The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-05
FIRST AMONG FOODS.
Found of Bread Yields More Energy Than Pound or Meat.

s Than Pound or Meat.
 Philadelphia Record
 According to Dr. Robert Hutchin- son. of the London Hospital, who sup piled evidence regarding food supply to a royal commission. bread IS the
 most important of all the common foods of the people. As a yielder or energy, one pound of bread IS more valuable than a pound of meat. It's chief deficiency, however. is its pow erty in nitrogenous matter, and IT, therefore, has to be supplemented With articles that remedy this detect. Liie could be sustained for long periods
 on a diet of bread, with rev beans or a little cheese.
 A man in time of scarcity of gen. eral food could subsist upon two pounds of bread day, says pr. Hutch- inson He would begin to suffer from lack of energy if he got less, but could go considerably below the two pounds for a bare subsistence in times Of great urgency, such as garrlsons un- dergo in times of siege. Under these conditions it Is disease that carries men off rather than starvation. One interesting point on which pr. Hutchinson insists Is the value Of or dinary white bread. Rye he states, is lower in nutritive value than wheat. The next most important article Of diet as a source of energy Is sugar. In comenting on this, pr. Hutchinson makes an interesting statement on the duties of food:
 The unfortunate thing about sugar Is that it contains no nitrogenous mat ter. at all.' says the expert. 6redof does contain some Without nitrogen ous matter one cannot get on at all. | It Is absolutely necessary. There are two sorts of food. The two things that food does are-first, it keeps the body in repair; second, it it can supply it with energy, but cans not do anything to keep 1t in repair.
 Bread can do both. but it Is better
 as a source of energy than as re- | pairer .a Among nitrogenous foods lnstanced as good adjuncts in supplying the de. i fleets of bread are beans, cheese anu | fish. The white of an egg IS stated | to be very essential element or food. 1 If no meat is available at any time.
 bread. sugar and eggs are all that Is
 wanted for very respectable sup
 nort for the body" Under conditions | of comparative scarcity II chlId IS given it's slice of bread with molasses
 I've are doing as well as we can TOT
 the child"
 Another illustration of the marvel
 ous value of bread as Rood Is given Iby Dr. Hutchinson. One pound or beef" he states. lis only about half | as valuable as a source of energy as an equal quantity of cheese, while given weight of bread yields third more energy than its equivalent In beef"
 | The amount of food required by an
 ordinary persoR is somewhat remarka- ble when comparison Is made with an engine. man requires to be supplied
 with about 4,600 foot-tons of energy
 q day That is to say, his food If
 consumed fin an engine, would raise A. | 500 tons weight one foot high every
 day. This does not allow for waste.
 The human body is rather waste | full machine. says Dr. Hutchinson. l That is to say, an enormous amount
 of energy is not turned out as work
 but is lost in heat" Considered as
 a heat machine, the human body is
 described as being more effective than | the best engine.