SOLE VALUE OF FRUIT
Fruit of all kinds, when mature and fresh, is beneficial for healthful digestion, good quality of blood, and as , a preventive of clogging of the liver, kidneys, and skin, and last but not least, the brain. It is a mistake, however (says W. Howard James, M.8., in "Good Health"), to. look on fruit as a source of nourishment; it should uot be taken with that I .idea; it should be more as the lubricator which makes tho machinery work harmoniously,, and without destructive friction. Some fruits may certainly be ranked as food, such as figs, dates, and perhaps bananas. Those in the tropics who live largely on the banana, we are told, develop considerable abdominal distension on account of the quantity taken. With the exception of the date and the fig, fruit should never bo considered as a food. Tho taking of fruit often does good by lessening the amount of food taken. Wo are a generation of dyspeptics on account of excess of food, insufficient oxidation, and lack of proper supply of fruit and pure water.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2961, 27 December 1916, Page 9
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181SOLE VALUE OF FRUIT Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2961, 27 December 1916, Page 9
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