The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-06
.CuR1osITIEs oF DIET.
How Nature Adapts Foed to Man and
 Vice VeR@a.

How Nature Adapts Feed to Man and
 Vice VeFaa. New York Tribune.
 Modern science has shown that na- ture provides food for msnkana witp man system requires certain amount of proteid daily to replaee wern-o muscle and tissue. Flsh and mes{ climates. however, these spoil so quick # to compensate for this. has given Sasntty SS SsFsn of sF0Psst Pproted than 0f Northern anaIysls, show. u that fgs 5gsys hsys 5 units nnS bananas Is. Apples have ..5, peaches
 g. and pears n. Probably the figs and dates tested had lost part of their moisture and some allowance should
 The Arab can. therefore. maintain his Vigor on a diet chiefly piuched- from trees. Henry M Stanley and his entirely on banana flour for two years in the African jungle Their freedom from disease was in part attributed to dried banana contains 20 per cent of proteid. about double that of ordinary wheat flour. .-.t.,... --.- 4
 At the opening of the mango season cafly live on this fruit for two or three weeks, They fairly revel in 1t, An Englishman who was familiar with the science of diet could not understand how they could not only mantain their h health on this fare, but actually grow sleek and fat He knew that an effort to live on the fruits of his native coun- and eventual death Chemicai analysis showed however. that the mango con- trained enough proteid to supply the bodily needs.
 If nature has been thus kind in adapting food to mans uses, she has been equally, so in adapting man to why people can eat bread at every meal without tiring of it. The difficulty of known. Even such del.cacies as as- paragus and strawberries cause an aversion when served too frequently. Nature sends men never falling ap- together the most valuable of foods. They contain a considerable amount of to the organism, they are readily di- gested when properly. cooked. and they furnish a great deal of nourtshment in small bulk.
 (dry) and rice (dry) have more than 100 units to the ounce: Baked pota- toes have S2.7 units, cabbage has S.2, spinach 2, asparagus. 65. apples lS.+. strawberries Il. 4, spring chicken 19 5 and tenderloin of beef, broiled s g. If q man tried to get even half of his pu- which have a considerable indfgestible residue, he would have to cat pounds of them daily. and his stomach would be sadly overburdened. Nature gives us the desire for a varied diet, and science shows that this is altogether the best for us.
 In the Arctic regions there is little vegetation. Man must live almost wholly on animal foods. Fish and meat would not suffice. because they contain only proteids. These would replace wornout muscle and tissue, but could not be burned in the body to generate heat and energy. Fats. how. ever, consist of carbon and hydrogen, which are the chief components of the foods of vegetRbl origin and supply the fuel needed by the body. The polar animals have fat in abundance but residents of the temperate and torrid zones can eat 1t only in limited uuan- titles. To them the mere thought of chewing chunks of grease is nauseat- ing.
 The children of the frozen north. however are endowed not onfy with the ability to eat and to digest large quantities of fat, but with a Keen aT1- petite for it.. One who is sensitive to such impressions must turn away when he sees the natives of Southern Alaska. the Ehlinktts, swallowing seal oil fla vored by salmon berries with the gusto of a boy over ice cream. The Eskimos, further north, will eat blubber, slightly cooked in the flames. to an indefinite number of pounds.