Drink at Meals.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 August 1922, Page 3

Drink at Meals.

DOCTOR’S ADVICE. “DRV” DIET TO REDUCE FAT i A FALLACY. LONDON, June 10. A little girl was told by her mother that she must not drink until the end of a meal. “Why not, mummy! - '” she asked. “Look at the cows, dear,” replied her mother. “They never drink until after they have finished eating.” ‘But, mummy,” said the little girl. “I don’t want to be a. cow.” This story, writes “The Diner-Out,” is recalled to me by a letter irom Dr

Wynne Yorke-Davies, of Harley-street W., in yesterday’s Times, wherein lie advocates drinking at meals. It is a point on which man goes his own way. It is true that most of the animal kingdom eating and uriiikiiig are separate and distinct processes. Hut man is a thinking and reasoning animal, and has evolved his own methods. A dinner without drink would he to me an iniposxhility. I could not get it down. I certainly could not enjoy it. flood wine increases the How of the gastric juices and aids digestion. Claret and other red wines are digestive agents of a high order. The combination of the right kinds of wines with the right kinds of foods is not a mere accident nor a mere matter of taste The fact that you take light wines with soup and lish, red wine, claret, or Burgundy with certain entrees or game, and port at the end of a meal is based upon sound dieteetie principles. Let any moderate drinker try “dry” meals and the result will he violent ■lndigestion Sound wine in moderation hurt no man yet. WATER THE BEST.

Dr Yorke-Davies told a Daily ->.ud reporter yesterday that lie always advises patients to drink as much as they scan. “Water - the best drink at meals and mineral waters are also very .mod.” said Dr Yorke-Davies. “There is no reason wliy a man should not take his wine or whisky. . but tiieso should be supplemented with sufficient water to wash away the waste products. If wine is taken, it should be one of the light wines sherry, for instance, is too sweet. “Thero is a belief among obese people that if they do not drink at

meals they will lose weight. This is a fallacy. I find that although a person who cuts down the quantity of fluid at meals "ill eat less at tile beginning, hi s appetite for the dry meals returns in a few months, and he eats as much as before. Perhaps tlq- best way would he to drink between meals, but for many people tld.s is impracticable. ], therefore, advise these to drink as much as they like at meals.

“Mv obese patients are surprised and also greatly relieved when [ insist on tlio.li- drinking plenty of liquid; they soon discover the benefit of tho advice