The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-01-30
FOOD FADDERS
ARE GULLIBIE

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force of his emotions easily dun y.
powers of reasoning.
Reasons for Fads
The promotion Of fads are 10,
ried on because someone wants !.
benefit himself. The merits of m.
or that particular fad are SO fanr,'
fully portrayed as to bewilder ana
make the truth seem queStionahls
and uninteresting. Some faddIst,
even mock as the principles Of mn
triton and deny the benefits Of ~.
search. They make rash PROMISE
and influence the people by mean,
Of the power Of suggestion.
One Food (Fad) Silly
There is the fad that urges Won
to eat more or some certain kind
of product. Huge advertisements rec.
ommend this and that. And IN most
cases there is a note OF truth IN h
but the benefits to be derived from
the product have been greatly ex.
aggerated, and Just because a small
amount may be beneficial does NOT
indicate that a larger portion viii
be better.
Superstitions Prevail
Strange as it may seem peonle
believe in fads Of superstition; tales
of black magic that warn people not
to eat tomatoes because they cause
cancer, not to eat meat because Il
makes one sensual and warlike, not
to eat nuts and cheese because they
are difficult to digest, not TO mK
protein and carbohydrate foods be.
cause they react chemically in the
stomach giving off gases which
might explode and rupture the LIN
ing Of the stomach, and not to eat
sugar except in the form Of honey
because 1t causes diabetes. OF courw
some Of these statements are fsncl.
full and some not only fanciful but
dangerous. The fad that acids and
milk should not be taken togethH
belongs in the same class as Che
fanciful and fictitious beliefs. This
is absurd because there are persons
who cannot take milk unless Il Is
beaten up with orange Juice. When
this is done, the curd is more finely
divided and hence is more easily d.
gested. Of course you have heard
that one about cherries and milk
causing indigestion and pain. When
cherries and milk cause indigestion
it is not the food combination. Il
is probably because the cherries
were poorly masticated and the milk
gulped down in a great hurry, Or
perhaps a great quantity Of cherries
were eaten.
Fasting is Foolish
There are also fasting faddiSS
who claim that you should stazVe
for a period of from ten to twenty
days each year to rid the BODY o
impurities; that one should eat
very little or not at all when slck
because food feeds the disease ana
makes you sick longer; that one
should eat breakfast and dinnez'
but not lunch; or dinner and sup
per, but not breakfast; that one
should eat only when hungry; tnas
fasting clears the brain and MAKES
the senses alert. That is ridiculous
Breakfast is needed to stiinnia@
the colon and prevent midmornins
fatigue, and lunch is needed to pro
vide energy for the afternoons
work.
Common Sense Urged
There are innumerable other 1000
fads and the harm done by them y
not estimable in words or figures
AS long as man eats food, there WI
be individuals who win rate them
selves as authorities, basing then
theories on personal experience
superstitions or commercialism am
preaching their gospel to al VIM
win listen.