The Green Forest tribune., 1909-02-05

starch for muscular energy and A2G'
 They are richer than any other ioIc in minerals, except a few of the nu;s though the excessive roasting 'i ! which they are usually submittea j.
 make them palatable and to ma&f their starch digestible, largely pHec;Di
 tates the mineral elements and co
 agulates the aIbumen ill them. it would hardly be possible to find 2 better diet for hard physical or men tai work than beans. Few other foods, except brown bread, are com
 patible with them, and especially not fruit, milk or eggs. The addition oi fat is an advantage, but olive or pea nut oil would be better than pork.
 Peas, beans and lentilS, contain every element of food necessary fol vigorous physical and mental life. It is no mere coincidence that they are used, commonly, as staple in the logging camp and have come to be Ss sociated with the name of the Athens of America The bean is especially rich in potash. and phosphorus two leading brain foods, besides having a larger percentage of iron than milk. have had an opportunity to watch the physical and mental effects of an exclusive 60-days diet of beans, which clearly proved them d most complete and substantial diet for physical oT mental worker. even though they are not included in the ideal dietary.
 Bean starch is much more easily digestible than wheat starch and is far less likely to cause such bowel troubles as appendicitis. An exclusive diet of beans, long continued is, how ever liable to cause rheumatism and kidney troubles. owing to the excess of albumen they contain. Peas and lentils differ little from beans, the former being the richest of this class of foods A few slices of toast or acid fruits only in the morning and uncooked cabbage, lettuce, cucum- hers, etc, alternating with prunes, ta.es OF figs. fer the evening meal, g~ould be an ideal dietary for labor CT eating beans with coarse bread for the principal meal. at noon.
 Bananas are the most nourishing of fruits, except raisins and currants. Properly ripened they are easily di- gested But as we ordinarily find them in our northern market they are difficult of digestion and likely to cause constipation Banana flour is superior to superfine wheat flour and could be produced more eheaply, if transportation facilities were ade- qnate Tine ripened banana, with the peanut, form perfect ration, or which the population of the world could be fed by the product of Texas and the other gulf states and the tropics. Only suitable method of preserving the banana and an ineX pansive method of transportation be- ing necessary, to solve the food pfob lem.
 Bacon is almost pure fat and is, therefore, d good source of heat, muscular energy and fat, but it is in ferior to olive or peanut oil, which are purer and more easily assimilated. IL should be eaten only in winter, in cold climates, if at all. Pork products, in general, are the most objectionable Of the flesh foods. The flesh of wild animals, the goat, sheep and fresh water fish, fresh are the best of ami nal foods. Fish spells quickly and may become more poisonous than meat. Vegetable-cooking oils are pre- ferable to lard.
 Oysters tthe edible portion, I mean, for it is as necessary to clean oysters as chicken or fish, are comparatively nutritious raw. but fried they are in digestibie. They contain nothing that cannot be obtained from vegetable foods, eggs or fish. Often they are dangerous, causing serious bowel trouble and even typhoid and typhus fever.
 Eggs, eaten in their natural state or only slightly cooked in water, not fried in fat, are very nutritious and easily digested. They are, however, stimulating and undesirable unless eaten sparingly. A whipped egg with zwieback is suitable meal for an in valid; but the curative use of foods will be dealt with in subsequent arti- cles.
 Figs. dates and prunes are the most substantial of the fruits, next to the banana. Either of these, or all makes a suitable evening meal. The chief objection to them is, they are very liable to be spoiled, by fermentation and worms. Prunes can be obtained in cans free from contamination or the objectionable chemicals used in the dried fruit, and as they are chiefly sugar the injury done by cooking is immaterial, as compared with the dan gerin fermentation in the spoiled fruits
 Cocoa is less objectionable than tea or coffee, being only slightly stimulat- ing. It contains considerable fat, more than chocolate. Cereal coffee is harmless.
 Grapes are, next to the apple, for all general purposes, the best fruit. There should be grape arbor in every garden. Unfermented grape juice is a delicious and highly-nutri- tious drink, of which we shall have more to say in treating of the cura- tive values of foods
 Pine arple is a true fruit medicine, very valuable in some digestive disor- dcrs.
 Potatoes are chiefly water and starch, but are rich in the mineral clements of food. They are best baked slowly, at low temperature; they should not be fried in fat or boiled slowly. If they must he boiled, they should be dropped in boiling Wa ter and when cooked allowed to dry on hot fire after Having the water drained off