The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1909-07-24
CUR|OSIT|ES Of DIET.
Nsw Nature Adapts Fosd to o1a
aad Man 70 Feed
aeeA1 VALUE or CEREALS.

GREAT VALUE or CEREALS.
Why psspis css Gst 0vsss = Gv~y
Asssi Wi4j,swt osttaes Tirs6 u H.
Ths Fruits Il ne 0svn;ss Tropics
~ ts,s esAs u ~ Tsssss Arssia
Modern science has shown that na-
tnrs provides food for mankind VIII
narvesous lars and foresight The hu-
man systsm requires . certain amount
of psoted daily to replace woenout
nascls ard tissue. Fish and meat sup
ply this IN large quantities. In bot
climates. However, these spoil 70 quick
" that thsir use 4 limited Nature.
~ II 10 eeopensats for this, has given
to certain tropical fruits q much larger
quantity Of pfotsid than northern fruits
contain. Thus government analysis
shows hat Aes have I'VE units Of calo-
MS to Tie ounce. dates two and i've
tsnths asd bananas oos and nye-fenths-
AppIss have nys-tsnths. peaches nine
tsntts and, peam ssssn-tsnths. Prob
ably the Hss ana datD tested had lost
part Of thsif moisture, and some assow-
ance should be made Tor this.
Ths Arab can, therefore, maintain his
vigW On diet cilSs6y piucked from
trses- Henry n. Stanley and his white
companions suhststed almost entirely
On banana nour for tive years In ths
African jungle. Th4if fFeedcm from
disease was In part attributed TO the
whosesomessss o1 this dlsA TIA drisd
banana contains 70 per cent Of proteid,
about douhls tihat Of ordinary wheat
6our.
At the openine Of the mango sessos
IN Jamaica many Of the natives prnc-
t3eaily live on this fruit for two or
three weeks. They fairly revei in It,
An Enslishman who was familiar with
The schemes Of diet could not under
stand bow ithey could not only main
tain their health on this fare, but
actually grew sleek and fat He knew
that an s6ort 20 Hive on ths fruits Of
his native country w0uld result In
weakness, sickness and eventual death
Chemical anaIysis showed, however.
that IT, mango contained enough pro
It'd to sspply The bodily pseds.
II nature has been thas kind In
adapting food to nan's usss. sie has
bssa equally - in aAaptisg man. to his
Asel Yos may havs wondered why
people can eat besad at every meal
without firing OF ~ tn Aincrlty Of
eating ous quail . &ny fec thirty days
= wsil known. Even such dslicacies a.
asparagus and Strawberries cause an
aversion when served too frequently.
Nature sends msn nsvsr falling ap-
pstits for cereals bsceuss thsy are alto
esthef the most valuable Of foods.
Thsy contain considerable amount a
peotsid. thelfs aalts -ars OF Importance
to the organism. they ara readily d.
seetsd when properly cooked, and they
furnish great Aaal Il neusisbnsot In
small bulk. ,.tl
Thus wheat aour, cognmaai, oatmeal
Afy) and fics tdry) have more than
100 units to the ounce. Baked potatoes
have 82.7 unita, cabbeR has az spen-
sch Z. asparagus 6b. appass IA. straw.
berries ia spring chicken 1916 and
ten6srioin u beef broiisd So. II man
tfjsd to gst even half Of his nutrition
from ths co4rss Vegetables, which have
Q considerable indigestlb1s rssidue, be
would have. to. eat pounds Of them
oatly. and his stomach weasd be sadly
ovsfbardsued. Naturs. gives us the de-
sire for varied DIT, and science
.sAows that this h altogether the BEST
foe ~, lf
In the arctic regions there n little
vegetation Man must, live almost
wholly on animal foods. Fish and
nsat would not su1sce. because they
contain only proteids. These would ~
place WORKOUT muscle and tiss,sC, but
could not b burned in the body to
ssnsrats beat and energy. Fats, how
svsr. consist Of carbon and hydrogen,
which arc the chief conponents Of the
foods Of vcgetabls origin and supply
tho fuel needed BY thu. body. The 20
lar animals have fat In abundance, but
residents Of the temperate and torrid
sonss can eat It only In limited Quan.
ttttss. To them ~ mere Thought Of
chewing chunks - gtsass is nause.
atine.
Ths children ef ths frosen north,
howsver. are endowed not only with
IT, ability to 1set end 10 dIssst large
quantities u fAt bot With q keen ap.
Dst1ts for t. One who n sensitive to
ooch Impressions nust tarn away
VIXEN ~ sess The natives Of southern
Alaska, tAs TAl1nkits. swallowing seal
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