The Kevin review., 1922-10-26
PIE BREAKFAST
FOR HICHBROWS
PHYSICIANS IN 46 STATES FAVOR
PASTRY FOR BRAIN WORKER
AND SEDENTARY TYPE
Majority of Medical Men Believe
Heavy Morning Meal Should Start
the Day; Midday Meal Should be
Moderate and Substantial Menu
for the Evening Repast.

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Let him have tiff he lives in The
pie zone. 1t won't hurt him a bit
II he has brains, he'll want a heavy
breakfast, anyway.
AS for the people who never sit
down to a breakfast table without
making inroads on fruit, cereal, ba-
con and eggs, tea or coffee, toast, hot
cakes or hot biscuits they re
will live until their teeth refuse to
gnaw on the bacon.
There's only one thing for them
to eonsider-their type. If they can
rightly be classed as "plethoric, /"
they may indulge in a good break
fast, no luncheon and a fairly good
dinner. But if they belong to the
greyhound type" the lean hungry
creatures, whose combustion is over
active, they require a substantial
breakfast, mild lunch and a more
substantial dinner
Heavy Breakfast Favored
These are not the facetious opin-
ions of the hearty eater or the epi-
cure. They are the expert views of
great many physicians contained in
survey conducted by "The Medical
Review of Reviews" all over the
country, says the New York Tribune.
The object of the survey was to as
certain whether it was preferable to
start the day with a heavy break
fast, followed by a light luncheon,
or to proceed on the mo breakfast
or coffee and rolls" plan, developing
a midday appetite subsequently.
The physicians and health commits
sioners of 46 states were overwhelm-
ingly in favor of the heavy break
fast. This is how they voted: Sew
enty-five per cent in favor of reg
ular meal" 13 per cent opposed to
it, a per cent inconclusive in their
answers.
They strongly advocated the heavy
breakfast for mental workers. Elev-
en- of them pointed out that to eat
well in the morning was advisable,
because after a nights rest the di-
gestiye apparatus was in good shape
to take care of it and the system re-
quired the fuel provided by such a
meal to start the days activities.
"The system, like the furnace, is
low on fuel in the morning, there
fore a goOd-sized meal is justified"
remarked DR.. l.. B. Bloyne, commits
sioner of health and sanitation of
Kansas City.
! just Like Animals
& 'sThe no breakfast plan has no
scientific foundation and to my way
nf III n ic ,f,~s
buted DR.. Herman N. Bundesen,
health commissioner of Chicago.
Several physicians pointed out that
the physical needs of men are not
SO different from those of the lower
animals. In support of this theory,
DR.. S. w. Welch, state health Off
GER in Alabama, volunteered:
tThe lower animals eat a heavy
neal at nightfall and lie down to
-est. They rise again with the day
hungry. My impression is that we
should begin the day always with
/ substantial breakfast"
A South Dakota physician supple
nents this with:
If farmer were to take out his |
cam at their usual early hour to |
10 their usual days work, and the |
armer should feed them a scanty |
,r no meal at all, he would receive
he condemnation, if not more, of all |
men,"
1t was DR.. Isaac D. Rawlings, di-
ector of the Illinois state depart
nent of public health, who put the
}. K. on pie. "If people want pie
or breakfast and they live in the
lie zone, don't rob them of their pie,
they don't eat too much of
everal other things" he advised.
DR.. Thomas F. Collins of Adams
lille, Pa, gave it as his view that
the matter of taste is what is ruin
ng the American digestive system.
We eat things because we like the
aste of them, even though we know
hey contain the wrong elements for
8 Therefore, let US eat
egularly reasonable amounts of the
hings we should have, disregarding
he taste.'
DR.. Walter Carver of Albion, Ind,
isplays philosophical turn of mind.
Ie recommends a moderate ample
'reakfast, a light, easily digested
nnch and the biggest meal in the
vening, but added.
Doctors-especially country doc
ors and general practitioners - are
asily broken in to take what the
DDS provide and when and where"
Fifty-five physicians have based
leir decision on personal experience
r observation in their practice and
snder their opinion that the sub
,antial breakfast is the best plan
heir view is summed up by DR.. r. j.
Underwood of the Mississippi state
oard of health, who feels that 'it is
referable to start the day with a
1bstantial breakfast, consisting of
'uit, cereal, bacon and eggs, etc.,
1T light but nourishing lunch and
ave the heavy meal at six in the
yening."
II don't think there is any doubt
lat one could do better mental :
ork by following out this plan," he :
lded. {
DR.. w. B. Bentley of Calvin, Okla,
lvises that the day be started with
very light meal and adds: GAS to
g other meals of the day, I believe
at our instinct, with little intel :
,ence, should guide US, and will c
lfdn no corracflv II not Dorvortod nv