New-York tribune., 1902-05-04
WHAT NOT TO EAT.
SCIENTISTS ADVISE LESS MEAT IN DIET
AND MORE CEREALS.

SYMPOSIUM BY AUTHORITIES ON THE DIET OF
PEOPLE OF OTHER CoUNTRIEs-soME OF THE
HARDEST NATIONS EAT LITTLE BEEF.
It is not alone the high price of beef that has
aroused the public to appreciate the fact that a
change in food habits is desirable. Scientists have
been pointing out for long time that eating has
been wholly diverted from its primary purpose
(Which is to sustain life) by systematically over
loading the stomach and thus causing much of the
modern i'll health. Every social function at the
present time includes refreshments a neces-
sary part.
This work of spreading knowledge on a matter
vital has been shared in by the government.
which has sent broadcast literature relating to
detetics. and by the studies in domestic science
prevalent in wOmen's clubs and in schools
The sudden increase in the cost Of meat was
merely the match that set fire to the train Of
powder already prepared in the minds of the peo-
pie. 1t led them to ask If it would not be wise TO
restrict the quantity of meat they using and
TO supply its place with lighter foods.
Among the scientific men who ale trying to en-
tighten people to what they should not eat may
be mentioned Sir Henry Thompson, of England
In a recent discussion of the food question he said
Speaking in general terms. seems at the
present time prone to choose foods which are un-
necessarily concentrated and too rich in nitro
genous and flesh forming material. and to consume
in quantity than is necessary for the healthy
performance of animal functions He makes very
small account of the different requirements of the
child the mature person and the declining or aged
person. AS the exercise of any taste in serving
the combining of different foods at a meal the
subject is completely of reach Of the majority
of people and is s little comprehended by them
as the structure and harmonies of symphony
are by the first whstIng boy one chances to meet
on the street"
Professor W. II. Wiley, chief chemist or the De
partment OF Agriculture. advocates more geheraI
use Of cereals as food and decreased use OF hesl
'It is we'll known that men nourished extensively
on cereals are capable OF the hardest ana most
enduring manual labor" he said recently in "A as
cussiOn called forth by the present hlEl price oI
beef Meats are quickly digested ana furnlSn an
abundance of energy soon after consumption put
IL is not retained IN the digestive organism long
enough to sustain permanent muscular cNeruon
Cereal foods the other hand, are more slowly
digested and furnish the energy necessary 10 Ill
and the vital functions IN a more UNIFORM
manner. They thus better adapted to sustain
hard manual labor FOR a long period OF time
Everything necessary to supply the waste OF the
is Supplied by the cereals The workingman OF
this country should consider this point and should
learn more and more the value OF cereals as 1000;
When cereals properly prepared ana serNeG
they are as paatable and nutritious as meat. ana
their judcious would gradually diminish the
Professor Wiley does not believe that the price
F I,,ot vilI e.er ba lowered but he would not
clude il entirely from the diet.
The Tribune has had interviews with n hummer
of prominent foreigners and with well known per
sons who have lived in foreign lands. who are
competent to speak Of the foods of those countries
and their effects upon the national health.