The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-07-19
WHAT IS FOOD ECONOMY?
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel @. Dixon, N. D., IL. D.,
Commissioner of Health.

Hysteria Of the individual is
very catching, often becoming
an epidemic. Community hys-
terra in a representative form of
government destroys its efficien-
cy. Hysterical people are apt to
run to great excesses and neglect
those things in life which are of
the greatest Importance, not only
to the success Of the individual
but of the community. AT pres
ent we find individuals and whole
communities hysterical on the
economy of food-stuffs, even to
the extreme Of confining them
selves to maize (corn) diet in
stead Of having o well balanced
diet with the variety of food that
will not only stimulate the appe-
tite and the digestive glands, but
will meet Natures demand.
Man is an omnivorous being.
We can best economize by eat
ing what agrees with US. To re-
sist tuberculosis and other vast
ing diseases and to keep in the
best form for working of our
physical and mental body, par
ticularly in these times of high
nervous tension, we should have
meat or some good vegetable
protein as g substitute in mod
Grafton once q day.
In addition to this we want fat,
preferably butter or cream or
fats of animals, the latter only
cooked sufficiently to heat them
through. with the proteins and
fats we want carbohydrate
(starch or sugar
Today there are many diet
lists being given to the public
worked up into tables based upon
their heat-producing power. The
trouble with these diet receipts
is that they are based upon tests
made upon those having perfect
digestion and normal amount of
physical exercise in a normal
atmosphere.
Life is a factor scientific med
icine cannot measure. 1t forbids
the human body from being COM
pared with an inorganic machine
or test tube experiments in the
laboratory.
The digestive tract and its
many glands that vary in their
powers to prepare food for the
assimilation of the body, are
governed by the nervous system.
They vary greatly in their life
power to produce digestive Sc
cretions. For the reasons given
each individual, after once realiz-
ing that meats, fat, starches and
sugar are necessary in various
proportions to maintain his health.
will have to make an intensive
study of what digests, so as to
give him the best health and
keep up his weight to give him
energy, and premit him to sleep,
and to be of good cheer.
You will always find that peo-
pie differ from each other in their
selection of food stutfs, some
doing well on a large proportion
of vegetable food, others doing
better on reasonable amount
of meat and carbohydrates or
starch, while others have to avoid
starches and sugar to prevent
violent indigestion and i'll health.
We often find powerful men
who live on very little food,
while many frail, illy-nourished
people have good appetities and
eat plenty. These things are
hard to explain. The laws of
Nature are 80 profound thateven
today in this scientific age we
find the digestion ofpeople differs
so that we must at present attrib-
ute it to the variation of life
force.
From our actual experience in
life, after long devotion to the
feeding of people, we have learn
ed that a mixed diet is essential
to good health. The practical
experience of the individual
must be a factor in guiding him
in the selection of foods and the
quantity he can eat.
Mrs. Herbert Rhodes (Rosella