DIET QUIZ

Taupo Times, Volume II, Issue 54, 28 January 1953, Page 2

DIET QUIZ

QUESTION AND ANSWERS QUESTION — "Is it true that one should not drink with meals because the liquid dilutes the gastric juice and delays digestioiV? " ANSWER — In the norma! healthy person water itself is 1a gentle stimulus to secretion of gastric juice, Dry meals may be less inclined to call forth a generous flow of gastric juice. Any possible dilution of gastric juice is very slight. SO ORINK WITH YOUR MEALS IF YOU WISH TO DO SO. Water is the befst dnnk with the dinner meal, The digestive juices can take care of themselves. QUESTION — "Is molasses really valuahl e because the children hate it so and it is so hard to persevere with it?" ANSWER — Molasses has no very special property to recommend it— nothing that could not be obtained from more commonpliace foods. It certainly has a laxative action wthich might be advantageous to some, but that is about all. Any other minerals present can be obtained from other and more usual foods. FOR NORMAL PERSONS, ABNORMAL FOODS ARE NOT NECESiSARY. They generally cost more money too. QUESTION — "My daughter is: tiVing to reduce her weight. She has cut out all milk and potatoes. Is this wise ? " ANSWER — No. Milk ond potatoes are too valuable as foods to be eliminated even in a slimming diet. If the top milk is removed, the rest of the- milk is valuable but not fatteping. If the quantity of bread is eut down and all biscuits, cake, scones and sweets are rigidJy excluded, far better resuits are aehieved t'han by avoiding potatoes wthich are mucb superior in value to iany of these. SLIMMING CAN BE CARRIED OUT WITHOUT UNWISE EXCLUSION OF VALUABLE FOODS.

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