Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-04-19
Health Talks by DR.. Brady
Copyright, National Newspaper service.)
Are Peanut. Food,


Is peanut butter n wholesome nutritious,
economical and readily digestible food2 How
ooes nc compare with butter9 Are peanuts all
Iishe 20 iced to children? Are sailed peanuts
as desirable as plain roasted peanuts?
The nutrltiye value Of q pound of the edible
portion OF peanuts is about 1850 caIorics: that
or cooked round steak Is about $40 calories;
tnat OF sood ham is about 1000 calories. and
Ina. Ina. OF oread about 1850 calories. and pure
putter about $500 calorles. Peanuts there
lore' are exceedingly nutritious.
teanut butter represents about 1880 cal
oiies TO tho pound. 1t is not quite so nutri-
.ous as an equal weight of butter. yet It Is
a Tar more economical spread than butter
anu IN my Judgment, far better substitute
LOT butter than any kind OF margarine
rs mistake to consider peanuts as a
special indulgence an extra 1t would be
more 10 tho point to call becfstcak bread
special indulgence
~ bread made with n mixture ~ one mari
peanut hour and three parts wheat -four fur
iii'"es an adequate amount of protein or nitro
eenous matter. and also tho vitamn which is
ossen''ai TOT growth. Wheat -four bread does
not furnish the essential vitamin
The peanut Is rich in protein material con-
.aininS about twice as much as flour does and
larger proportions than even bcefstcak or
sess moreover, tho protein of peanut has
80" iouhu TO possess n high physiological
Value; that Is. 1t is OF such structure as tho
pody can most readily utilize for repair pro-
eesses and buildng-hot In the sense of grow
ing rat merely. United States government ex-
perts, in tests Of the nutritive value OF pea
u' nour' found that bread made with one
hour'h peanut flour and three fourths white
nour furnished adequate protein material for
inc normal growth OF young animals
children are young animals
my ehiio ola enough to eat bread may be
given peanuts az a regular or at least n fire.
quent part OF the diet, not as u tidbit
Mind. do not say that peanut oour &C. nroy
cradle to wheat -four, or that peanuts can
aispiace wheat in dietary. I do saw that
bread made with one-fourth peanut flour
20 superior In n nutritive way to the white
hour bread most people oat though not SUI
peror to real stan of life made from nour
that mas not been robbed of its vitamins and
IT'S miherai elements in the process OF milling.
Exercise for observation-disclosures give your
opih'oh OF - exercise for the cure Of weak
eyes and eyestrain. n II \,
Ahswer.-Practcally every civilized indi
nioual mas eyestrain-due to irregularity of
inc shape Of the eyeban (astigmatism). Only
minority OF us suffer any discomfort or Ill
eHccts therefrom. or course no exercise tn
which You can subject your eyes can alter
the shape of your eyeballs any more thnn
exercise can alter the shape of your bcod
Rest, rather than exercise is called for whom
one suHers from eyestrnin--that is avoiding
an near work and getting out in the open.
where you look only at distant things. The
very trouble In eyestrain is that the faultv
shape of the eycball renders the refraction
OF light more difficult unless unusual effort ia
made by the eye. which means the expepdI-
ture OF energy to an excessive degree.
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