Las Vegas optic., 1914-03-30

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cines had been considered OF any val
ue. He believes thoroughly in the val.
ue of proper foods taken IN the proper
way. But he is not what one usually
terms a crank on the matter. Eat
anything you desire that agrees with
you, be says, but eat it in reasonable
quantities and in reasonable proper
ton to your other food He is a veri-
table walking encyclopedia on food
sbuffs and their relations to disease,
as he showed after his talk last night
by answering without the slightest
hesitancy any and all questions his
audience desired to ask, both as to
the value Of various foods and as to
the cause and treatment Of various
sicknesses.
Body Like an Engine
The nutritious value or harmful ef-
fects Of various kinds Of meats and
fish. bread, white and brown, sugar,
and the numerous sweets, milk, ETC.,
formed the principal part Of DR..
Hutchinson's address. In opening his
talk he used the common comparison
between the body and an engine,
showing that the principle Of the
bodys work is not unlike that Of the
engine. His first and one Of his most
important points was that the time Of
eating ones meals is ihrnaterial 1t is
the same as feeding fuel into an en-
gine, he says
Our accepted meal hours are mere
ly matters of convenience, Z he de.
clared. They probably became the
vogue when we discovered that about
five hours after a meal the fuel we
took in had become exhausted, and
our bodies demanded more. We should
eat whenever we find that our fuel
has been exhausted. AS for eating be
tween meals-that is perfectly ali
right. The common idea is that chill
dren should never do SO. The idea is
radically wrong. No growing child
can eat enough at one meal to last
him five hours; child's stomach is
not the size of a grown persons. Lei
the child eat six or eight times a day
Of course, this is the case when the
diet has been well balanced. You
can't expect to make meal of one
thing, say a light salad, and not be
come hungry within very short time
Salad is fine in its place, but 1t has
little real value as a food"
Dr. Hutchinson pointed out thai
practically all the fooGs arv necessary,
Some, such as cheese, nuts and salads
should be taken, but not as fuel" as
he termed it. There is a demand fol
them. but one should depend on meats
and vegetables for the real nlrtriment
Speaking Of bread, he referred to the
common belief that brown bread con
tains more tissue building qualities
than white bread. But the idea il
wrong. he said. Brown bread really
is not so wholesome, because 1t con
tains chaff and substances which ir'
ritate the stomach IN analysts, Mi
food values are higher than white
bread. But the stomach cannot breal
up many Of the substances it contains
aid therefore the body cannot absorb
the nutriment.
The speaker referred to the common
belief that sugar is injurious.
Sugar Most Beneficial
"On the other hand. it is beneficial,
he declared. '"The body is kept goinI
by the burning fuel, which. ia its fin
al stage Is alcohol The sugar is con
Iverted almost Immediately to alcoho
and is therefore Of great value. /
has been found that sugar can b
4 taken BY the adult Ii quantities up h
three-quarters of q pound a'day AM
evsfy bit consumed with great benefit
n Bo If you eat .quarters or
I pound Of sugar ! day you are q hg
Imam distillerv with d capacity of abOu