Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-09
when IT IS HOT
DR.. Harvey Wiley Says If You
Like Beefsteak Don't Deny
Yourself.
SUBSIST ON MIXED DIET
Shun Ice and Gold Drinks, of Course,
and Reduce Your Rations
Moderately.
'SIST ON MIXED DIET

Don't take up any food fads.
Eat whatever you want, but don't
overdo It
Substst ON a mixed diet All this
talk about vegetables or fruits alone
being q panacea makes me sick
Don't drink ice cold corrections.
Full many a youth has gone to his sar-
By pouring ics cold drinks adown his hot
esophagus
Hot Weather Advice by Dr.. Harvey
W. Wiley, Food Expert of Depart
ment Of Agriculture
It's silly to lay down rules OF diet
in these days, when most folks are
busy battling for mere existence, says
DR.. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the bu
reau Of chemistry, department Of agrf-
culture, who just now Is telling peo-
pie how TO keep comfortable in hot
weather.
"Most people are obliged to eat what
ever they can get" is the encouraging
message Of the health expert. ''Those
who have any choice, however, first of
all should be moderate in everything
at the table. The human system was
built for mixed diet The ages have
proved that moderation in food is best
for mankind. so why should we pay
any attention % any Of the faddists
that occasionally arise to claim atten-
tionf
eff you have been in the habit Of eat
ing steak now and then or a chop
or a piece of roast meat in cold wealth
er there is no reason for eliminating
1t from your menu simply because
the weather has turned warm. Merely
cut down the quantity. When the
weather is hot there is no necessity for
supplying so much heat to the system.
We do not need so much coal to keep
the human engine going.
at is really dangerous to drink ice
water. Water too cold and drunk in
large quantities chills and congests the
coating Of the stomach Many people
disttll or filter their water to free it
from pathogenic germs and afterward
add ice to it, not knowing that the ice
Is just as liable TO be filled with germs
as Is the water. The habit Is found
to result from the ignorant belief OF
some people that 80 called microbes
cannot 1--we In ice-that by bringing the
water to a freezing point these germs |
are killed But freezing produces only
suspended animation In the pathogenic |
germs causing our common diseases |
They merely hibernate in the ice. The |
longer 1t takes water to filter through |
a porcelain filter the more thoroughly |
It Is freed from germs.
WHY LESS FOOD Is NEEDED.
LESS food is needed In the summer |
because the body's radiation OF heat |
is greatly reduced. With a normal |
body temperature Of 98 degrees, we go |
out into the winters cold, often when |
the air IL zero or below. During such |
weather the heat of the body Is con-
stantly being radiated OF into the cold
air, which 10 another way Of defining |
the process by which we get chilled |
in the winter. But IN the summer the |
air about US is so hot-often hotter
than our bodies-that we fadiahe little |
or none OF our heat into It
There Is about as much nourish-
ment In q pound OF wheat as in a
pound of beef. Wheat is the better
food for the workingman because It
is a balance ration. containing ell three
OF the principal nutrient constituents
of food. which are protein, carbohy-