Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-12-25
SUGGESTIONS FOR THOSE WHO
WOULD AVOID FATNESS.
Most Fresh Vegetables Also Are Flesh
Makins-use Neither Sugar Nor
Cream with Fruits In the
Least Acid.

The summer Is a bad season for
women who are inclined to grow stout,
for almost all fresh vegetables are
iieshmaking; so. too. are many OF
the fresh fruits. What makes the sit
uation more difficult for feshy per
sons is the fact that both OF these
articles OF diet are excellent for the
complexion and the blood. and there
fore should not be eliminated from the
daily menu.
AS suggestions OF nov to eat fruit
without increasing weight, try the fol-
lowing: Peaches are among thc most
desirable food. being nourishing and
thirst quenching. They may be eaten
In great quantity and will have little
effect upon the flesh unless sugar Is
taken with them. Cream should never
be used in combination with them or
II other fruit which is in the least
acid, because It curdles, making a
fermentation that renders digestion
difficult or impossible.
~Cantaloupe melons should not be
eaten by persons, who find that they
cause an acid condition OF the stom-
ach. 1t is only fair to say. however.
that they are less apt 10 bring on this
state If seasoned with salt rather than
sugar. Pears are less 'digestible than
eithcr OF the first two fruits men
toned. Watermelon is delicious 10
thc taste. but II Is utterly lacking In
any nourishinE qualities. Therefore,
when II is eaten. II should be as a
substitute for water and is more di.
BnGtihla hot NUnnn n,nnlc than yrhnn
taken with other food.
Many persons will find that fruit
eaten by itself, not with the meals.
is less apt to fcrment In the stom.
ach. Doing without water. making
the fruit juice take its place. is also
aIP aid 10 digestion. Water may be
drunk freely, however. half an hour
or so after eating.
II Is practically impossible to eat
too many fresh vegetables. and II
would be well II, in extremely hot
weather. meat were eliminated every
other day. Reef, mutton. lamb and
the like only heat the blood. and as
less heat is taken from the body in
warm weather than in cold. IL is not
necessary To give the same food sup.
ply that is required In winter. String
beans. bects. spinach. boiled cabbage
and other watery vegetables are not
fat making. Corn. green peas. i;ula
beans and the like do make flesh. But
II should be remembered that they
may be eaten now by persons who
should avoid them in winter, because
the increased flow of pcrspiration will
| holm IN kpnn 1nyVn tho uniuhf nn,i
COuEtcraCt the starChy effect of what
they have taken into their systems.
II is also worth bearing In mind that
not drinking water with food will do
much toward preventing additional
weight.
Salads. with French dressing or
~mayOnnaisc. not vinegar and sugar,
SHOULD be eaten freely ut this season.
There Is much nourishment in olive
oil and the flavor Of vinegar IL appc,
thing. Added to that, ali crisp green
salads have an excellent effect upon
the blood, acting as gentle purifiers
and Clcanscrs.
Ice cream is. In eTcCr, something
like fruits already told of. Taken
With meals 1t Is fattcniug. Eater
alone. as n substitute for food. II Is
nourishing: is not fattcning and IL
easily digested. There is no better
luncheon I'm summer than n cup ol
cold consomme, followed by a dish 81
ice cream. not Shcrbct. The latter Is
almost entirely water. while the for
mcT Is largely milk. 1t should not be
regarded as n luxury, but rs n ncccs
sary hot weather food. and the hes
quality that can DO afforded SHOULD
be bought. The better 1t is. the more
cream 1t contains. the more nourlsh
Ing 1t becomes.
Iced liquids. taken In quantity. with
meals. are both f%attcninE and indi
gcstiblc. Nevertheless. II Is not &c
he expected that people will give
them up. so the next best thing Is
that they shall be taken between
meals They will not then paralyzt
digestion. and the harm done is great
~ lcsscncd.