The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-03-02
WHAT IS MANS PROPER FOOD?
A COMPLEX PROBLEM NOT YET
SOLVED BY SCIENCE.
No General Rules Now Possible. Says
Eustace Miles. Amateur Tennis
Champion = Foods OF Animals and
OF Man Civilized INT Semi-Ctvil-
red Eject OF Modern Conditions.

Champion - Foods OF Animals and
OF Man Civilized and Cfvil.
lied Eject OF Modern Condition.
II each one OF US waited for science
to tell him clearly what he should eat
and how much, and at what times, he
! might have to wait for several centuries.
| Meanwhile we have TO be content either
to follow custom slavishly, TO eat what
ever Is put before US. and to ask no ques-
tons, which means to listen to no questions
or complaints from our internal organs
and apparatus and TO dismiss these oom-
plants as inevitable or ridiculous; or else
to get some workable theory as a make
shift until science can tell u something
more definite about ourselves and about
the changes which go on within our bodies.
There are authorities In plenty who
inform us that s~uch-and-such foods must
be the best possible foods for you and
me, and for all others. But do these
authorities know about you or me as in
dividusls. and how many OF them agree
as to the exact meaning OF that delightful
phrase. -such-and-such
Does II include beef and beer. OF beef
and water, or Ash and potatoes. or fruit
and nuts. or toast and cheese? Only the
other day ! was vigorously assailed by a
crank at a public meeting. He said:
"Mr. Miles refuses to lay down any one
diet for everybody, but | say that bread
and apples must suit everybody
II is obvious that this enthusiastic vege-
tartan, or fruitarian. thought that he him
self was everybody-a not uncommon
fallacy.
Now II is Impossible Tor me 70 guarantee
the complete success of any one diet, or
even of any one out of twenty diets: each
a.. aua,io,ion ,,,a, axo.r;-
''aN, - '"1 =.
ment ior himself AlIthatl eau 40 IL tosho"
what ia the theory, perhaps only a theory,
of food and feeding. and then 20 try and
draw n few conclusions from IL
-. % hstzu..aa.iao, ora
ror 'he axe OF pelhg pIao'ueuI anu NJ NJ
cIete ! ubiy euskss' ,Ivna u%
oT WI ar - oStba neal iet us sov the mid.
tilhI ior pie 'ie ""oN'"' 'y u" ""'
Gay iuhClieon h.
~ collSuo'9 ~ P'asinou oi,,,,
milled nuts ana an apple the qIahtl,y
OF the TWO io,iher WW NaIy .vcoluIhs "
the nunoer o. meats a uey we 'AeLtise
ana 30 on Lnough q PIoteIu. tokc.,el
with haIts' we KNOW 70 pe cohtaIleu III IVY
ounces OF plashon ana iour ounces OF HllIieu
nuts. IL,
IL Ii CoimorIlng 70 rtnt' t". .I"n Ile.
seems 10 pe correct vi 'heo,y, ior " nus
proteid' lattehihR ana heStlhS ihh'ellHi
including OIL, SAILS iper' DUN ana soli
water. III we eal suth a neai slowly ana
n en- as pure ar as We cou'd oplalh ana
without any thought OF worry thcn. lheo-
retiCaIiy we shou'd De ieeulhg extremely
healthluiiy
But TINS Is hot me ohly reason WHY
take such a meal though am bound 70
say Ills reason bN ltseii gives me conn,
dencc. The rial reason IL that such a meal
suits me eNcellently,
Almost Immediately after II j feel ready
Tor nara WORK, or lor hard cHeIclT", anu
live OF two similar meals a day vary tho
diet considerably can keep IN framing
without regular exercise at au. AFTER many
weeks OF as nearly sedeItary me as ever
live. weeks OF conCehtrated Dram WORK. 1
can play a hard game OF hves, which uses
nearly all the muscles OF. the Oody;
and then immediately aitefward a hafu
game OF racqnetS' ioT TWO hours ana u nan
straight on eud' and ! aHl READY 70 continue
this for several days, and then II necessary
TO go back to the sedeniary ne again WITH
out becoming distressed
Such a thihg was an utter linposslDiity
10 me On my former diet 81 meat &c, WIN
that diet had TO TAKE exercise regularly
or else feel miserable
People tell me thai my diet vi! no, SUIT
them because an ~lhd,VluuaIS ulier Hany
Of these people, 10y. the way, will SIT down
to a dinner party oI WENT ana All eat pre-,
cisely the same ten OF hl'ech COURSES ana
talk almost precisely the sane nuny non
sense, in spite OF those 0molViiual differ
enoes OF when they poas' so irequehlIy'
PERHAPS II VIII noL suIl YOU. Hu' r,cl'
on the other mana, perhaps u WI, ihen-
retlcally ! nave heard no op(ectI0h 10 H.
so long az II Is recommended JUST LOT what
II IS worth;
Practically you nave hot trl'u W ttt
some or perhaps thousahds IN
various parts oil lhe world nave lrled II
and nave ioG1d y sucoos e. lou mus
not ~condeinh II oeiore d iaf PerSohh OK
pertinent.
If on your OWL dlet' YOU can 90 some
thin q IKE what nave JuSl desGrloed' Keep
IN eXcclleh' physlCal framing u necessary
for weeks wlthou' regular EXERCISE ana
with severe pralh WoIk, Iheh very htely,
you nave no heed 10 cnaise your way OF
living you "ait 10 neeP III ehceHeht
physical tralhlhs NIhout regular eAercise'
and wlth seVeTs orath worH; men suGn nee
mas AZ ieaSt a lar InaIve " sucVeeunis
We nave now peconlei or we are te-
coming, a ~SeuehtaTS people, AT Isse. IRON
Monday norhahg 'nl oa.uIudy aIterhooI.
10 our Clty onIoes or la0.oino W "ulh
either WIN ou5 leaun !. ouiS a 1T
paIts OF our p9nu . nnL ~, v ~ ldeo,,
cal purposes III W. mo'Ipi We negu eIean
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