The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-04-21
SIMPLICITY AND COMMON SENSE
in DIET
(By GRACE GEORGE in Physical
Culture Magazinc)

building foods at moderate expense
considerable prominence has been Civ
en- to dishes chiefly composed of rice
This has been done to show the adapt
ability of this low-priced and excellen
food, and the variety of methods b!
which it may be prepared. OF course
1t is not essential that the menus b.
adopted for use in the exact order II
which they are here given, and THU
will obviate any real or imaginar!
dislike for rice, engendered by its tot
frequent use. 1t might be well fol
readers who make use of these menu.
to combine the menus which have ap
peared in the last few issues with
those given in the following pages
in order to get variety of foods
BERNARR MACFADDEN
Among the various conflicting theo.
ries In regard TO diet, there are some
indisputably safe rules. As the writer
has previously stated, one of these
Is the Importance Of the palatability
of food as a means of determining its
nutritive and biological value. Ano-
Their safe rule to be generally observ-
ed is not to make radical and revo-
lutionary changes in diet too sud
denly.
1t is true that there are exceptions
to this rule in severe cases of diges-
tive disorder of mal-assimilation
which may require heroic treatment
A fast, for instance, is a radical de-
patrure from any kind Of diet, but
under some circumstances it is neces-
sary. In some cases of extreme de-
bility or cancellation, the exclusive
milk diet, another radical measure,
is invaluable, and may be taken up
suddenly, though sometimes with sim
pie preparation Of fasting for day
or two. However, this is rather diff
ferent from other changes in diet, for
one of the virtues of the milk diet,
next to its great nutritive value, Is
it's ease of assimilation. Milk, of all
foods, is the only one intended by
Nature solely and primarily to serve
the purpose of food.
Dut FOR the ordinary changes in
diet, these which are to be of radi-
cal and permanent nature should not
be made too quickly. The habits of
lifetime cannot be SO easily overturn-
ed, and this applies to the functional
organs as we'll as to the more COM
monty understood habits of mind and
external action. When ones stomach
has a,%"'1ys been accustomed to GER
tain raracter of foods, there is likely
to b. .ome trouble when he suddenly
discoEt:nues using them and adopts
an emit. ely new form of diet. II ones
o.dina J diet include dishes or arti-
O., d = ich are absolutely indigestible
ana Injurious, these may frequently
be dis ontinued at once, with benefit,
but 1T upon which one is really de-
pu..t....t for his sustenance. After
d few Gays the appetite will crave for
some of the old familiar foods, and
i, wold not be wise to ignore this
arpaa!.
i is matter of common expert
ence among farmers that when chang
ing he feed of their horses from oats
to orn, in the winter, 1t at first dis
agrees with the stock, though they
soon become accustomed to the corn.
Similarly, when they again make the
thnnge from corn to oats, at the end
of the winter, this also causes trouble,
eyaa making them sick, until they re-
adjust themselves to it. However,
oats and corn are both grains, and
the dietetic changes which we human
beings frequently make are of far
ilUlO IdulCdi udtufO tudH Ihto, duu IL
is we'll to be a bit careful.
This applies more or less to the
'h&uge from the conventional to the
getarian diet. One who has al
Ways eaten a large amount of meat,
and who has come to depend upon it
as staple part of his diet, is likely
to lose weight when he suddenly gives
up as many have found by expert
ence. 1t is much better to make the
change by degrees. 1t is true that
has at least a certain nutritive value,
and the use of white -four bread and
I number of other common practices
are really much worse than meat
eating. However, the vegetarian diet
is cleaner and in most cases far
more satisfactory plan. The essen
tial point Is that one should use COM
mon sense in making the change.
Similarly, the sudden discontinue
ance of coffee, tobacco and other