THE VALUE OF APPLES AS FOOD.
The apple is one of the mos* wholesome and valuable of foods for the reason that it keeps so well in temperate climate, and presents such a variety ot flavours, suiting itself to man’s needs by ripening at different seasons and supplying a considerable amount of nourishment in the most easily digestible form. The nutritive value of the apple is about fourteen per cent. Its value consists chiefly in the amon'nt of carbohydrates and vegetable acids it contains. The apple contains also a large amount of phosphorus. The food is, therefore, of special value as a brain food. The old Scandinavians believed that the gods subsisted wholly upon apples, and that it was through the peculiar properties communicated by the queen of fruits, that they acquired the wisdom which they imparted to men. . The wise man evidently regarded the apple as the fruit of all fruits. In one of his proverbs he says, “ stay me with raisins; comfort me with apples.”—Australasian Good Health.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19070321.2.25
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3762, 21 March 1907, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
169THE VALUE OF APPLES AS FOOD. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3762, 21 March 1907, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in