The Detroit times., 1917-06-26
Food Prejudices
nv a. ADDI>GTo> BRUCE
Author % The Riddle OF Person
ailtv. Psychology anc
parcnthood." etc.

In these days OK food shortage
and high prices many people need
.lessly suffer because OF foolish
prejudices Articles Of diet which
they could AFFORD TO buy they go
without. alleging that neither their
palate nor their stomach will tel
crate them
Insisting on eating only the kinds
Of food To which they have been &C
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 it is AT an outlay beyond
their means and driving them into
debt. The result is a health-dlsturb.
ng. effciency.lowering burden oof
worry and anxiety.
What people such rs these ought
% DO is TO recognize that this atti
tide with regard 10 dietetic posi-.
bllities Is both silly and unpatriotic
II helps 10 keep up the tremen
dous cost Of living II makes them
less effective factors in the great
struggle for the saving OF cfviliEa
ton And e imposes on them a
serious. yet readily avoidable. nerv.
Gus strain
Readily avoidable for the reason
that. altho they arc not aware OF a..
these fnicky people could eat any
kind Of nourishing food II only they
would exert their will power. II only
they would develop a wisely direct
ed viii 20 eat
A. present they are the mere
slaves Of habit and prejudice /
commend 10 their consideration the
following statement by a physician
OF long and wide experience
with the progress OF biological
chemistry digestion came 20 be con
sldered a purely chemical process.
Now we realize that even more i'm
portant than the chemical factors OF
digestion IL the individual liking
for particular kinds Of food. and the
mental attitude toward digestion.
In recent years many parts OF
animals. not generally eaten before
are consumed with a relish because
OF the removal OF prejudice against
them.
1T 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 IT has become quite a
dainty.
The liver. owing 70 the peculiar
nature OF its function. It's very spe.
cial flavor. and the staining with
bile might be expected 10 be OBJ
jectionable II IL not
The dainties OF some peoples are
/ utterly repulsive 20 others. Tho
French like brains and other spe-
clal portions OF animals that are not
much eaten by Anglo-Saxons
in italy most visitors eat snail
soup with relish before they know
what q IL. II seems 70 be a spe-
cial kind Of Eumbo soup
In all Of these things the ques-
~,ion OF relish and peaceful. happy d..
gestion depends entirely on the at
ti'ude Of mind"
There are some people. n Is true.
/ who seem 20 have a real physical
intolerance for this or that kind Of
food Strawberries are poisonous 20
some. Holsters 20 others. and so
forth
But there are comparatively few
people thus built, For The great
majori'r~-he rule IL that any kind
% nourishing food can be safely
eaten II only there be the will 20
eat n
Remember this. you who now do
clare that YOU cannot tolerate cheap
or unusual but good substitutes for
the food you habituaIly eat Learn
70 tolerate them during this era OF
high prices
Overcome your food preiudices
Re.educate your stomach for your
own benefit and your country's
sake. ~