Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-02-18
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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 a 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, us compared with the dan
germ fermentation In the spoiled fruits
Cocoa is less Objectionable than tea
or coffee, being only slightly stimulat'
ing. II 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 apple is ; true fruit medicine,
very valuable in some digestive disor.
ders.
Potatoes are chiefly water and
starch, but are rich in the mineral
elements of food. They are best
baked slowly, at a low temperature;
they should not be fried in fat or
boiled slowly. II they must be boiled,
they should be dropped in boiling wa
ter and when cooked allowed to dry on
hot fire after having the water
drained on.
Cheese, II fresh, is rich proteid
food, and an aid to digestion, but old
cheese is dangerous and 1t should not
be tasted. Cheese, like milk, is ex-
tremely incompatible with the small
fruits. blackberries, strawberries, rasp-
berries, etc., which need not be
eaten at all; except alone, in the
morning, fresh, in summer. 1t is also
incompatible with nuts. Full cream
cheese, fresh, would make a better
combination with beans than pork.
With bread 1t is especially compatible.
Brain work requires more fresh,
easily assimilated proteids than man.
ual labor. but in either case the less
Craft made upon the stomach for d.
gestion the more vitality will be left
for work, of whatever kind. This is
the physiological side Of the economy
of eating, not forgetting the relative
digestibility of foods and the great
difficulty of excreting the waste Of
albuminous foods as compared with
sugars, starches and fats.
Weston's recent great walking feat,
known to every newspaper reader, Is
a good example of the requirements
OF physical endurance. Mr.. .Weston's
diet was far from ideal, but the one
great lesson, constantly taught was,
that II a man is to do his best work
he must eat only enough to furnish
heat, energy and bodily waste. If he
Is to win in a contest, he must eat
proteids sparingly and lose In weight.
Digestion and elimination are work,
of the severest kind, and the more
no saves in that department, the more
he will have to spend in muscular and
mental work.
A few months ago / published In
one of the medical journals the re-
suit of some experiments made In "A
Tramp's Diet" showing that the best
walking was done when only enough
food was taken to prevent actual
hunger and that a gradual elimination
OF meat was found to steadily increase
the mileage walked. This corresponds
exactly with the results Of the endur-
ance tests made by Profs. Chittenden
and Fisher of Yale and with all the
results in the great walking contests
in Germany, England and America.
No fallacy in regard to diet is more
erroneous or more unfortunate than
| the common argument that the work