The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-09-17
'N00R|DEN ON DIET
Austrian Authority Gives His
Ideas on vegetarianism.
Unable to Speak FavorabIy Of the
Sort That Excludes Milk and Eeqs
from the Menu-Prefers Flesh
less Kind.

from the Menu-Prefers Flesh
less Kind.
Vienna. Austria. = Against flesh
less" vegetarianism there is. in prin.
ciple, nothing to be said; but that
stricter form Of vegetarianism which
excludes all animal products, such as
eggs, butter, milk and cheese, often
involves serious perils to the consti-
tuition. Such is the dictum Of the
greatest European authority on diet
airy, DR.. Karl Noorden, professor Of
Internal medicine in the University Of
Vienna, who has Just given the lay
world some interesting and valuable
reflections upon the subject of vege-
tarianism.
At the outset the professor care
fully distinguishes between the two
kinds of vegetarianism. The first, he
thinks, might better be called flesh
less,' as they avoid only what comes
from the dead animal, and. therefore.
all meat and meat products, such as
meat soups, meat extracts, peptons,
1ellies and margarine. But against
this they eat the products obtained
from living animals and birds, such
as eggs, milk, butter, cheese and the
like. These people call themselves
"vegetarians." but, of course, strictly
speaking, they are not
Now against this "fleshless" diet.
which includes, eggs, milk, etc., from
the technical nutriment standpoint
there is not, he maintains, the least
to be said. For it insures just what
the strict form of vegetarianism fails
to do-that is, sufficient supply of
albuminous substance. The average
daily fare of albuminous substance of
these vegetarians would include from
two to three pints of milk, five or six
eggs and two ounces of cheese. This
would make up nearly four ounces oil
easily digested albumen, which, taken
with the albuminous properties in the
vegetable diet, would form together
perfectly sufficient and nourishing
diet Quite apart from its cheapness
this form of nourishment may be rec
commended, he says, especially when
there is any tendency to goutiness. In
severe cases of constipation it may
also be beneficial, but here one should
act only under medical advice. In
fact the effect on the whole organism
Is always likely to be more success
full when the diet is prescribed by q
physician. Many persons who have
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diet for years will lose their appetite
and gradually become very weak wher
they are forbidden to eat meat. Natu
rally this differs in different individ
ual cases, but in most such conse
quences need not be feared. Where
they do result one must carefully con
slider whether the taking away o
meat from the daily fare really prom
ises so many advantages as to out
weigh the drawbacks occasiored.
Coming to the vegetarianism Of tina
stricter kind which excludes al
products from living animals, Prof
Noorden declares he can speak RAJ
less favorably. Regarded purely from
the theoretical standpoint we fine
certainly in the vegetable kingdom
not only carbonaceous hydrates ant
therefore flour and sugar substances
and fats, but also albuminous sub
stances sufficiently represented t.
provide satisfying and agreeable
dietary. But in reality there is q
great danger that this will not be the
case Thpcn yapatah1a
properties contain on the average not
more than 10 per cent, resorbent al
bumen in the dry substance. There
fore to reach only the moderate
amount of 10 grammes of albumer
daily 700 grammes of dry vegetable
substances are necessary. This rep
resents from the culinary standpaint
weight of some six or seven pounds
One sees therefore that the strict
vegetable for even the most moder
ate albuminous requirements involves
the consumption of an enormous
mass of food This lays an immense
burden upon the stomach and intes
tines. Persons in perfect health may
possibly stand it, but quite frequently
the organs give way under the strain
and illness follows. In other cases
the volume of nutriment taken is in
sufficient and the whole system sui
fers accordingly.
1t is popularity supposed that this
strict vegetarianism is an excellent
cure for corpulency. The fact that
it may serve as such cure is incon
testible, but the professor refuses tc
admit that it can. be called excel
lent" For he says that the patient
in consequence of the great quantity
of unnutritious food, is forced to &C
quire an artificial appetite, and, later
when he Is tired of the vegetable
diet, he returns to the mixed diet and
eats so heartily that he speedily puts
on flesh again. And next, and more
important, too, is the fact that the
strict vegetable dietary is much toe
poor in albumen for corpulenc,
cure. In such cures the diet should
contain more than the average GUAM