LIFE ON 3d A DAY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 84, 13 August 1913, Page 7

LIFE ON 3d A DAY.

How to live on less than 3d a day —to be exact, Is 8d a week—with due regard to physical efficiency, has been demonstrated to his personal satisfaction hy Mr F. J. Cross, a food reformer, who described his experiences to the Charity Organisation Society in London recently. Mr Cross’s food budget for a week consisted of the following;—

Thnt ought to have provided, according to his statistics, 8-100 gramm.es of protein, and 17,500 calories of heat energy. What it actually provided was 8020 grammes of protein and 17,270 calories of heat energy. It was very pleasant and satisfying fare, and ho never enjoyed a week more, ft was a constant revelation from the first day, when lie was tempted to go hack to his ordmary fare—but not after the first day. It was so satisfactory and so satisfying that he intended to try it again, for a long period. I

s. d. Three loaves of bread ... o 7 1 11). of oatmeal ... 0 2 1 pint of milk ... ... o 2 1 lb. haricot beans ... o H 1 11). dates ... o 2 1 lb. rice ... o u 2 oz. dripping ... u 03 5 o'/,, of margarine ... o U v, lb. potatoes ... 0 0i f lb. sugar ... o 03 Tea, popper, salt ... 0 03