The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-06-08

In the newspaper comments on the
 report recently issued by Professor
 Irving Fisher of Yale university on one
 of his diet experiments, much stress was laid on the fact that the taste
 of meat was so much more congenial
 than the tastes of those foods which
 were generally advocated as being healthful that most people would rath-
 CT die little sooner than give them
 up. The report just issued of another
 experiment by Professor Fisher shows
 that such keen desire for a large
 amount of high-proteid foods is prob
 ably perverted taste, caused by the
 craving of the stomach for stimulation
 owing to the food not being properly
 prepared for it by chewing, and that
 with proper chewing the taste-instincts
 become normal in time, and new and delicious flavors are discovered in plain
 simple foods.
 The experiment on which this report is based was made on nine healthy Yale students. The experiment was di- vided into two periods. In the first period the men simply chewed. It was '0NAAA tAAebS WAAAl NlllS tudSli~ cation. while the men chose exactly what they wanted to eat, there was a distinct though gradual tendency to- wards reduction in the total amount of food, in the quantity of proteid, in the quantity of flesh fods, and in the quan- tity of liquids of all dnds-water, tea, coffee, cocoa and even soups. During the second period the subjects were told to choose low-proteid foods when their appetite instincts were in doubt. Therefore, during this period the force of suggestion to reduce proteid and flesh foods was added. During this period the same effects were noted in a still greater degree Comparing the diet at the close of the entire five months of the experiment. with the diet at it's be- ginning, it was found that the total calories had fallen abou twenty-five per cent, the proteid about forty per cent, and the flesh foods over eighty per cent, or 10 about one-sixth of their original amount The proteid level at the end of the experiment correspond l ed closely with the results of Profess sor Chittenden's experiments
 The result of the experiment may | throw some light on the problem of | the proper amount of food and food for healthy men eating in a natural manner.
 Gymnasium tests were made at the beginning, middle and end of the ex- pertinent. These tests were of two of strength and tests of endurance. It was found that the strength of the men remained about stationary, while their endurance was nearly doubled. Mental tests were also made.
 The report of another experiment, which was with forty-nine flesh-eat- CTS and observation-disclosures, has previous ly been made public, and showed that those who either abstained from meat altogether or ate it sparingly had far greater endurance than those who ate meat in the ordinary quantities.
 Professor Fisher is still engaged in his Investigations, and further reports | are to follow. Thus far his reports corr roborate the claims of Professor Chit tenden of Yale and of Mir. Horace Fletcher In regard to the effectiveness of thorough mastication.
 "Chew and choose" is the key to the important subject of how to attain maximum working capacity, according to the report of Professor Irving Fish or of Yale university on his investiga- ton into the claims previously made for the beneficial effects of thorough of food.