The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1908-09-12
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HOW TO EAT FRUIT
SUGGESTIONS FOR THOSE WHO
WOULD AVOID FATNEsS.
Most Fresh Vegetables Also Are Flesh
Makine-Use Neither Sugar Nor
Cream with Fruits in the
Least Acid.

The summer is bad season for
women who are inclined to grow stout,
for almost all fresh vegetables are
fleshmaking; SO, toe, are many of
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 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 to bring on this
state if seasoned with salt rather than
sugar Pears are less digestible than
either of the first two fruits men
toned Watermelon is delicious 10
the taste. but it is utterly lacking in
any nourishing qualities. Therefore,
when it is eaten, it should be as a
substitute for water and is more di-
gestible between meals than when
taken with other food
Many persons will find that fruit
eaten by itself. not with the meals,
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 heat is taken from the body in
warm weather than in cold, it is not
| necessary to give the same food sup
| ply that is required in winter String
beans, beets, spinach, boiled cabbage
and other watery vegetables are not
fat making Corn, green peas, lima
beans and the like do make flesh But
| 1t should be remembered that they
| 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 have taken into their systems
1t is also worth bearing in mind that
not drinking water with food will do
much toward preventing additional
weight
Ice cream is, in effect. something
like fruits already told Of Taken
with meals IL is fattenlng Eaten
alone. as a substitute for food. it is
nourIshing; is not fattening and is
easily digested There is no better
luncheon in summer than cup Of
cold consomme followed by a dish OF
Ice cream. not sherbet. The latter Is
almost entirely water while the for
ner is largely milk. II should not be
regarded as n luxury but as q neces-
sary hot weather food. and the best
quality that can be afforded should
be bought The better 1t Is. the more
/ cream It contains, the more nourish.
| ing IL becomes.
Iced liquids. taken in quantity with
meals, are both fattening and indi-
! gestibe Nevertheless, 1t is not 10
be expected that people win give
them up. so the next best thing Is
that they shall Ne taken between
meals