The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-04
VEGETARIANS ARE PHYSICALLY
 INFERIOR

The relation of diet to physique and health is is question or great interest to-day, owing to the newer knowledge of the vitamins and to the astonishing applications of this knowledge m the Held Of human nutrition. There is one important drawback or weakness about this whole study which too many nutrition experts or authorities forget when offering their start ling conclusions representations to the public. and that is the fact that rats or guinea pigs may thrive or live on food which will scarcely suit chldren's nutritive needs. This Is one req son why we should use tho inmates of penal institutions as material for scientific medical experimentation for tho benefit of mankind.
 J. B. Orr and J. l.. Gilks, British government of tho nutrition of two neighboring African tribes ore of which, tho Aikikuyu tribe is a1 most exclusively vegetarian, and the other the or at thc fny Hnv nsst in habit The dict roots and fruits, the bulk of the diet being cereals The Masia diet consisted of milk meat
 The full grown Nasal male was found to be iive inches taller and 23 pounds heavier than M the full grown Akikuyu male, on the average The carnivorous Nasal tribesman was found to have 50 per cent greater strength than the vegetarian Akikuyu tribesman, measured by the dynamometer. Many other differences were noted, which rather tend to shatter many of our preconceived notions about diet. For instances. the vegetarian Akikuyu was found or decay of the teeth and anemia than was the carnivorous Nasal
 The carnivorous tribe, however. showed a greater prevalence of intestinal stasis and of rheumatod arthritis than did the vegetarian tribe. The intestinal stasis may be fairly ascribed to the character of the diet, but cer- tainly no one knows enough about "rheuma- told artEritis' or any form of joint trouble by whatever name distinguished to draw any con- clusions from its prevalence in such tribe
 The complete report of this interesting and informative investigation is published in Med- ical Research Council Special Report Series No 155, by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, price two shilngs.
 The outstanding study in this country in re- spect to the effects of carnivorous diet, is that made by a group of physicians chemists and physiologists upon the explorer Stefanson and his associate Anderson while these two men voluntarily subsisted on purely carnivorous die for period of year, under constant scien- tific observation. The general conclusion from this study that carniVorous diet is en- tirely adequate for the nutritive needs of man There Was no indication that such a diet causes any of the ills SO nonchalantfy ascribed to "too much meat" by old fogy physicians and new fangled mai-order or radio food specialists.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Foods for Excessive Acidity of Urine
 Please give list of foods which will help overcome excessive acidity of the urine. Is tea harmful in that respect, if taken in mOdcra- ton? UA K. Al
 Answer-Lemons, oranges. grapefruit, Times vegetables and greens are particularly valu. able. Of course the fruit juices or undoctored fruit beverages are almost as good as the fruits
 Baby Has Navel Hernia
 Eighteen mouths old baby has protrndinp navel. We cant afford tO take him to d0ctoi
 Hnswer- He should wear q suitable belt with | fl pad 10 prevent the protrusion, Such a sup- port will perhaps give n permanent cure after n year. ] can't instruct you about tiff you cant afford to have doctor attend to ', t i' your duty 10 lake tho baby at once 10 tha nearest free dispansary or clinic for pr0peI care,
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 ] tcopyrisht John Y. Dilie Col