The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-12

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method Of making coffee. One feels
that the forte Of these gentlemen
is in statecraft rather than in the
culinary arts. The only part of cof-
fee ever considered dcleterious is
the fannie acid and prolonged boil
ing increases the fannie acid four
times, but adds little caffeine.
believe, however, that | can
add something constructive to the
argument and it goes back to the
years when | was a postgraduate
medical student in Scotland. | was
very fond Of Scotland in 1911. |
was young-at least younger-and
full of enthusiasm, and | enjoyed
the clinics of Edwin Bramwell.
also enjoyed the hospitality of Me
Nittie's Guest in Princes Street
and | used to 90 down every Sun
day morning to st. Giles Cathe-
dral to see ,ae Black Watch on
parade. How the sporrans swung:
left, right. left, right. with the pre-
ciSion which marks the marching
of all Ladies from He'll.
Tea a Substitute
| liked everything about Scot
land except the coffee. There is
no way to describe Scotch coffee.
When | say that Mayor La
Guardia's and President Roose-
velt's coffee sounds good in COM
parison to Scotch coffee, that is
only a faint indication Of what it
is like. The only thing to compare
10 Scotch coffee is English coffee
or French coffee or Italian coffee.
When I had been in Scotland a
short time. found out that | had
better switch TO tea. So | did and
/ can say that | acquired a taste
for it and that it is just as good as
coffee for breakfast, luncheon or
dinner.
| understand that the distribu-
ton of tea will be about 80 per
cent Of what it has been during
the last year. Cocoa will be dis
tributed at the rate of about 60
per cent Of the amount of last year.
Not everybody is going to take my
advice, so if few of you ACQUIRE
the tea or cocoa habit, you will be
able to get over the withdrawal
symptoms of coffee in time to en-
joy yourselves.
Tea. coffee and cocoa depend for
their stimulating effect upon the
same chemicals, the xanthines -
caffeine and theobromine-which
have about an identical action in
the body. So it does not make a
great deal Of difference pharma-
cologically which Of these bever-
ages you use.
Effects Of Coffee
l can also give everybody little
deep psychological message on the
actual effect Of drinking coffee.
Most people are SO conditioned to
it that they get very little physi-
illogical reaction from it. Some
people think they are doing them
selves irreparable harm by US
ing it, but as a matter Of fact for
people over the age of 40, it prob
ably does a great deal Of good to
the heart, circulation and nervous
system. But most Of the effect
comes from the smell and a warm
fluid in the stomach. So | suggest
sminophyllin as another of the
xanthines: If you take a rag and
ssturate it with coffee grounds,
smell it, pop a grain Of amino
phyllin in your mouth, and drink
cup OF hot water, you will get
about the same effect as drinking
coffee and it will be much more
economical.
Or IL you want to duplicate my
Scotch experience, take a mixture
of one-fourth tea, one-fourth cof-
fee, one-fourth cocoa and one
fourth coca-cola, bring it to boil
and down two cups. This will make
You forget coffee, the Presidents
ANNApN' M oNO VI lsdoudIuld EtClpt
and everything else for long, long
time.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
n. f. D.: What is pellagra!
What is the cause? What is the
cure, If any?
Answer: Pellagra is a deficiency
disease due TO lack Of fresh food
and reliance for a long time on a
salt meat, corn pone, processed
foods-such as molasses-sort of
diet. II causes scruffiness of the
hands and feet and digestive dis
turbances. 1t can be cured prompt
ly by the use of NICOTINE acid,
which is probably the food factor
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