Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-13
WOULD YOU LIVE 100 YEARSY
Here is the Royal Road Marked with
Guideposts.
SIMPLE RULES OF ACTION
You May ne Lonesome on the Home
stretch, hut the scenery IL More
Inspiring Than a Cem-
etery.

work well. eat we'll, sleep we'll think
vel play we'll
Five guideposts on the road Of life con- |
sutute the essentials for health and cen !
fury Of years II rightly observed.
The governments pure food exponent. |
DR. Harvey w. Wiley, puts on them the
labA OF genulneness, and they look II.
Going into details regarding the doses the
do, tor sermonlzes in the New York Sunday
W. rid:
fly years ago the average length OF
life was thirty-three years Now II is be-
tween thirty-five and forty and nearer
forty years In couple Of centuries more
we ought 10 increase II to fifty years.
VIII IN mothers come 10 understand the sim
pie rules OF living. a child will have two
cha 1ces Of surviving where It has only
one now. Even now baby under
years OF age has twice the chances Of
growing up that II had twenty-five years
ago. Perhaps It Is because II has grown
fashionable for mothers to nurse their own
tables. And that means 10 work well.
To cat we'll is just as important.
Proper nutrition is everything. II is bet
ter 10 eat more than one needs than TO eat
lesp-Iet them say what they will that
eral diet should be one that Is capable OF
\affording heat and energy for the daily
occupation. with a reserve for any emer-
Lency that may arise II one eats less
than he needs he draws on his tissues,
and mus he has less power TO resist dis
case. He is more subject to infection.
The weli-nourished man or woman has a
far better chance OF warding off disease
than the one who is poorly nourished. Eat
too much rather than too little
well Balanced Elements.
II may get technical for moment
there are four elements that 20 to make
up the well balanced human diet-proteins
carbohydrates. fats and oils and mineral
substances. The greatest mistake man
can make is to change his diet artifictaliy'
All over the world where men have the
freedom Of choice you will find that they
select a diet made up of about the same
proportions. You will find in the normal
diet that a man eats every day about 100
grams of heterogeneous elements; three or
four times that amount OF starch, sugar
and oils and perhaps from two to rive
grams Of mineral substances.
To increase or lesson artificially anyone
of these food elements is a very dangerous
the heterogeneous element-such as butter
80 per cent, and to increase anyone OF
the other elements a similar amount, would
be calculated to work damage to the race.
don't believe that a man should limit
himself to a vegetable diet or to meat
diet think that Americans eat too much
neat I think we should eat better IL we
:ut down fat meat and lean meat, too,
and substitute for them peas beans, cereals
and nuts--to a certain extent
Mind l have no use for the food crank
the man who believes in vegetables only,
for example. He generally thinks in vege-
tables, too. The fruit and nut enthusiast
Is just as bad. But the one who believes
only in no cooked food at all is the worst
Of all. All these poor people always look
aungry. / guess they dream of real food
at night. / never see one that / don't
feel like inviting him to go with me to
the nearest restaurant and share a juicy,
tender steak
Choice of Food.
The choice OF food is a serious thing.
] don't think Americans pay enough at
tention to the choosing of fresh food not
old and not debased. That is only true,
OF course. of foods that are to be eaten
In Al fresh state. II does not pertain to
cured meats. cheese, fermented beverages
these are improved to q certain point by
age.
Eat meats in moderation. and select the
lighter ones. Never touch alcohol The
more cooked fruits and vegetables you eat
combined. with meat. the better you will
be. Drink sparingly and never anything
below 90 degrees. Iced drinks are a curse
The water-cooler kills more people than
he - S~in
slowly. Beware of alcohol in winter and
soda water and ice cream in summer.
Beef, graham bread and potatoes are a
diet which is as good for the millionaire
as the pauper. Such simple food Ii good
for any man, whether he be ]. Pierpont
Morgan or Dusty Rhodes. This il
comparatively cheap and well-balancet
ration containing all the nutrition that Ii
necessary to sustain life. / don't recon-
mend It because II is cheap, but because Il
ma kes a good, wholesome diet.
1t Is necessary for all such persons I,
return TO a simple diet. I have no faitl
in The fads OF eating. The formulae tina
such faddists present are founded on nj
scisntifio principle. man can eat almos
anything, wear almost anything and d,
almost anything so long as he Keeps within
the bounds of moderation.
Ideal Menu.
There Is an ideal menu for the averag
American family. Perhaps It would not b
proper for every body, but It ought to n
the average man and wife and children
THIS u what | would make Il:
BREAKFAST.
Cereal (made from natural gralns).
Eggs. or chop, or small steak.
Toast. Coffee
LUNCHEON
Thick soup,
Three vegetables. Small piece OF meat
DINNER.
Soup.
Three vegetables Homemade Pastry
Plenty of Meat.
Coffee Cheese.
The bread and butter habit should b
encouraged, Good bread should be tn
foundation for every meal This. with goo
butter and an agreeable drink, will max
meal enough FOR anybody
People who are nourished on cereals ar
capable OF doing the hardest kind q
manual labor Look at the hardy SEQ
with his oatmeal. or the husky Italia
with his macaroni, or the New Englands
q the olden days with his pie and dough
nuts for breakfast
snow I Lay Me-"
Real sleep Is a blessing. And Il ougi