The Press., 1907-01-30
THE IDEAL BREAKFAST.
A Meal That Gives the Best RETURN
In Force and Energy.

"A
In Force and Energy.
sit is more important that the break
fast should be a substantial and suit
able meal than any other of the day."
said DIR. e. n. BARLEY of the Long Is
land Medical college. 1--WE don't want
a heavy breakfast, but 1t should be one
from which we get quick returns In
force and energy. The old smile of
comparing the body with furnace
holds good in every detail. At night
the engineer closes the draft, banks
his fire and lets it smolder through the
hours. In the morning he shakes the
crate and opens the draft, but this is
not enough. He must put on fresh
fuel, and he prefers something that will
ignite quickly. In the morning both
body and mind are sluggish and vital
ity low. 1t needs not only both fresh
food that will digest quickly and fur
nish a speedy stimulus, bring color to
the cheek. warmth to the extremities,
elasticity to the step and alertness to
the mental faculties.
"In their anxiety for this quick slim
illus many people take hot water or al
coholic drinks in the morning. But the
universal morning stimulant is coffee.
The active principle of coffee is caf-
feline. Under the influence of this sub
stance thought flows more easily, the
mental faculties are quickened, and
feelings of lassitude and drowsiness
pass away. For this reason it Is bad
night drink and good morning drink.
One cup of coffee in the morning will
not hurt any healthy person. Several
cups are undoubtedly excess, and the
practice of children going to school or
men and women going to work on
breakfast of coffee alone is absolutely
to be condemned. Coffee taken copi-
ously in the morning stimulates the &C.
tivities and satisfies the craving for
food, but the person who makes his
breakfast Of it or who drives himS #
to work on coffee when he is tired is
setting the pace that kills. Tea is very
similar In all its effects to coffee. Choc-
olate is a true food, especially when
made with milk. 1t contains from 30 to
go per cent of fat and is very nourish-
ing. But 1t is a sedative, not stimu-
liant 1t produces a feeling of drowsi-
ness and heaviness, which makes it a
good night drink for wakeful persons.
This comes from the cocoa butter,
which is not easily absorbed into the
system and so lies in the stomach for
a time. Any one who took chocolate as
constantly as most persons do tea and
coffee would have indigestion and dys-
pepsia. Taken occasionally, it is nu-
tritious food.
1--WE do not want beefsteak in the
morning. Its return in force and en-
ergy is too slow. The very best of all
breakfast meats is bacon. There are a
few persons who have what we call
fat Indigestion who cannot take ba-
con. But every one else, even babies a
year and a half old, can take it health
fully, especially for breakfast. 1t slim
ulates the gastric juices to do their
work of digestion, and we get quick
return from it in force and energy. An
eminent English surgeon has said that
the best preparation for hard days
work Is a good breakfast with plenty
Of bacon.
1.-The ideal breakfast is one cup of
coffee, cereal with sugar and milk
and bacon. We get the quickest return
in energy from sugar, fat and starch.
The bone and muscle building elements
are slower In their action, and we can
take them at other meals when the fur
mace is fairly started for the day.
New York Tribune