FRYING PAN BANNED.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19726, 17 September 1929, Page 2

FRYING PAN BANNED.

FOE OF DIGESTION. (PROK OTA OWI COBBKSPOH9SNT.) LONDON, August 1. Colonel P. S. Lelean, Professor of Public Health in Edinburgh University:— "So bad is the cooking of unsuitable food —largely by that fell foe of digestion and of romance, the frying panthat digestion troubles rank second in the list of ailments causing lost work, and they are responsible for nearly onefifth of the total loss. The frying pan bakes and dries up food. It makes it hard and thoroughly indigestible, and is one of the causes of the decay of teeth. Whie it is true that the frying pan has cooked the Englishman's breakfast for many years, it is also true that for many years the Englishman has been suffering from bad digestion. "Sooner or later dietetics will have to be taught. Unsuitable, ill-cooked food damages the workers, and hence the nation; injures the mothers, and hence the race, and mars the development of the children who, if they and their mothers were properly fed, could restore the dignity of health to mankind within the life span of their generation. What We Need. "Every girl must know something about digestion, cooking, and dietetics; and every boy should know what to eat and why. It is somebody's duty in the national interests to see that instruction is included in their education. "We need a positive passion for fitness. One generation healthily bred and brought up would probably result in such a saving on hospitals, doctors, and medicines as to pay the cost of sweeping our unhealthy slums away.*'