The north Mississippi herald., 1920-06-04
VARIETY IN DIET.

/ do not believe in a great variety
of food at one meal-a ten or twelve
course dinner, or anything of that sort,
Neither do ] think it is best to restrict
the diet to one or two or three arti-
ces of food, eating the same thing
day In and day out. The digestive or
gans get into a rut and become slug
gish.
As a rule, the more civilized man
becomes, the greater becomes his va
riety in diet. AS / have said, variety
in food does not mean great variety
at any one meal, nor does it mean rich
pastries and indigestible stuffs.
think that meal of two or three ar
ticles is really better than a greater
ferent from the others. Breakfast,
dinner and supper should consist of
different articles of food, and these
be varied from day to day. A va
riety of wholesome foods well cooked
The sensible housewife is the one who
does not serve to husband and chill
dren the same things day after day
until their appetites are cloyed and
their stOmachS 80 on a strike. The
food should vary from season to sea-
son, from day to day, from meal to
meal.
Eat meat, eat fish, eat vegetables,
eat fruits, eat cereals, but do not try
to eat them all in one day. Remem-
Der your body is made up of many diff
ferent elements, and it is best nour-
lshcd by many different kinds of foods.
There is no single food, not even milk,
that will keep a man in health and
vigor for any great length of time.
Even the domestic animals are kept in
better condition by slight changes in
diet, or changing from one pasture to
another. Nature has provided such q
variety of products for food that il
seeems only reasonable to conclude
that they are OF use in the nourish-
ment of the body.
We may change our coat twice daily
and substitute new one as often as
the fashion monthly leader dictates q
new style; but, 10 variation in clothes
alters the personality, whereas the
food we eat may either improve or
deteriorate the character of the body
which is our soul-garment.
The fact that important changes in
animal characteristics are produced by
variation in food cannot be doubted
by any observer of birds and animals
in state OF domestication. Seeing
then that the food plays so great
part in these cases, it may safely be
inferred that its effects will be still
more apparent in the civilization OF
mankind. This being found true, Is
it not highly desirable that we should
seek to adopt diet tending directly
to improve the body, in order that il
may become more efficient vehicle
for the mind, or, more correctly
speaking, the ego?
A sickly, waning appetite can fire.
quently be stimulated by some exceed
ingly simple change in the commonest
articles of daily food For example,
slices of dry bread are particularly
uninviting but the same bread, light
ly Drowned, with a delicately poached
egg resting on the crisp toast, becomes
altogether another item in the daily
menu There are some forty or fifty
ways in which to prepare potatoes.
vet how few are the tables where one
sees the vegetable save in the Stereo-
typed boiled, mashed or fried A
great variety o. delightful dishes can
be made with apples at all seasons of
the year. There is no need to enum-
crate the host of what are known as
made dishes 1t is always better to set
on the family table, not courses Of
elaborate dishes, but wholesome,
agreeable, and yet economical diver-
sity of food,
The best route to health in relation
to food is by way of variety. Always
variety 1t need not necessarily cost
any more than the deadly monotOny,
either in time, labor or money. In
fSct it should cost less in all direc-