“Apple a Day” Not Favoured

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 28, 3 February 1937, Page 12 (Supplement)

“Apple a Day” Not Favoured

DIFFICULTIES IN STUDY OF DIETETICS LONDUN, Jan. C. The * 1 apple a day ’ ’ percept for “keeping the doctor away” was discussed by Professor V. H. Mottram at a conference of health visitors and school nurses at Bedford College. Professor Mottram, who is a professor of physiol ogy in the University of London, and an authority on dietetics, said thut the advice was no longer favoured by research workers. “I like the advice very much,’ 7 he said, * * but in taking it I must admit I am taking something that is not so very much worth while as a protective food. 7 7 Other points from his lecture were: Ice-cream for children.—ln America they give it after the patient comes round from the anaesthetic. Tho stuff sold in this country is really milk fluffed up by air. I do not think it is ice-cream at all. Herrings.—Poor people look on them as a mark of povorty. You must persuade them that they are a mark of aristocracy. Professor Mottram gave a general warning against telling the public, and particularly working-class mothers, about carbohydrates, fats, proteins, and vitamins. “One of the great difficulties in studying dietetics is to keep oneself from becoming cranky, 7 ' he said. Professor Mottram advocatod a pint of milk a day, and said that tho public should eat more cheese and water-cress. Children should be allowed to consult their own appetites. •