The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-10-26
THE SMALL APPETITE
MYTH

I SAID that there might be rome
i light eaters among Tho corpulcnt
fraternity, but that i had never
met them. II Is true that there arc
SOME OF them who apparently cat
moderately az tho table bat what
amounts they store away between
meals.
Sometimes II Is fruit. but more
often Il is candy or nuts or Ice
cream sodas. etc, All tcrrlncaIly
high in calorica Many people have
the idea that fruit has no food
value and they eat freely Of u
under that dclusiou
once when was reckoning the
c8lorie value Of tho diet OF a Los
Angeles woman who was over
weight. ! had 70 acknowledge that
she was a light eater as she had
told me.
II chmc - 1000 ealorics which
WAS Just the amount that judged
woman Of her activities needed TO
keep her normal SIN skcphcal, l
inquired What else do you Cat7'
Nothing, doctor abe assured
me.
mo candy No ice cream sodas7 r.
NO, doctor. 1 cat nothing be-
tween meals. realty"
! looked at her. puzzled. Finally
said sternly: Something goes
into your stomach bgsidcs what you
have told mo, what Is it7'
wen, do take the juice OF six
or eight large oranges during the
day, to help my constipation. but
there Is no food value in oranges .
SO II was that she had added
500 or 500 calorics "A day TO her
dieti
Five hundred calories. Of any
food more than the system needs.
will add to your weight ono-clghth
Of a pound a day. or 4j pounds a
year!
Can you see how important tho
knowledge Of the fuel or caloric
values Of food is? DO you know
anything about calories. tho fuel
units? MOI You supposed the
calorle theory was exploded!
Well, II isn't In the first place.
there Is no "Coloric theory" any
moro than there IS n yard theory
or Il bushel theory.
The explosion of calorlcs Is an
other bit OF mislnformatlon put into
circulation by lay writer's who know
nothing OF scientific dictctlcs nor OF
what calorios really are.
We arc going to teach you some
thing about those calories, pain
lossly.
Tomorrow you can have 1000
Of 'cm.
For breakfast, If you are used 10
coffee. you will want that. II you
take cream or sugar, or both. you
Will have TO count n tablespoonful
OF thin cream 30 Cis and a table
spoonful of thick cream 60 C.a. A
cube Of sugar is approximately %
C.A Il Is best TO learn to like
your beverages unsweetcncd. You
certainly can do without cream and
sugar together. II YOU take your
coffee plain that VIII allow you 100
C.s for toast or fruit.
Lunch:
Plate Of clear vegetable or meat
broth mo fat % cnlorics; 10
ounces Of skim or buttermllk (ono
ordinary glass rs ounceD 100 cal
cries; 1 slice Of whole wheat bread
(toast II preferred u inch thick,
100 calorlcs; 4 level tablespoonful
Of butter, 20 calories; poachod or
boiled egg, 75 calorles; ! fair sized
apple or orange, rs calories; total,
400 calorics
Tea time; ia
100 C.'s Of fruit or skim or butter
milk.
Dinner:
Clear soup CISCO lunch tlmc), %
calorles; cracker, % calonos;
very lean meat or fish, 3x3n. or 2
hoaping tablcspoonfuIa of co,tnge
cheese Ono cream, 100 calorcs; u
cupful tomatoes, canned or raw no
fnO, 20 calorics; | largo serving
lettuce or raw spinach or cabbage,
20 calorlcs, moyonnoiso dressing
made from mineral oil tHold In