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Mataura Ensign, 11 December 1917, Page 5

"Australians mav well follow tho oxamplo of the English Food Centre lor, Lord Rhondda, who lias been eating 10-k " said an Adelaide (lootor interested in the food question to a represonta; live of the 'South Australian Krister. "Thev should especially reduce the quantitv of meat. It used to 'he thought that meat- was tho natural iood »! man. hut investigators have found that that. U not. so. Meat has a large number o\ by-products, and until these are eliminated thev have a deleterious oilert on flic hodv.' Man's natural Jood is vogotahle 'Tho Chinese and Hindoos eat rit-p tho Arab dates, South Americans maize, and other lands have thebnnam, I)r Cheyne, the author ol 'The English Mnlfidv,'' lia-d a. big praHico in London, and he'experienced the benefits of dieting. He was very fond of high living. and w«*<:hod MO stone, hut. ho did not onjov life; in fact, there was *n much of' liiin that every part could not 'he >rell at the same time. He reduced hie food consumption, and decreased his weight to 12 stone. Ho then i'o.rt a new man, and could attend to his vvorlc wit'i perfect, ease. He published his experiences for the benefit of tho profession and the public. He died in hi« 72nd I vear. Tlioer can be no doubt that if the Australians had a food economy campaign for the sake of their bodies, nob so much as of their purses, and through necessity, as in England, 'thev would live longer and would relish things all the more."