"AN APPLE A DAY"

Evening Star, Issue 22577, 19 February 1937, Page 11

"AN APPLE A DAY"

NOT FAVOURED NOW The “ apple a day ” precept for “ keeping the doctor away ” was discussed by Professor V. H. Mottram at a conference of health visitors and school nurses at Bedford College recently, says the ‘ Daily Telegraph.’ Professor Mottram, who is professor of physiology at the University of London, and an authority on dietetics, said that the advice was no longer favoured for research workers. “ I like the advice very much,” he said, “ but in taking it I must admit I am taking something that is not so very much worth while as a protective food.” Other points from his lecture were: Ice Cream for Children.—ln America they give it after the patient comes round from the anEesthetic. The stuff sold in this country is really milk fluffed up by air. I do not think it is ice cream at all. Herrings.—Poor people look on them as a mark of poverty. You must persuade them that they are a mark of aristocracy. Professor Mottram gave a general warning against telling the public, and particularly working class mothers, about carbodydrates, fats, proteins, and vitamins. “ One of the great difficulties in studying dietetics is to keep oneself from becoming cranky,” he said. Professor Mottram advocated a pint of milk per head per day, and said that the public should eat more cheese and watercress. Children should be- allowed to consult their own appetites,