The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-17

WAR FOODS: There are or necessity
so many changes in our dietary at the
present time that every one should be-
come thoroughly familiar with the
food value of the various articles
that are so abundant on every hand.
The people of this country could
not starve if they wanted to if they
would only follow the natural instincts
given by nature for the selection OF
food We have an abundance and to
spare. All we have to do in order
to keep physically fit and even in bet
ter health than before the war, is to
eat natural foods.
The unused farm land lying south
of the so-called mason and Dixon
Line" would produce enough food to
keep well nourished more than five
times the population of the entire
| North American continent.
Our allies in Europe and our own
fighting men must be supplied with
wheat, cheese and meat because they
are the most highly concentrated
forms of food that we have and both
bulk and weight must be considered
in sending food stuffs overseas at the
present time.
| The strongest men in the world are
the so-called vegetarians. Bernard
McFadden is a famous aInIeUe and
physical culturist He not only is a
strict adherent to the no-meat
theory, but eats only twice daily,
sometimes only once and many days
not at all. If at any time he feels in
the least below par, he fasts, any
where from one to seven or ten days,
fnJx
several years ago he was practicing
with a heavy dumb-bell, it's weight
was $50 lbs. Apparently he was in
perfect physical condition but the best
he could do was to put it over his
head at arms length five times. He
tasted for seven days, continuing to
practise as usual and on the seventh
day broke the worlds record by put
ting it up seven times.
1t has been the custom of physicians
and nurses to feed very sick and
greatly reduced people on the beaten
whites of raw eggs. I made the
statement nearly twenty-five years age
that there would he less nutriment
in it if cooked and that it was harder
to digest. Of course, I was laughed
at because that is the habit of medi-
cal men when any statement is made
that is contrary to what they have
been taught. Even when they have
not personally investigated.
1t is now stated in one of the prom
inent medical journals as new fac
or discovery, that raw egg leaves the
stomach quickly because it is not easily
digested, that it has a feeble power O.
stimulating a flow of gastric juice
while cooked egg calls forth an abund
ant flow of juice and unites readily
with hydrochloric acid. Raw eg,
white offers considerable resistance tt
the action of pepsin and to this tryp
tic ferment. Raw egg white, the ar
: ticle goes on to state, has been fount
l by experiment to be poorly utilized il
f the body, from 80 to so per cent beinl
g all that is appropriated. Used to ex
> cess raw egg white may produce di
1 arrhoea, fatuIency and other discom
, forts. To make it easily digestible re
g q1ires only sufficient heat to coagulat
Il the white, as in soft boiled.
= Another article of food that is abun
dant and cheap is oranges. This dc
a lfcious and attractive fruit has, it i
i claimed, Is per cent greater foo
o value than raw oysters or fresh but
= termilk. 1t is eual in value to tn
g same quantity of whole milk. In civ
ing specific directions for the dieteti
treatment of various ailments, I a.
most invariably direct the use
orange juice in equal quantity and t
, be alternated with whole milk tn
results are always highly satisfactor,
=. CLUB NOTES
% Dear Doctor: I am troubled wit
n catarrh of the head, and so far as
"a can remember have always bee
II troubled 1t seems to be gettir
:, worse instead of better and now OF
= pears to be in the throat as well ;
~ in the nose. I have frequent heat
70 aches, and at times my nose is so ba
n that it appears to be liberated and IL
odor is very offensive. 1 would !
- glad indeed if you will tell me no
-, to help myself, as it is not at all b
,s coming in a girl of 10 to be compel
- ed to clear the throat and spit fr
=, quently, as I think I must do.
(Answer) There are many caus
for the condition known as chronic C
tarrh; constitutional diseases or T
disposition, unfavorable climate, fir
quent exposures, occupations neces.
s. tating the inhalati HMs of dust or irl
tating gases, neglected or protract
IS ing degrees of the difficulty, some ha
IL a continuous and abundant dischar
o. OF glary mucus, which is prone to d