Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1908-12-09
HOW TO EAT FRUIT:
SUGGESTIONS FOR THOSE WHO
WOULD AVOID FATNESS.
Nest Fresh Vegetables Also Are Flesh
makins-Use Neither Sugar Nor
Cream with Fruits in the
Least Acid.

"E'i'H'"hlhS' SO, 100, are many or
the fresh fruits. What makes the sit
uation more difficult for fleshy 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 how to eat fruit
without increasing weight, try the fol-
lowing: Peaches are among the 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
any other fruit which is in the least
acid, because it curdles, making
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 TO bring on this
state if seasoned with salt rather than
SuSar. Pears are less digestible than
either OF the first two fruits men
toned Watermelon is delicious to
The taste, but it is utterly lacking in
| any nourishing qualities. Therefore,
! when 1t is eaten, it should be as a
! substitute for water and is more d.
'5cStlblc between meals than when
iaken with other food.
Many persons will find that fruit
| is less apt to ferment in the stom-
ach. Doing without water, making
the fruit juice take its place, is also
an aid TO digestion. Water may be
! drunk freely, however, half an hour
or so after eating.
1t is practically impossible TO eat
TOO many fresh vegetables, and it
|. would be well if, in extremely hot
weather, meat were eliminated every
! other day. Beef, mutton, lamb and
the like only heat the blood, and as
less neat is taken from the body in
warm weather than in cold, it is not
necessary to give the same food suD-
| ply that is required in winter. String
, Deans, bccts, spinach, boiled cabbage
and other watery vegetables are not
iat making. Corn, green peas, lima
| Deans and the like do make flesh. But
! IL should be remembered that thew
, may be eaten now by persons who
should avoid them in winter, because
The Increased flow of perspiration will
help to keep down the weight and
counterfeit the starchy effect of what
they nave taken into their systems
1t is also worth bearing in mind that
not drinking water with food will do
much toward preventing additional
weight.
Salads, with French dressing or
mayonnaise, not vinegar and sugar,
should be eaten freely at this season.
! mere Is much nourishment in olive
OIL and the flavor Of vinegar is appe-
thing. Added to that, all crisp green
/. salads have an excellent effect upon
the blood. acting as gentle purifiers
ana clCansers.
Ice cream is, in effect, something
like fruits already told Of. Taken
with meals 1t is GattGning.. Eaten
alone, as substitute for food, il is
nourishing; is not fattening and is
~'''''IN uiStStSu. here is no better
luncheon in summer than a cup of
cold fopsomme, followed by a dish Of
leo cream, not sherbet. The latter is
almost entirely water. while the for.
mer is largely milk 1t should not be
regarded as luxury. but as a neces.
sary hot weather food, and the best
Quality that can be afforded should
be bought. The better it is. the more
cream IL contains, tive more nourish.
ing it becomes.
Iced liquids. taken in quantity. with
meals, are both fattening and indi.
gestiblo. Nevertheless. it is not to
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 paralyze
digestion. and the harm done is great.
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