The Detroit times., 1917-06-26
Food Prejudices
M ". ADDINGroN BRUCE
Author Of The Riddle OF Person
Atty" Psychology and
Parenthood." etc.

In these days OF food shortage
and high prices many people need
lessiy suffer because OF foolish
preludlces. Articles Of diet which
they could afford 10 buy they go
without alleging that neither their
palate nor their stomach will tOl-
crate them.
Insisting on eating only the kinds
OF food TO which they have been ac-
customed-such as expensive cuts Of
meat. non-storage eggs. the highest
grade butter. etc.-they do not get
sufficient food for their body's nour
ishment.
or, II they keep their table amply
provided. II IS at an outlay beyond
their means and driving them into
debt The result is health-disturb-
ing. eficiency.lowering burden OF
worry and anxiety.
What people such as these ought
to do is TO recognize that this attt
tude with regard 20 dietetic possi-
bilities is both silly and unpatrfouc.
II helps TO keep UP the tremen-
dous cost OF living. n makes them
less effective factors In the great
struggle for tho saving OF civiliza-
ton. And IL imposes on them a
serious. yet readily avoidable. nerv-
Gus strain.
Readily avoidable for the reason
that, altho they are not aware OF II.
these finicky people could eat any
kind or -nourishing food II only they
would exert their VIII power. II only
they would develop q wisely direct
ed Will 10 eat.
At present they are the mere
slaves OF habit and prejudice. I
commend TO their consideration the
following statement by physician
OF long and wide experience:
with the progress OF biological
chemistry digestion came TO be con-
sidered a purely chemical process.
Now we realize that even more I'm
portant than the chemical factors OF
digestion is the individual liking
for particular kinds Of food. and the
mental attitude toward digestion.
TN recent years many parts OF
animals, not generally eaten before.
are consumed with relish because
OF the removal Of prejudice against
them
"Tt might be thought that organs
like the kidney. the essential func-
ton OF which is excretory. and thru
which so much OF the offensive
waste products OF the body pass,
could not be relished article OF
food But II has become quite
dainty
THE liver, owing 20 the peculiar
nature OF its function. its very spe-
cial flavor. and the staining with
bile, might be expected TO be OBJ
jectonable. II is not.
THE dainties OF some peoples are
utterly repulsive TO others. The
French like brains and other spe-
cial portions OF animals that are not
much eaten by Angiosaxons.
In italy most visitors eat snafl
soup with relish before they know
what II IS II seems 10 be spe-
cial kind OF gumbo soup.
I'm all OF these things the ques-
ton OF relish and peaceful. happy d.
gestion depends entirely on the at
titude OF mind
There are some people, n is true.
who seem 10 have a real physical
intolerance for this or that kind OF
food Strawberries are poisonous to
some. Holsters TO others. and so
forth.
But there are comparatively few
people thus built For the great
majority the rule is that any kind
OF nourishlng food can be safely
eaten II only there be the will to
eat II.
Remember this. you who now de-
clare that you cannot tolerate cheap
or unusual but good substitutes for
the food you habitually eat Learn
70 tolerate them during this era OF
high prices.
Overcome your food pretudices
Re-educate your stomach for your
own benefit and your country's
sake.