A. a. Grange in The Rural New
Yorker. Scientific investigation during
tho last few years has. however, placed
this fluid before us in a very different
light, and today we have the most con-
vincing evidence from the laboratories
rs well as practical tests showing that
it is false economy to stint ourselves In
its use Unfortunately perhaps much
Of the literature coming from the
above sources is surrounded with so
many uncommon terms that it is diff
cult for the ordinary person to under
stand all that is written, and as a re-
suit it takes long time for the beneti-
cial work of the scientist to filter
down TO the breadwinner, who gains
his living by the sweat of his brow,
though it is to him that such knowl-
edge is of most practical Importance.
Hence the writing of this article in the
simplest language possible.
There is continually going on with
in US sort of moldering or consump-
ton of the various substances of which
our bodies are composed. Our bones,
the muscles covering them. our nerves
and other parts wear out and are re-
moved. and in order that new or fresh
material may be supplied we partake
of that which we are pleased to call
sod. This substance is obtained chief
!. - y from animal or vegetable king
dom, but to be a complete food or ra-
ton it must contain one and all of the
different ingredients which enter into
the composition of the various tissues
of our bodies. Thus it must contain
the salts or ashes of which our bones
are made; it must contain the sub
stances of which our muscles or our
skin is made, and so on. If the food
does not contain all of these, a weak
link, as it were, will eventually occur
in some part, and we become I'M
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tain fat or starch and sugar for fuel
to keep our bodies warm and furnish
energy. It must also be bulky enough
to distend the stomach and bowels so
as to keep them in working order. Milk
has been shown TO contain all the ele-
ments required for proper nutrition and
consequently is regarded as being of
more value than any other single food.
While milk is an ideal food for the
young, there are some objections TO II
as the sole diet for a wnrkingman, a
proper understanding of which is nee
essary before we can appreciate its
real value as an economical diet. In
the first place, being naturally a thin
fluid containing very large proportion
of water it does not "stay by or sat
isfy the sense of hunger in a proper
way. but when taken with solid food,
bread for instance, it becomes Il cheap
and most nutritious diet The keynote
to economy is sounded when we come
to compare the cost of those elements
of nutrition contained in milk with
their cost in other animal foods. 4
practical test before US Illustrating its
worth In reducing the cost of a daily
ration comes from the State college of
Maine. where trials were made with a
large number of young men in which
1t was most conclusively shown that
the free use of milk not only diminish
ed the consumption of other foods, but
that when partaken of without restric-
ton as to quantity the cost of the daily
ration was reduced cents per man.
In these experiments unskimmed
milk was used, SO If we wish still fur
Their to reduce the cost of living we
may use skimmilk and sell the cream
and supply the necessary fat for our
bodies from some cheaper source. In
the summary of the Maine college ex-
periments 1t is stated that "the results
indicate that milk should not be re-
garded as a luxury. but as an cconom-
zeal article Of diet. which families Of
moderate income may freely purchase
as probable means of improving the
character of the dietary and of cheap.
ening the cost of their supply Of ami
NAL foods