Nutritive Qualities of Nuts.

Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 84

Nutritive Qualities of Nuts.

1 The would-be 'food reformerj-has great -faith in nuts of all sorts.. , Here,^- we are ,told, . are,, foodstuffs— walnuts, Brazil- "nuts, peanuts — of a high degree of _tobthsomeness i and- ,attractJveness,. not excessive • in ex-_ containing a large percental of . both r proteid and fat. Analyses >made m f'the laobratory absolutely confirm the .truth of the statement:— Fat and proteids are j both present in large amounts, • and in ; reatfilir digestible form. But an .irritating • prtriciple has-- been found, present . in ;&\l\ fnute, partly in. the kernel itself and-parilv in the skin which surrounds the** kernel, , which, even in cases of. 'very moderate jiamounts.as^'a decided irritant :to the diges-, jnirtyev.cajnaLv All attempts to lisff nuts in * .considerable amounts as a; staple .-article of t^dfet^fpr , any .length, of time, except by a 1 few' enthusiasts' who are committed in anto a .belief- in their have:"proved -unsatisfactory. .- * - - r -