The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1912-11-02
.CUR|0S|T|ES OF DIET.
How Nature Adapts Food to Man
and Man to Food.
GREAT VALUE OF CEREALS.

Why Psspls Can Gat 0rsad st Every
Meal Without Getting Tired Of u.
The Fruits Of the Burning Tropics
aad the Fats q the Frozen Arctic.
Modern science has shown that ma
turs provides food for mankind with
marvellous care and foresight The hu-
man systsm requirss . 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.
- II to compensate for this, has given
to certain tropical fruits q much larger
quantity Of proteid than northern fruits
contain. Thus government analysis
shows that ngs have i've units or calo-
ries to the ounce, dates two and nvs-
tenths and bananas one and 6ve-tenths
Apples have nve-tenths. peaches nine
tenths and pea1 seven-tenths. Prob
ably the ngs and dates tested had lost
part Of their moisture. and some allow
ance should be made for this.
The Arab can, therefore, maintain bis
vigor on 4 diet chiefly plucked from
trees. Henry NJ. Stanley and bis white
companions subsisted almost entirely
On banana nour for two years In the
African jungle. Their freedom from
disease vas In part attributed to the
wholesomeness Of this diet. The dried
banana contains 20 per cent Of proteid.
about double that Of ordinary wheat
aour.
At the opening Of the mango season
In Jamaica many Of the natives prac-
tically live on this fruit for two or
three weeks. They fairly rsvel In It.
An Englishman who was familiar with
the 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
his 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.
II nature has been thus kind in
adapting food to mans uses. she has
been equally 70 In adapting man to bis
food. You may have wondered why
people can eat bread at every meal
without firing Of It. The dimcul1 Of
eating one quail day for thirty days
= well known. Even such delicacies a.
asparagus and strawberries cause an
aversion when served too frequently.
Nature sends men Q never failing ap-
petite for cereals because they are alto
gethsr the most valuable Of foods.
Thsy contaia Q considerable amount Of
Drotsid, their salts are Of importance
to the organism. they are readily d.
gested whom properly cooked, and they
furnish q great deal Of nourishment In
small bulk.
Thus wheat dour, cornmeal. oatmeal
dry, and rice dry have more than
100 units to ths ounce. Baked potatoes
have 1927 units. cabbage has %, spin
ach Z, asparagus 8.5, apples 1874, straw
berries ia, spring chicken 1875 and
tenderloin Of beef broiled SO. II man
tried to get even half Of his nutrition
from the coarse vegetables. which have
q considerable indigestible residue. be
would have to eat pounds Of them
daily, and his stomach would be sadly
overburdened. Nature gives u the de-
sire for 4 varied diet. and science
shows that this II altogether the best
for N.
In the arctic regions there b little
vegetation. Man must live almost
wholly on animal foods. Fish and
-~.< -n.,,A 49, ~~A~> t,.no~sn <hav
contain only proteids. These would re-
place WORKOUT muscle and tissue. but
could not be burned In the body to
generate heat and energy. Fats, how
ever, consist Of carbon and hydrogen.
which are the chief components Of the
foods Of vegetable origin and supply
the fuel needed BY the body. The po-
lar animals have fat In abundance, but
residents Of the temperate and torrid
zones can eat It only in limited guam
titles. To them the mere thought Of
chewing chunks Of grease Il nause-
ating.
Tho children Of the frozen north.
however, are endowed not only with
the ability to eat and to digest large
quantities Of fat. but with keen ap-
petite for 1t. One who II sensitive to
such Impressions must turn away
when he sees the natives Of southern
Alaska. the Thlinkits. swallowing seal
oil Favored by salmon berries with the
gusto Of a boy over ice cream. The
Eskimos, farther north. will eat blub-
Der. slightly cooked In the flames. to
an indefinite number Of pounds.-New
York Tribune.
Her Object Attained.