Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-02-01
BAKE POTATOES IN SKINS
AND THEN EAT THEM
SKINS AND ALL

If the American people sincerely
wish to cut down the death rate i'll
this country they will eat more pO-
tatOes and reduce their consumption
Of meats and cereals, DR.. j. Harvey
Kellogg, noted food expert of Battle
Creek, Mich, told delegates to the
18th annual meeting of the Potato
Association of America in New York
Friday afternoon of last week.
DR.. Kellogg came to the defense
Jf the Irish potato, which he de-
clared, had been suffering unwont-
I'd abuse. There is no cereal and
10 other common vegetable which
supplies so complete and adequate
IN assortment of essential vitamins
is does the Irish potato" he de-
Jared. This" he added, was in
contrast to meats of all kinds and
cereals. The only rival of the Irish
potato in furnishing vitamins," he
said, lis the sweet potato"
Rich in organic bases, the Irish
potato has an additional advantage
over cereals and meats for main
taining the alkalinity of the blood
and promoting resistance to disease
md muscular and nervous efficiency
md endurance, the Battle Greek
doctor said.
What the potato lacks i'll fats and
salts can be supplied by milk and
green food, such as spinach, lettuce
and turnip tops, DR.. Kellogg said.
Potatoes, he added, are more easily
1igested than any other farinaceous
,ood.
The inclusion of potatoes in the
national diet of the Irish people,
along with buttermilk, has produced
4 nation of Woodworking people
with more centenarians than in all
the rest of Great Britain, Dr. KEEL
logg concluded.
The so-called American fad for
the elimination of the potato from
the human diet, brought about by
the desire for the "streamline fig
ure," was ridiculed by Prof. Eliza
beth Whitaker, home economics
specialist at Michigan State Col
lege.
The Michigan woman hit at the
heavyweight" who honestly be-
lieve they lose weight rapidly if
they make no change in their habits
OF exercise or diet, other than BAN
ishing the potato" Measuring fat
in terms of Galleries, Miss Whit
taker said, the average potato yields
100 calories when burned in the
cody, compared with 400 for an
equal weight of macaroni and 20 for
an average egg.
Miss Whitaker pleaded for ,reten-
ton of the potato in the human diet
to combat the effects of meat
cereal diet" I'VE must eat foods
that will leave an alkaline ash to
neutralize the acids formed" she
said.
She cited the potato as good
source for vitamins B. and c. When
eaten in sufficient quantities it will
prevent the symptoms due to def
cheney of these factors, she said.
She also pointed to the potato as d
cheap source of the two vitamins.
For nutrition the best method Of
cooking the potato is to bake with
the skins and then eat the entire
potato, Miss Whitaker contended.
Steaming potatoes in the Jacket
also was recommended. She de-
clared the fried potato is as digest
ible as other foods unless it is
in fat.
Miss Whitaker urged better grad
ing relations to produce better po-
tatoes. at is a waste of time to cut
out the rotten spots and a waste of
to pay for food that must be
thrown away" she declared.
1.-THE potato has definite place
in the diet of the American people
and although it may be passing
a period as social outcast,
eventually its good character will
be established and it will again win
public approval" she said in con-
clusion.-Reprint from New York
Packer, January 5, 1929.