The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-04

(MacI1evy the famous Long Island health farmer,s has been engaged, for eighteen years in the training or athletes and the building TIP of run down people and is a recognized au- thority on all subjects connected with sshIetics. physical culture. and scien.. tihc exercise.J
 Freddie Welsh's recent triumph over Willie Ritchie seems to have aroused much interest in vegetarian ism among athletes and would-be ath- ] Ietes-
 They reason that as Freddie has ee rtured a. worlds championship. on l a meatIess diet, such a regimen must ! be desirable.
 There never was a greater mistake. It is true that Freddie is not alone among modern athletes who have achieved fame on a diet of cereals, fruits and garden sass. Many remark skill have been performed by men who are ,yegetarians.
 At the same time, there have been and are quite 2 few champions in boxing and other sports who absorb lcons1deraib1e quantities of meat daily. ! ahead of the vegetarian, and he is likely to retain that supremacy un- l less the price of meat should reach a point that would put it beyond even a \ boxer.
 l One swallow does not make a Sum | mer. Just because Welsh has desert 1 ed the roast beef of old En glan d is no good reason why other athletes should follow his example. To pull tanother proverb: ssWhat is one mans meat is another's pizen.''
 There may be people with whom a diet of fruits, mute, cereals and vege- 5l tables agrees better than a mixed diet including meat. but until further I,evidence can be adduced, they must be considered as the rare exceptions rather than as constituting the rule.
 It. is to be noted that while Welsh outpointed his American opponent, he l did not show any great aggressive | ness, while in punching power he was not Ritchte's equal, but it is sen eraIly admitted that the hesheeatfng g I peoples are the aggressive nations, and that vegetarian races are usually sunk in 1ethargy.
 For people with weak digestions, a 1 vegetarian diet often imposes too great a strain on the stomach and in testines, owing to the excess fof starch taken and the difficulty. of digestion of such vegetable substitutes for meat | as nuts and beans.
 l While an exclusive Vegetable diet should be undertaken only with great caution, and under competent direc- ton, it is true that many people eat :. too little fresh fruits and vegetables Probably all the advantages of a, veg etarian regimen may sbe gained blythe addition to the dietary of acid fruits II green vegetables of all kinds, green l vegetable salads with olive oil and lemon juice dressing, and especially
 onions for those who can digest then 1 without trouble. Fresh fruits and veg
 etables are best blood purifiers, and
 they must not be neglected.
 Athletes who are considering th<
 adoption of Freddie Welsh's plan ot interior decoration would do well tc
 consider the following advice, con
 tained in a bulletin issued by the Uni l ted States Department of Agriculture
 and which deserves a wide circula.
 tion:
 In view of the wide spread of lit ] erature and advice of so-ca11ed die
 experts it seernse desirable to war; people against adopting the dietary recommendation of those without
 real scientific standing in their com
 Inunfty. Some of the advocates o1
 freak diets are sincere but are them
 selves deluded;s while others arc
 fakers, who seek to make monetar.
 gain by advising peculiar systems ot
 diet. Many of these so-calIe6 ; diet systems lay great emphasis or
 raw foods. Now there is no objection
 to anyone's eating raw food if he hkel 1or Ands after experiment, that i