New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-03
VALUE OF MEAT AS A FOOD.
ACTION OF THE BEEF TRUST CALLS
ATTENTION TO NITRITlOUSNESS
OF OTHER EDIBLES.

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nro,-ido nourishing palatable and reasonably
cbo,n food IN those in modest circumstances.
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VALUE OF MEAT As FOOD
The discussion Of these points naturally sug-
gests and makes pertinent the query why 90
<>''''i It ans consume SUI" " ''' X mug "
meat = out OF TINS question gro" "'he'S. dN'
What is the effect of 80 steady a meat dict >"
ord .y,-o,,td no, tho r,oe anto,. moro bealth
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ana happiness pN eating more i'di'' ''N0'''''7
and cereals and less meat
Many physicians and others who have studied
,,- ..,., -, .,,,. i,.,
"Ssie"' nav "
merits Of meat cereals and vegetables win 'h'
purpose Of finding out which Of those foods
,,t,,or tbo gro,tos+ rourishrpant Thev seem to
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aeFe" mat h"Sh contains l"Ss huf"''h' 'haH
other forms of food And yet many in
,.oe,ic.,ore aud LECTURERS ar. not even mod
'a'''H p''dS'" WIN '"' way w fe''', P"'
their doctrines into practice. Teachers OF ny
gienicc gay that If ts one thing 10 show orally
and .t,rfaIj,. that both rich and noor would he
Gnu Wv ~ l"l'9 'ii"' ~ i anu i
better OF II 'hcN are Tess meat pu' 'nht 1t -
an entirely different thing TO get people 90
IN tbic advice
a. 49, w.. ,,. -.
or the last twenty -h>e weeks Ut Elmer Lee
Of No l2I West Fifty eighth st, has been Civ
Ing SATURDAY., evening lectures on hygiene at
NV 'uuS"ii Ni'"loi 'a' '"ui'i''
Square South DR. Lee yesterday afternoon told
a Tribune reporter some reasons Why meat
ebouId la ,,eod Ioes He said.
1t is well known that Americans eat more
meat than other nation. The reason is that
in the past animal food has been cheap. and PEG
pie have almost uniformly enjoyed good wages.
EARIT roNTRoIJJNG FACTOR
h@pii ''t' h'i'i1i''' Oi''
You ask what is the controlling factor in the
food problem? | should say habit. Americans
have been brought up under the notion that
they cannot be strong and wiry unless they eat
much animal food This has been the popular
idea for generations The result is that edu-
Gated and uneducated Americans think ti.at the
eating of beef alone viii bring them bone and
sInpw and strength They have had animal
food since they were little and habit tells them
to keen on am not a believer in nor do
practise vegetarianiSm but | am close enough
to the trend of the vegetarians' ideas to realize
that this matter of habit is one Of the greatest