The Washington times., 1916-03-02
Variety More
Valued Than
Dietetic FddS
By DIR. L. K. HIRsHBERG.

~ ADS find favor with many men
- because there is an ism" be II
ever 80 silly. II kindly old
gentleman Of genial expression
confesses that his hearty old age 70
due to chewing his cud until II IL
smithereens. cult promptly springs up,
like Cadmus' dragon teeth, into full
fedged warriors for the gospel that
health and the elixir Of life lie only In
taking a multitude Of chews. What 10
good for old Peter must be good for
the infant Paul.
Bosh and pifflei Advocates Of sweep
ing dietetic methods do as much dam
age as good. Dead and suffering VIC
Tins cannot cry out in q wilderness OF
fads and deny any one OF them The
noise of those who are helped IL like
crashing cymbals. People hate COM
plants and soon drown out voices OF
lamentation. "Vegetarianism' has, its
virtues and conduests. IL 10 not. how
ever, an aid to five people In any ten,
Some agree to taboo" eggs and milk;
others insist that poultry 10 not nesh.
but most Of them contend that meats
as food are deleterious to the physical
welfare of the human family"
Meat Often Inadvisable.
Man may not be anatomicaiiy q can
nibal or q caTnivorous creature. Some
times meat may be an uncalled for lux
ury In the diet. II II even within the
realm Of reason and OF fact that meat
Is at times q menace to health. being q
factor In high blood pressure and
hardened arteries Perhaps II encour-
| ages decay and decomposition In the
human intestines. but these observa-
| tions are not universal. nor do they
| take into account other facts.
| Man has been hesh-eater from time
immemorial. Those mighty men, the
have no tearing, dragging. prehensile
teeth, but who will deny that we masti-
flesh?
those OF herbivorous beasts and OF
] greater length than those OF nesh-eat-
I ing animals Man may have more
docile eyes than cows and more aggres-
sive ones than sheep. but the stout fact
remains that he digests meat with q
facility equal to that Of q squirrel eat
ing nuts.
Variety the Goal.
The human physique does not call
for flesh as part OF its provender.
say ths contenders for q heshless
table. Nan RrCws, thrtves. ana mas
his being successfully on non-meaty
foods. True, IL cruel words.
Since starch. sugars and similar
carbohydrates make energy and
force. plants may easily serve az such
reservoirs. the albumens. proteins
and nitroyenous clements OF plants
are chemically much the same az
animal proteins; vet those in meats
are more akin to human proteins and
4 demand less work, change and loss
OF waste when used In moderation.
H. Variety is more than the spice of
life. the pep and Ginger" In q mans
vitality comes from q discrete modi-
cum of meat In brief. efficient ex-
ertion. no less than perfect nutrition,
requires many individuals to ent
meat at least once n day.
II has been held as a doctrine by
rome that meat Is both unnecessary
and Injurious. irrespective Of kind OF
quantity. horrible scapegoat still
banded Unfortunately about II
that uric acid" rheumatism and
tions OF antiquities are caused By
eating meats In any manner or form
whereas "uric acid" II a normal
healthy. necessary member of human
fluids az well as OF other things.
(cOpy't 1915. by Newspaper Feature ssrvice),