The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-17
TO Eat Only to Live, Or
To Live Only to Eat, Are
Sins Of Human Nature
BY DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERG.

tooth brushes. They cleanse all thu
parts touched.
Study of Foods Needed.
How often do you or the custodian OF
your table consider that a meal must
De fitted as snugly to your age. occu-
patton, physical strength. social condi-
lions. habits. the climate and the sea-
son OF the year as a key to a lock?
Seldom IL a cook a student Of books
on dietetics and physiology. She either
does "as mothers used to do or, when
she tries a new dish. she chooses 1t
without regard to your age or your
work.
Digestion occurs in the mouth as well
as In the stomach and intestines. The
latter have no teeth and are very sensi-
tive to emotional shocks. Good cheer
and laughter during a meal are as
benefcient to digestion as rest and
Gleep after It,.
Digestion depends upon too many cir
cumstances to say offhand what is
good for the digestion" Some foods are
more easily absorbed in the morning.
otherg are at night.
Human food must be made up of from
10 TO B per cent of water, and the rest
proteins. fats. sugars. starches. and min
erals. Any ration without proteins--
these contain nitrogen-may keep you
alive. but you will be a paltry weakling.
Meat contains from II to Is per cent
OF water; cheese Is to IS per cent; beans.
peas. and other leguminous vegetables
/ starches and sugars are found for the
| most part in plants. White bread con-
tains about So per cent OF these; pota-
toes. 20 per cent. and cane sugar %
, Fats may be either from animals or
from plants: man needs both, but most
ly the former. Butter. meat, fat, lard,
onve oil. corn oil. and cream are the
available fats.
What . Calory L..
! Nutrition Observation-Disclosures table salt
are lime. iron, phosphorus soda, and
potash. From to per cent are taken
with each meal.
taken and absorbed the pabulum ana
transferred II into tissues, the latter
converts them into new growth, into
heat and into work. The heat until.
therefore, are taken as a fair guide to
the digestive value OF food. 1t Is
callsu a calory. y
| A calory Of protein Is about one
fourth of q gram. or four grains. A
calory of fat Is one-tcnth of a gram.
or IA grains. Or. to put 1t the other
of fat: 81 careries OF protein equals |
| grain OF protein: ~ calories of sugars
| or starch equals / grain of sugars or
starShes; no cal9res Of alcohol EQUALS
1
Right here you see an explanation Of
parents may keep those IN their care
alive. in spite OF n faulty diet and want
of food knowledge. The different food
| stuffs can replace each other to a slight
extent In Galleries at least. .-
Hefgm. weight, age. work, climatic,
neighborhoods. ventilation. period Of life
] and other matters determine the kind
, and quantity OF food needed by you
and yours to maintain maximum health
| and service. =
Milk must have other rations taken
| with IL because alone II Is too rich in
water. Cream. eggs and chocolate add
| cd to milk help very much. Lime water,
coffee and tea make milk aromatic and
| tasteful
Fermented cows milk. such as kerr
or lozak. Is easily digested by the sick
! and convalescent: SO are raw oysters.
c'abber. or buttermilk. Raw and soft
boiled eggs are moro easily digested
latter. IL powdered or deviled. are SUI
perior to fried eggs.
Foods that are fried are difficult to
| absorb. because a casing or encysted
cake of waxy fat surrounds the particles
OF food and thus defers the action OF
the stomach juices. Cheese. similarly.
81 ould he grated and ground into DOW
der or creamy paste before II Is taken.
Then II should be thorou ghly chewed
and ground up with saliva.
Finally. IL may be said that the potato
at best Is not Of much nutritiye value.
| Even as q PURGE. mashed with butter
and milk. potatoes are hard to digest.
tcopyr't, 1916. by Newspaper Feature, service).