The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-11-18
CUR|OS|T|ES OF DIET,
How Nature Adapts Food to Man
and Man to Food.
GREAT VALUE OF CEREALS.
Why People Can Eat Bread at Every
Meal Without Getting Tired of It.
The Fruits of the Burning Tropics
and the Fats Of the Frozen Arctic.

and the Fats of the Frozen Arctic.
Modern science has shown that ma
ture provides food for mankind with
marvellous care and foresight. The hu-
man system requires certain amount
of proteid daily Ia replace vermont
muscle and tissue. Fish and meat sup
ply this in large quantities In hot
climates, however, these spoil so quick
" that their use is limited. Nature.
as il to compensate for this, has given
to certain tropical fruits much larger
quantity Of protcd than northern fruits
contain. Thus government analysis
shows that figs have five units or Gallo
res to the ounce, dates two and five
tenths and bananas one and fiye-tenths.
Apples have fye-tenths, peaches nine
tenths and pears seyen-tenths. Prob
ably the figs and dates tested had lost
part Of their moisture, and some allow
ance should be made for this.
The Arab can, therefore, maintain his
vigor on n diet chiefly plucked from
trees. Henry NJ. Stanley and his white
companions subsisted almost entirely
Oh banana -four for two years In the
African jungle. Their freedom from
disease was in part attributed to the
wholesomeness of this diet. The dried
about double that Of ordinary wheat
Hour.
At the opening OF the mango season
In jamaica many Of the natives prac-
tically live on this fruit for two or
three weeks They fairly reyel In 1t.
An Englishman who was familiar with
the science of diet could not under
stand how they could not only main
tain their health on this fare, but
actually grow sleek and fat. lie knew
that an effort TO live on the fruits of
his native country would result In
weakness. sickness and eventual death
Chemical analysis showed. however
that the mango contained enough pro
ted to supply the bodily needs.
IF nature has been thus kind In
adapting food 10 mans uses, she has
been equally SO In adapting saan to his
food. You may have wondered why
people can eat bread at every meal
without firing of IT, The difficulty of
eating one quail Il day for thirty days
Is well known, Even such delieacies rs
asparagus and Strawberries cause m
aversion when served too frequently.
Nature sends men Il never falling APP
petite for eeycals because they are alto
gether the most valuable of foods.
They contain a considerable amount of
proteid, their salts are Of importance
10 the organism, they are readily di-
gestcd when properly cooked. and they
furnish Il great deal of nourishment In
small bulk
Thus wheat flour, cornmeal, oatmeal
dry and rice dry have more than
100 units to the ounce. Baked potatoes
have 32.7 units, cabbage has o.. spin
ach Z, asparagus 60, apples 1874. straw
berries Id, spring chicken 1915 and
tenderloin of beef brolled 90 If man
tried to get even half of his nutrition
from the coarse vegetables. which have
IL considerable indigcstible residue, he
would have to eat pounds of them
daily. and his stomach would be sadly
overburdened. Nature gives us the de
shows that this is altogether the best
for us,
In the arctic regions there is llttl,
vegetation. Man must live almost
wholly on animal foods. Fish ant
meat would not suffice. because the!
contain only proteids. These would re
place wornout muscle and tissue. bu
could not be burned In the body Il
generate heat and energy Fats. how
ever. consist OF carbon and hydrogen
which are the chief components OF the
foods of vegetable origin and supply
the fuel needed by the body. The pc
lar animals have fat In abundance, bul
residents of the temperate and torrid
zones can eat 1t only In limited guam
titles. To them the mere thought OF
chewing chunks OF grease is nause
ating.
The children OF the frozen north
however are endowed not only with
the ability to eat and to digest large
quantities OF fat, but with n keen APP
petite for IT, One who Is sensitive to
such Impressions must turn away
when he sees the natives Of southern
Alaska. the Thlinkits. swallowing seal
oil Favored by salmon berries with the
gusto Of boy over Ice cream. The
Eskimos, farther north, will eat blub-
Der, slightly cooked in the flames, TO
an indefinite number of pounds New
York Tribupe.