The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-06-15

| very interesting.
| Warren f.. Hicks of the state de-
parted Of education delivered the ad-
dress. II. G.. Wilke, president of the
Training School board awarded the
diplomas.
| The following quest,u.1 have been
sent to DR.. Wiley, who at one time
was head of the Uuited States Health
| Department. The answers 10 these
questions follow. Dr. Wiley is an au-
thority on pure foods.
ARE ORANGES EVER HARMFUL?
Are oranges harmful? II so, under
what conditionsp | eat little or no
meat, but like to eat several oranges .
day AS many as six. I'm sixty years
old.
c. l.. M Mass.
Oranges are never harmful for a
normal individual. Anything may be
harmful for a diseased person. Ma
tural fruits are denied the diabetic be-
cause OF their sugars. A person with
hyeracidity Of the stomach might find
their use harmful But in any reason
able amounts it would be hard to find
a more wholesome food than oranges
and apples. The former contain about
twelve percent of carbohydrates mostly
sugars, less than one percent of protein
and about two per cent OF combined
organic acid. Moreover, owing to the
which the acids are combined, the
orange when oxidized in the body has
potential alkalinity," and this is OF
great value in maintaining normal
body condition. The mildly laxative
effect OF the fruit Is another OF It's
merits. Whether six oranges day is
best is matter to be determined 10y
experiment, but six is usually the max.
imum.
DISTILLED WATER
|
purposes lacking in minerals or in any
way inferior to ordinary city water
Would you advise distilled water for
table usep
A. w. s., Cal
II the city water-supply is pure ant
relable,l should perfer 1t to distilled
water, but the latter is greatly to be
|, preferred TO water that may carry
typoid germs or other dangers o
course; the minerals in the water are
all eliminated when 1t is distilled, but
in well rounded diet, containing milk
whole cereals, fresh vegetables, ant
fruit, this loss is easily compensated
Personally, should prefer boiling tn,
, suspicious water for drinking purposes
, This gives immunity from pathogenit
germs, and yet leaves the water in III
normal natural condition, except tina
it is free OF air: Shaking it in partly
filled bottle will aerate 1t.
YEAST, BAKING POWDER, OF
WHICH2
Which is better for the stomach
, baking powder bread or soda breadp
A. V. G., Ark.
To dodge the question, | should sa.
that "yeast bread" 10 better thar
either. There Is no questionable resi-
due TO be considered, the bread |
thoroughly raised, and more thorough
, ly baked. Yeast also has more so
r called "vitamines," or minute amount
, OF stimulating or acceleratlng bodies
, than any other food. AS TO the othe
two, the acid In sour milk fused will
the soda Is Tactic, and lactates (com
. pounds OF Tactic acid with soda, potash
7 etc. are regarded as being quite a
wholesome as phosphate or tartrat
D baking. powders. Theoretically, there
; fore, have no objection to the sod
, bread, but as n matter OF actual lac
IT Is practically impossible Tor th
> house wife TO gauge accurately the exac
. amounts OF soda and sour milk used 81
that the acidty OF one Is exactly bal
, anceu by the alkalinity OF the other
, and the result Us apt to be heavy
lsoggy product, or one containing sod'