The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-04-13
CURDS|T|ES OF DIET.
Now Mature Adapts Food to Man
and Man to Food.
GREAT VALUE OF CEREALS.

The Fruits II the Burning Tropics
sNd the Fats u tiss ProssN Arctic.
Modern science has SHOWN that ma
turs provides food for mankind with
marvellous care and foresight. The hu-
man system requires = certain amount
Of proteid daily to replace WORKOUT
muscle and tissue. Fish and meat sup
ply this In Large quantities. In hot
climates. however. these spoil 20 quick
~ that their use b limited Nature.
a. II to compensate for this, has given
to certain tropical frultS q much larger
quantity Of proteid than northern fruits
contain. Thus government analysis
shows that ngs have nve units or Gale
ries to the ounce. dates two and 6ve-
tenths and bananas one and 6ve-tenths.
Apples have Ays-tsnths. peaches nine
tenths and pears ssven-tenths. Prob
ably the Hss and dates tested had lost
part Of their moisture, and some allow
ance should b. made for this.
The Arab can. therefore, maintain his
vigor on 4 diet chiedy plucked from
trees. Henry II. Stanley and his white
companions subsisted almost entirely
On banana aour for two years in the
African Jungle. Their freedom from
disease was in part attributed to the
wholesomeness Of this diet. The dried
banana contains 20 per cent OF proteid.
about double that Of ordinary wheat
dour.
At the opening Of the mango season
In Jamaica many Of the natives prac-
Ideally live on this fruit for two or
three weeks. They fairly revsl In 1t.
An BnSllshman who was familiar with
the science Of diet could not under
stand bow 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
his native country would result In
weakness, sickness and eventual death.
Chemical analysts showed. however.
that the mango contained enough pro-
It'd to supply the bodily needs.
II nature has besn thus kind In
adapting food to mans uses. she has
been equally 70 In adapting man to his
food. You may have wondefsd why
people can eat bread at every meal
without tirins Of It. Tho dihlculty Of
eating ons quail day for thirty days
h well known. Even such delicacies a.
asparagus and strawberries cause an
avsrsion when served too frequently.
Nature sends men q never failing ap-
petits for cereals because they are alto
esther tie most variable Of foeds.
Thsy coatain considerable amount Of
peotsid, their salts are Of Importance
30 the organism, they are readily d.
esstsd when properly cooked. and they
furnish great deal Of nourishmsnt In
small bulk.
Thus wheat Hour. cofnmeal. oatmeal
dry and rice dry have more than
100 unitn to the ounce. Baked potatoes
have 821 units cabbage has o., spin
sch Z, asparagus 6.k. apples 1874. straw
berries lila. spring chicken 1876 and
tsndefloin Of bsef broiled SO. II man
tried to get even half Of his nutrition
from the coarse Vegetables, which have
. considerable indigestibls residue. be
would have to eat pounds Of them
daily. and his stomach would be sadly
overburdened- Mature gives NJ the de-
sire for 4 varied diet. and scisnce
shows that this Il altogether the BEST
for ~.
In the arctic regions there u little
vegetation. Man must live almost
wholly on animal foods. Fish and
meat would not su@ce, because they
contain only proteids. These would re-
place woenout muscle and tissue, but
eould mot b burned In the body to
gsnerats heat and energy. Fats. how
ever. consist Of carbon and hydrogen.
which are the chief components Of the
foods Of vegetable origin and supply
tie fuel needed BY the body. The po-
lar animals have fat In abundance, but
residents Of the temperate and tofrid
ZONES can eat It only In limited guam
titles. To them the mere thought of
chewing chunks Of grease b nause.
ating.
The children Of the frozen north.
however, are endowed mot only with
the ability to eat ard to digest large
quantities Of fat, but with keen ap-
petite for It. One who u sensitive to
such Impressions must turn away
when b sess the natives Of southern
ALASKA. the Thlinkits. swallowing seal
oil aavoesd BY salmon berries With the
guSto Of q boy over ice cream. The
Dskimoa, farther north, win eat blub-
bsr. slightly cooked In the flames, to
IN i,de1nits number Of pounds.-Nsw
Yoek Tribune.
Hen oblssa Attained.
"Torxive me, my dear" said the gos-