The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-27

BY DR.. Harvey W. Wiley
1-Work we'll.
2-Eat we'll.
3-sleep we'll.
+ThInk we'll.
5-PIay we'll.
The health of the people OF the
world is growing better every gen.
Grafton. Fifty years ago the average
length Of human life was thirty-three
years. Now It is between thirty-five
and forty, and nearer forty. In a
couple of centuries more we ought
to increase 1t to fifty years.
Proper nutrition is everything. 1t
is better to eat more than one needs
than to eat less-let them say what
they will that Americans eat too
much. The proper general diet
should be one that is capable Of af-
fording heat and energy for the daily
occupation, with reverse for any
emergency that may arise. If one
eats less than he needs he draws on
his tissues, and thus he has less
power to resist disease. He is more
subject to infection. The well-nour-
ished man or woman has far better
chance Of warding of disease than
the one who is poorly nourished. Eat
too much rather than too little.
To increase or lessen any one OF
these food elements is a very dau-
gerous thing. For instance, l believe
that to cut the heterogeneous element
such as butter-5O per cent, and to
increase any one of the other ele-
ments a similar amount would be
calculated to work damage to the
race.
l don't believe that man should
limit himself to vegetable diet or
to a meat diet. think we should
eat better If we cut down fat meat
and lean meat, too, and substitute for
them peas, beans, cereals and nuts
to certain extent.
Mind, 1 have no use for the food
crank-the man who believes in veg
etabIes only, for example. He gen
orally thinks in vegetables, 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
hungry. I guess they dream of real
food at night. never see one that
I do not feel like inviting him 70
go with me to the nearest restaurant
and share juicy, tender steak.
Eat meats in moderation, and Sc
lecta 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
go degrees. Iced drinks are curse.
The water-cooler kills more people
than the champagne bottle. Eat and
drink 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 sim
pie food is good for any man,
whether he be ]. Pierpont Morgan
or Dusty Rhodes. This is compare
lively cheap and well-balanced ration
containing all the nutrition that is
necessary to sustain life. I don't
recommend 1t because 1t is cheap,
but because 1t makes a good, whole
some diet. This is especially good
for people who have eaten too great
a variety Of foods and have drunk
too much wine and whisky. They
wear out their digestive apparatus
and do not assimilate their food.
It is necessary for all such per-
sons to return to a simple diet. |
have no faith in the fads of eating,
The formulate that such faddists pre-
sent are founded on no scientific
principle. A man can eat almost
anything, wear almost anything and
do almost anything so long as he
keeps within the bounds of modera-
ton
There is an ideal menu for the
average American family. Perhaps
1t would not be proper for everybody