The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-10-28

What to eat and drink and what 10
avoid during the hot summer months
is a question to which Professor
Harvey w. Wiley, chief of the
chemistry division of the Agrl-
cultural Department, Washington, and
one of the most noted dieticians
in the country, has given years OF
careful and painstaking study. HIS
researches along these lines and his
persistent advocacy Of the pure food
laws which were finally enacted by
Congress have made his name ia
miliar among laymen as well as tech
meal students and scientists.
Professor Wiley lays down the es-
sential principle that there must be
moderation in all things eatable during
the summer months and if perfect
health is to be obtained under the
trying conditions of the heated term
there must be absolute denial Of alco-
hole drinks and cold beverages of the
more harmless sort from the temper
ance standpoint, but equally dangerous
in their effect upon the stomach.
"Any excessive use of alcoholic
drinks during the summer months
should be avoided" said Professor
Wiley. This is especially important
for those who are exposed to the direct
rays of the sun. Statistics show that
in cases of sunstroke the great major
ity of the victims are addicted to the
use of liquor This of itself may not
prove much, however, for the majority
of the people seem to be addicted to
the use of alcoholic drinks in one form
Or another.
PRODUCES TOO MUCH HEAT.
"There is every reason, from a ply
siological standpoint, in addition to
the mere opirsion that it is injurious,
why we should put aside alcohol in
hot weather Alcohol is converted
into heat and energy when taken into
the system in moderate quantities.
and thus in a time of year when less
heat is required, alcohoi is not Il ply
siologic9l diet Again, alcohol. eCen in
moderate quantities. produces a quick
ening Df the circulation and is strong
stimu,ant. This quickening and the
conse quent transmission of additional
blood to the head should be avoided in
the hot months.
Iced beverages should be stunned
altogether or slipped slowly. not more
than a teaspoonful at q time. Pouring
large quantities of ice cold liquid into
the stomach, where the natural tenn
p<ra sure is about blood heat, is con
trary to all physiological principles.
The shock to the stomach is severe;
the pores Of the body are Immediately
stopped up. and it requires some time
for the system to throw off the effects
of this congestion so useiessly forced
upon it.
Iced beverages, slipped slowly, as
have said, may be taken i'll moderation
without danger, but the injury comes
from the American habit of drinking
great quantities of ice cold liquids and
in many cases gulping them down so
rapidly that the whole body feels the
i'll effects of the shock.
GAS q rule, summer beverages should
not be below sixty degrees Fahrenheit
in temperature, whereas it is the
American custom to take them at
about the temperature of ice-twce as
cold as they should be. This is GER
tainly the cause Of many of the disor
ders of the digestive system during
the hot months.
SMALLER QUANTITY NEEDED.
"The quantity of food should also
be diminished decidedly during the hot
weather. One of the principal func-
tons of food is to furnish heat and
energy. The lower the outside tenn
perature the more food is required to
produce animal heat. 1t is safe to say
that at least one-fourth the ordinary
winter diet should be omitted in the
summer. A person who in winter con-
sumes food daily amounting to 5000
! calories would do very we'll during the
hot months with $3.50.
THE foods peculiar to summer
should constitute large portion OF
the diet-the various succulent fresh
vegetables, according to ones taste.
These foods tend to fill the stomach
and satisfy to Il certain degree the
! sensation of hunger, without producing
too great n load on the digestive or
ganism. 1t follows, therefore that it
is wise to eat less meat. and, in gen.
eral, less heterogeneous foods. Those
who engage i'll vigorous exercise and
outdoor work must have sufficient
food to supply the energy consumed,
and this energy is better furnished by
the starches and sugars than by meats.
Persons taking vigorous exercise
regularly can safely eat large nuanti-