Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-12-09


Meal Without Getting Tired Of It.
The Fruits of the Burning Tropics
and the Fats Of the Frozen Arctic.
Modern science has shown that na-
turc provides food for mankind with
marvellous care and foresight. The hu-
man system requires certain amount
Of proteid daily 10 replace WORKOUT
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 If to compensate for this. has given
20 certain tropical fruits much larger
quantity OF proteid than northern fruits
contain. Thus government ANALYSIS
shows that figs have five units or calo-
ries % the ounce. dates two and five
tcnths and bananas one and five-tenths.
Apples have five-tcnthS. peaches nine
tenths and pears seven-tenths. Prob
ably the hgs and dates tested had lost
part OF their moisture, and some allow
ance should Doe made for this.
The Arab can. therefore. maintain his
yigor on diet chiefly plucked from
trees. Henry VI. Stanley and his white
companions Subsisted almost entirely
on banana flour for two years In the
African jungle. Their freedom from
disease was IN part attributed 10 the
wholeSomeneSs Of this diet. The dried
banana contains 20 per cent of proteid.
about double that of ordinary wheat
flour
1T 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 revel in il.
IN Engllshman 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. He knew
that M effort 20 live on the fruits of
his native country would result in
weakness, sickness and eventual death.
Chemical analysis showed. howevcr.
that the mango contained enough pro
ted 70 supply the bodily needs.
II nature has been thus kind in
adapting food TO mans uses, she has
been equally 50 IN adapting man 10 lis
food. You may have wondered WHY
people can eat bread 1T every meal
without firing Of il. The difficulty ~
eating one quail day for thirty DAYS
IS well known. Even such delicacieS MS
asparagus and Strawberries cause an
aversion when served too frequently.
Nature sends mon = never failing APP
petite for cereals because they are alto
gether The most valuable of foods.
They contain = considerable amount Il
proteid. their salts are of Importance
20 the organism. they are readily ILL
SeSted when properly cooked. and they
furnish great deal Of pouriShucut ID
small bulk
Thus wheat flour. cornmcal. oatmeal
dry and rice dry have more than
100 units 10 the ounce. Baked potatoes
have 32.T units. cabbage has %. spin
ach =. aSpara gus 60. apples 1S.4. straw
berries III. spring chicken IQ.5 and
tcnderlOin of beef broiled 90. ia man
tried TO Eet even half Of his nutrition
from the coarse vegetables. which have
considerable iUdigcStiblc residue. lie
would have 70 eat pounds OF them
daily, and his stomach would be sadly
ovcrburdCnod. Nature gives Us the dc
sire for a varied diet and science
shows thar this is altogether the best
for Us.
In the arctic regions there IS litrle
vegetation Man must live almost
wholly on animal foods. Fish and
meat would not suffice. because they
contain only proteidS. These would re-
place WORKOUT muscle and tissue. but
could not be burned in the bodv IN
generate heat and energy. Fats. how
ever. consist OF carbon and hydro-cn.
which are the chief componentS of the
foods Of vegetable origin and supply
the fuel needed 10y the body. The DO
lar animals have fat in abundance. but
residents of the temperate and torril
zones can eat IL only in limited GUAM
titles. To them the mere thought Of
chewing chunks OF grease Is nauSe-
citing.
The children of the frozen nor,h.
however. are endowed not only with
the ability to eat and to digest LARGE
quantities Of TAT. but with Il keen ap-
petite for il. One who is sensitive Ia
such impressions must turn away
when he secS the natives Of southern
Alaska. the Thlinkits. swallowing sea-
eli favored 10y salmon berries with the
cuSto of boy over ice cream. The
ESGmOS. farther north. will eat blub
Der, slightly cooked in the flames; {,
IN indefinite number Of pounds.-Nev
York Tribune.