GOOD EFFECT OF WAR DIET.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 219, 27 October 1916, Page 6

GOOD EFFECT OF WAR DIET.

According to a medical corespondent of the “Daily Mail,” it is now established that people are eating less than before the war, and there are many evidences that the health of the .n ion has improved One group of patients, those in a chronic state of sluggish indigestion ] from over-eating and too little exercise, j have largely disappeared from consulting rooms. It is too earl 7 yet io sec whether the new r habit of eating loss is having any effect in lessening G;e prevalence of hardening of the aperies, kidney disease, heart troubles, gout and rheumatism. The greatest reduction has been in meats, eggs, sugary fools and .jams. Our consumption of meat an .1 eggs can be reduced with benefit. With sugar the case is different, there is no evidence that we eat too m ien o; this vny valuable food. Even before the war many people were in a constant stale of lowered health from the lack of it. Any saving in meats, therefore,- can well be expended on sugary foods . Many people have learned by experience that a sweet dish after a meatless meal, or one with a reduced ration of meat gives one the same satisfying effect as a larger and heavier meal without the sweet. Some West End restaurants are taking advantage of this. Though their meat portions are reduced they give generous helpings of sweet dishes. The patron is satisfied, the restaurant saves money, and, incidentally, the patron is served with a meal much more physiologically correct.