VEGETABLE V ANIMAL FOOD
Believeri In a meat diet asitrt that no one oan be strong without it. Undoubtedly, a greater feeling of satiety ii produced by meat than any other food. It forms a greater stay to the stomsoh : but this arises from tks stomach's oonstitutlng the seat of its digestion and a larger time being occupied before it passes on and leaves the organ m an empty condition. . The meat fallacy i« disproved by the faot that the Sikha of ihs Put j»nb are pulse-eaters. The Italian* iive almost BoMy on mvi and maoaroni Ths; drtaded Troquois were cultivators of maze, as well aa hunters. The Spaniard munches his onion, and dip* bis bread m oil. The Kaffir, like the Kirgbia, liv.i mainly on milk ; as did the Cymrl, when < sesar invaded Britain. The Brahmin prefers the banana. The Hindoo, the Chinese and the Japanese find their chief sustenance m rice.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1677, 1 October 1887, Page 3
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153VEGETABLE V ANIMAL FOOD Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1677, 1 October 1887, Page 3
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