The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-10-14
cUR|OSITIES OF DIET.
Now Nature Adapts Food to Man
and Man to Food.
GREA1 VALUE Of CEREALS.

Why Psepis Can Eat Drsad u Every
Meal Without Getting Tired Of II.
The Fruits sf the Burning Tropics
end the Fats Of ths Frsssn Arctic.
Modern science has shown that ma
tnrs provides food for mankind with
narvelous care and foresight The hu-
man system requires q certain amount
II proteid daily to replace WORKOUT
muscle and tissue. Fish and meat sup
p,y this In large quantities. In hot
climates, however, these spoil 70 quick
II that their use h limited Nature.
. II to compensate for this, has given
To certain tropical fruits much larger
quantity Of proteid than northern fruits
contain. Thus government analysis
shows that hgs have I've units or calo-
ries to the ounce. dates two aud I've
tenths and bananas one and nve-tenths.
Apples have nve-tenths, peaches nine
tlnths and pears seven-tenths. Prob
atly the dgs and dates tested had lost
part Of their moisture, and some allow
arcs should be made for this.
Tbs Arab can, therefore. maintain his
1gor on 4 diet chiefly plucked from
tlees. Henry II. Stanley and bis white
cdmpanions subsisted almost entirely
a banana nour for two years In the
African jungle. Their freedom from
disease was In part attributed to the
Wholesomsness Of this diet. The dried
tanana contains 20 per cent Of proteid.
about double that Of ordinary wheat
npur.
AZ the opening Of the mango season
II Jamaica many OF the natives prac-
ITALY live on this fruit for two or
three weeks. They fairly revel In It,
An Engliahman who was familiar with
IT, science Of diet could not under
stand how they could not only main
tain their health on this fare, but
actually grow sleek and fat. He knew
that an effort to live on the fruits Of
bis native country would result in
weakness, sickness and eventual death.
Chemical analysis showed, however.
that the mango contained enough pro-
ted to supply the bodily needs.
IL nature has been thus kind In
adapting food to mans uses. she has
bsen equally 10 in adapting man to his
food. You may have wondered why
people can eat bread at every meal
without firing Of 1t. The dificulty Of
eating one quail day for thirty days
IL well known. Even such delicacies ~
asparagus and strawberries cause an
aversion when served too frequently.
Neture sends men u never falling ap-
petite for cereals because they are alto
esehsr the most valuable OF foods.
They contain q considerable amount Of
pt9teid, their salts are Of importance
to- ths organism, they are readily d.
Ge1ted when properly cooked. and they
furnish q great deal Of nourishment In
sullll bulk.
Thus wheat aour. cornmeal, oatmeal
DRY and rico dry have more than
10e units to the ounce. Baked potatoes
haSs 82.7 units, cabbage has 9.2, spin
acN Z, asparagus Cd. apples 1874, straw
berries lila. spring chicken 1876 and
tealaerioin Of beef broiled So. II man
trttd TO get even half Of his nutrition
fr3ln tho coarse vegetables. which have
Q Sbnsiderable indigestible residue, be
wqhld have to eat pounds Of them
daly. and his stomach would be sadly
overburdened. Nature gives us the de-
stIo for q varied diet, and science
sh4ws that this II altogether the best
1oesus.
4 the arctic regions there Il little
ve{1etnt ton. Man must live almost
wholly on animal foods. Fish and
mdAt would not suf1ce. because they
costain only proteids. These would re-
plSfe WORKOUT muscle and tissue. but
cold not be burned In the body to
ee1efats heat and energy. Fats, how
~. consist Of carbon and hydrogen,
whrh are the chief components Of the
folds Of vegetable origin and supply
the fuel needed BY the body. The po-
Iafanimals have fat In abundance, but
ieseaents Of the temperate and torrid
sonss can eat 1t only In limited guam
titlos. To them the mere thought Of
ch1wing chunks Of grease Il nause-
attn.
IL children Of the frozen north,
however. are endowed not only with
the ability b eat and to digest large
qualities Of fat, but with keen up
pet,9s for II. One who II sensitive to
Guc4 Impressions must turn away
when b secs the natives Of southern
Alsska, the Thlinkits. swallowing seal
Oh 1avored BY salmon berries with the
euSDo Of q boy over ice cream. The
Es9&mos, farther north. will eat blub-
besSS slightly cooked In the flames, to
IN hdednite number Of pounds.-New
Yod Tribune.
Her Object Attained.
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sap Aumhly, ''but thoughtlessly men
tsoa4d to Mrs.. Brown the things that