Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-02-26
HOW TO EAT FRUIT
SUGGESTIONS FOR THOSE WHO
WOULD AVOID FATNEss.
Nest Fresh Vegetables Also Are Flesh.
makins-Use Neither Sugar Nor
Cream with Fruits in the
Least Acid.

Least Acid.
The summe is a bad season for
women who are inclined to grow stout,
for almost all fresh vegetables are
the fresh fruits. What makes the sit
uation more difficult for neshy per
o m 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 n%ourishing 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 II curdles. making n
fermentation hat renders digestion
difficult or impossible.
C~antaloupe melons should not be
NSNNAA ~ DSASONS hlu lh1l lily
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 II seasoned with salt rather than
sugar. Pears are less digestiblc than
either of the first two fruits men.
toned. Watermelon is delicious 10
thC taste, but IL is utterly lacking in
any nourishinS qualities. Therefore,
when IT is eaten, II should be as a
scstible 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 81 after eating.
1t is practically impossible To eat
too many fresh vegetables. and II
would be well ii. 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. IL Is not
necessary To give the same food sup
ply that is required in winter. String
beans, bects. spinach. boiled cabbage
II other watcry 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.
II Is also worth bearing in mind that
not drinking water with food will do
much toward preventing additional
weight.
Salads. with French dressing Oh
mayonnaisc. not vinegar and sugar
SHOULD be eaten freely at this season
There Is much nourishmcnt In olive
oil and the flavor of vinegar Is appe
tizing. Added to that. all crisp greer
salads have an excellent effect upor
the blood. acting as gentle purifiers
and clcanscrs.
Ice cream is. In effect. something
like fruits already told Of. Tak"I
with meals It is fattening. Eater
alone. as a substitute for food. It Il
nOurishing: is not fattening and Il
easily digested. There Is no bette
luncheon In suInmc than n cup O
cold consomme, followed by a dish o
Ice cream, not shcrbet. The latter Il
almost entirely water. while the for
mer Is largely milk. II should not b,
regarded as n luxury. but as n ncces
sary hot weather food, and tho hes
quality that can be afforded shoult
be bought. The better II Is. the more
cream IL contains, the moro nourish
Ing it becomes.
Iced liquids. taken in quantity. witt
meals. are both fattCning and indi
gestiblc. Nevertheless, II is not Il
be expected that people will givt
them up. so the next best thing Il
that they shall be taken between
meals. They will not thon paralyz'
digestion. and the harm done Is great
ly lcsscncd.