The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-17

quirer. "A vegetarian friend Of mine told
me once that her meat substitutes cost her
as much as meat
she was perfectly right. Meat sub
stitutes are made chiefly Of nuts. and nuts
are One OF the most expensive Of foods.
But We don't 60 in for meat substitutes.
That's Just the difference between the
old fashioned vegetarian and the Fletcher
lite. The old fashioned vegetarian on-
demned the use OF meat on the ground
that il involved the killing of living creatures
nj that il fOstered the animal instincts.
but he went in for what we call a high
proteid diet with nuts. peas. beans and
lentilE. just the same.
The Fletcherite isn't interested pri-
marily in the humane and ethical side Of
the question. To him it is a matter Of pure
physiology.
He believes that he has discovered that
the body doesn't need the amount Of tissue
builder that we used to think il needed and
he goes in instead for the heat and energy
producers-the fats, starches. sugars and
vegetable salts.'
But" objected the inquirer. we've
always been told that sweets we're ruff
Gus to the digestion and that starchy foods
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h have you got TO say to that"
just this replied h woman. The
machinery for the digestion Of the slsrches
and sugars is in the mouth. not in the
stomach and intestines, and IL you send
starches and sugars down undigestei. as
most people do. the stomach and intestines
register their prOtest-the one by making
you uncomfortable. the other by making
you ugly
That may be So admitted the inquirer
grudgingly. hut even il il Is | AM sse how
il can be wise or safe TO do away with the
food that mckes muscle"
See here" said the Harlem woman. do
YOU feed a machine on brass and iron and
steel and copper? No. Well, then. why
should you feed a body on flesh?
You've got yo&r body all built. It's
there. Like the machine 1t requires a GER
tain amount OF repairing, but not much,
particularly not in the case OF US s~edentary
people.
-ihersfore we don't need much Of tho
food That builds tissue. and when We get
more OF IL h We need ~e ~eAr our. bodies
out trying TO get rid Of II. just 10 machine
WOULD be worn out II you dumped iron and
brass and steel and copper into the fur
mace instead OF coal. lake the machine.
what we need Is fuel. and We get IL out OF
the fats and starches and sugars and vege-
table salts, not out OF the tissue builders.
And the beauty OF IL is she went on,
that IL Is these very tissue builders and
not the starches and sugars that cost money.
What are the things tnat take sensational
leaps upward in prioep Meat. eggs and
dairy products.
price or potatoes. OF rice, OF ma~carOni, OF
squash, carrots, onions or spinach. Heaven
knows that the cereals are cheap and
plentiful enough.
Sugar and chocolate remain about the
same the year round. Olive oil seldom
varies a cent from season TO season. Apples
and bananas are within the reach'o OF every
one.
Dried prunes, peaches. pears and aprioots
are old relIables THAT never change. IL
never occurs TO anybody TO corner che
market IN dates, hgs or rais.ns. Yet these
/ things may be maue the basis Of a perfectly
balanced diet.
Take our own case. For our lrst meal.
which we take noon. we ordinarily
have q cereal with fruit juiJe or else some
cooked fruit with bread and butter.
This is usually the limit because We have
found from experiment that the less we
eat In the middle Of the day the clearer
our heads are for work. lK, however. we
happen TO he unusually hungry we add
or raiBine or perhaps some crackers and
J cheese or a little jam or marmllade.
The meal at which we really stoke ND
is dinner. which We take between half past
S and 9. Ordinarily II consists Of three
courses.
-For the first course. besides the bread
and butter. We have only two things. Dine
OF these 10 usually something that can be
served IN . platter because wS haven't