DINNER AT 7.30 A.M.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 126, 28 May 1914, Page 8

DINNER AT 7.30 A.M.

DOCTOR'S TOPSY-TURVY MENU TilL I.TUTIMI BREAJv-.W. X--.v hours of mciic. with dmn-r at T...0 a.m., ar- D ngge.-tcd by rrofcesor J>rgonic. of Bordeaux. M. Ih r-nnie. -ay, the lans correspondent :■; the •i.auctl.'' ha.- discovered thru tif -a-t . jitahle hour* lor meals arc i.ctw.cn iio.m and 1 p.m. and be- j rvve.-i ; and - ,-n-.- that ir tr, say. pr.- , ,-:.-,'■.• t.i el- hu'ir- w'ai h modern n-age j ia.- set apart t . iii.al-. | .V,.ord__ to -1. l..rg.n,r. tie lneal j '._;r- that, n rational hygiene would, -, r c-. r ,i,e would be a_- follow-:— "ThC | Principal meal of the day should be taken'at T.;;tj a.m.. or ac soon after as -~.-_•.hi. ■(, as tn obtain all thn ncce-s-----arc energy for lhe day's work and in rd.ro •_'.e"liver, emptied by the night's .;.,-. nencr. A second meal of .'3OO to 400 calories, for which a luncheon nf milk. Mipar, and cakes would suffice, should ■c taken about 4 p.m. Finally, a third light repast of 700 to Sim calorics at s..n n;- 0 p.m. would complete tho aiinictita* me.' \|. f jnie a.hie that in a family -,;,.. ~ i, .' j cepted ie- views this renunc ' ...- been followed for -ix years. Iti.l Ma. .urni__ed excellent rr.ults as r-iat'l- the jrcncral health -if all the iiicmbc.-. "i.OMMOX BOND" OF BACON. Meanwhile the question, "What is a -ond breakfast':" is discussed in the London "Mail,'' which declares that I •fjorn inquiries it is evident that British breakfast tables ~;' ail classes are tirmly knit, togc.iicr by a common bond oi i bacon. I Many prominent people support I baron. 'A cup of coffee, a little bacon, j nnd .nine marmalade is the ideal break- I f.i.-t. for thi btifinese man with large -,n- | frest and much work to get through.'' said .Mr. H. Lawrie. manager of White i ley's i Ltd.': "it is neither too light nor Bacon for the brain-worker." says' Mr. t'liarlr- ('Janice, tne novel writer. "I always have toasted bacon and a naked app'e. sometimes a little fish. Porridge and other farinaceous foods are generally un.-uitable for the brainworker; nut. one literary man in Gtty can cat porridge." A prominent Scotland Yard nfticia! S.i id that, while he himself always breakfasted off some dry toast and weaktea, the police force with a bard day's work before them generally breakfasted substantially. Bacon, of course, but. for some reason policemen are very prone to sausages. FOR THE BRAIN WORKER. "A suitablr breakfast menu for the brain-worker." said a doctor on the stall of a great London hospital, "would be r-omet.hiug on these lines : — A little fresh fruit. One or two soft-boiled eggs. s ',inc hard, thoroughly cooked toast « itb butter. r >ne large or two small cups of tea. 'Very light breakfast,- are a latterday fad which has no scientific iustifica--1 ,'•"." -aid another physician. A third "P.ieakia.l is a habit, and a bad habit."