Imperial Valley press., 1930-09-29
NATIONALLY KNOWN
DOCTORS CONDEMN
FOOD FADDISTS

ResneHsihie pnySlclans everywhere
are falling in line in protecting the
time -henored reputation of white
] bread as the real staff of life. Re
/ recently d. Walter c. Alvarez of the
Mayo Clinic. Rochester. Mimi, paid
| his compliments to present day food
/ fads and food faddists in an article
that was published in - Everybody 5
Health the popular health jour
nal of Minnesota. Among other
things that the learned physician
wrote was:
The surprising thing today is
that many of US are trying to throw
overheard all this knowledge which
has been gained SO patiently through
the ages. We give our little children
rough vegetables and raw fruits
which our grandmothers put aside a.
lndigcstible and colicky. The pa
tient who has just recovered from a
serious abdominal operation is given
salads and vegetables, fruits and
spina ach-all difficult of digestion.
a strong effort is being made
also in many quarters to get rid of
our white bread, which after so many
ages has been found to have espe.
ciallv high food value for man, and
to revert to the coarser and more
indigestible breads of our ancestors.
"Whv do we give bran' Simply
because it is one of the most indi-
gestible substances which the Lord
has made. He made it thus SO that
seeds coated with it would 90
through the digestive tracts of herb
ivorous animals ard out again stli
intact and fit for termination. Then
we take this absolutely indigestible,
woody substance and prescribe it for
individuals!
Present day food fads constitute
menace to the health of the people,
and the economic condition OF the
country. The fight against irrespon-
! sible food faddists is sure to be won
if the leading men Of medicine in the
country help to disillusion the gen
cral public as to the truth Of the
preaching of these men and women
who are attempting TO make the peo-
pie believe that white bread is the
root of all trouble But as we have
said before, it is an encouraging sign
of the times that the most successful
representatives OF the medical pro-
fession are taking a positive stand
against these food faddists.
Faddist Not Wanted
On the same subject DR.. Walter
Eddy. professor of physiological
chemistry at the Teachers College
Columbia University, says:
"'To my mind, we haven't any
place today for the faddist who
wants to sell one foodstuff as Il
panacea for all ills. What you and
| want TO know is: What does each
foodstuff contributed How much of
the values furnished by this food
do we need? What combinations can
/ put together? Under those cir
cumstanees, eating a slice of white
bread isn't crime, and eating
slice Of whole bread ism a virtue.
Both are desirable things to do un-
der certain circumstances. "
DR.. Z. Y. McCollum, authority on
the subject of vitamins, says:
"There is no reason why we should
not eat bolted wheat flour as our
principal bread grain, provided it is
supplemented by other foods which
make good its Deficiencies. "
These interesting opinions of vari,
Gus medical authorities have been
compiled by Miss Florence Glenn.
county home demonstration agent,
from publication Of the L. s. De
partmcnt Of Agriculture on the sub
iect Of diet and health.