DIET AND HEALTH

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21802, 6 June 1936, Page 24

DIET AND HEALTH

TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESS.

Sir,—As one who has been cured of rheumatism and either ailments, 1 would like to give the cure. Also I would like to say that though Mr Trolove and I do not agree on many matters, I fully agree with two things in his letter in “The Press” to-day: (1) that the prison diet of bread and water has cured many; (2) that aluminium pans are dangerous. I can give full proof on both these points. A friend of my own in England, a member of one of the best Scottish families, a chronic sufferer from rheumatism, was sent to prison as a conscientious objector. His friends were afraM it would kill him. He had had every comfort and attention in his comfortable home, yet for years had been a semi-invalid. Well, instead, it cured him completely. He was some weeks on bread and water, and for years on a poor diet on “The Home Office Scheme,” sleeping, in a damp, cold cell. I met him after he came out (after the war), and he was a new man, full of health and all trace of rheumatism gone. My own cure was fasting, and then the Deveraux diet. 1 \ thank God I ever met Mr Deveraux, and though I do not stick absolutely to his diet now, I do more or less, and so do Several members of my family. We commence our day with lemon juice or lemon-skin water, a fruit breakfast, and have a raw vegetable salad for lunch or. dinner once a day. After that One can eat almost what one likes, but cut out white bread, white sugar, and cakes and strong tea. It is so simple that a child could cure itself; but you must use your will power, and have a complete fast for at least a week with internal irrigation.— Yours, etc., (Mrs) R. J. GARDEN. June 5, 1936.

TO THE EDITOR THE ' PRESS. Sir,—l have read many and varied letters on the subject of diet and health contributed by all sections of the com- < munity, from the “man in the street” j to the “greatest living authority,” but 1 have completely failed to derive any 5 sensible help or guidance on this all- \ important subject. | I would like very much to obtain , some reliable information on this mat- j ter explained in simple facts, not some- < one’s pet theory. , A few points I would like to be enlightened on are as follows 1 :—(1) Is white bread good or harmful to eat? or is wholemeal superior in any way as a food? (2) Are green vegetables, such as cabbage, peas, etc., spoilt as a food by the addition of soda when cooking? (3) Should one add salt or other condiments to food? (4) Are liver, kidneys, etc., superior to any other meats? (5) Should one drink tea before, during, of after meals, or 1 at all? (6> Should one eat because it • happens to be meal time, or when one 1 feels hungry? (7) Is food cooked in I a frying pan difficult to digest, or meat 1 recooked in the form of stew dr 1 minced good to eat or not? 1 I have seen various menus submitted r by writers on this subject, but none i of them seems suitable to be followed i by the ordinary * orking person. They generally contain a variety of food, t such as grapefruits, oranges, grape- i nuts, Marmite, etc., etc., that are pretty , expensive, and practically out of reach i of this type of people, and in any case < not suitable to those of us who have i to work hard in the open air. It seems to me we are completely in the hands of cooks; cooks in institutions, ramp cooks, our wives, sisters, and other relatives, those employed for this work and ourselves, if we are unfortunate enough to be “baching” and if these people, through ignorance of the subject, are left to their own devices, the results on the health of the community * must to some extent be detrimental. * This subject seems to me to warrant- i some investigation by a competent authority and the knowledge passed on > to all people interested.—Yours, etc c June 5, 1938. LAYMAI,; < I

A 500 QUERY TO THS KDITOB Of THB PBBSS. ' Sir, —Would some expert be kind, enough to say whether in playing * game of 500 and playing a no trump hand it is permissible to have right and left bowers on any suit that l» played. For example, if someone went, six no trumps with, say, six spades in hand, could one start with the joker.; naming it spades, and then play jack of spades as the right bower and also the next highest card? —YoutV Yours, etc., 500. | June 5, 1936.