The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-01-05
BREAD BEST OF FOOD.
Said to BE More yalua ole Than Meat
as a YieIder of Energy.

Said to BE More Valuable Than Meat
as a YieIder of Energy.
According to DR.. Robert Hutchinson
of the London hospital, who supplied
evidence regarding food supply to a
royal commission, bread is the most
important of all the common foods of
the people. AS yielder of energy
pound of bread is more valuable than a
pound of meat Its chief deficiency,
however, is it's poverty in heterogeneous
matter, and it therefore has to be sup
plemented with articles that remedy
this defect. Life could be sustained
for long periods on diet of bread,
with few beans or a Iii e. cheese.
A man in time of scarcNvy of general
food could subsist upon two pounds Of
bread day, says DR.. Hutchinson. He
would begin to suffer from lack Of en-
ergy if he got less, but could go consid-
erably below the two pounds for bare
subsistence in times of great urgency,
such as garrisons undergo in time Of
siege. Under these conditions it is dis
ease that carries men off rather than
starvation.
One interesting point on which DR..
Hutchinson insists is the value Of ordi-
nary 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
commenting on this DIR. Hutchinson
makes an interesting statement on the
duties of food.
1.-THE unfortunate thing about sugar
is that it contains no heterogeneous mat
ter at all,' says the expert. Bread
does contain some. Without nitrogen
GUS 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; and, second,
it supplies it with energy. Some foods
can supply it with energy, but cannot
do anything to keep it in repair. Bread
can do both, but it is better as source
of energy than as repairer."
Among heterogeneous foods instanced
as good adjuncts in. supplying the de-
fects of bread are beans, cheese and
fish. The white of an egg is stated to
be very essential element Of food. If
no meat is available at any time bread,
sugar and eggs are all that is wanted
for ''a very respectable support for the
body" Under conditions Of compare
tive scarcity if a child is given its slice
Of bread with molasses 1--WE are doing
as well as we can for the child"
Another illustration of the marvellous
value of bread as food is given by
DR.. Hutchinson. ."One pound of beef"
he states, lis only about half as valua-
BILE as source of energy as an equal
quantity of cheese, while given
weight of bread yields third more en-
ergy than its equivalent in beef"
The amount of food required by an
ordinary person is somewhat remarka-
BILE when comparison is made with an
engine. A man requires to be supplied
with about 1900 foot tons Of energy a
day. That is to say, his food, if con-
sumed in an engine, would raise 1900
tons weight one foot high every day.
This does not allow for waste.
1.-THE human body is rather a waste
full machine" says DR.. Hutchinson.
'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 de-
scribed as being more effective tt the
best engine.-New York Mail d Ex-
press.