FRUIT AS AN ARTICLE OF DIET.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 395, 24 April 1908, Page 3

FRUIT AS AN ARTICLE OF DIET.

In "Good Health" is an interesting and instructive article on the value of fruit as an article of diet, which during the fruit season is of special interest. The good qualities of fruit, the writer-, tells us, are not generally kntiwn as they ought to be. He suggests that greengrocers should take a hint from the patent medicine vendors and placard their shops with bills such as—"ApplesNature's Cure for Gout," "Take Granges for a sluggish \ Liver," "Cherries —Good for the Complexion" and so on. And if the dealer wished to draw the notice of the public to the sustaining properties of fruit, he wduld tell them in big letters that "a pound of dates at 2d. contains 70 per cent, food ; a pound of meat at lOd. contains 28 per cent, food." The writer goes on—"Let us have more fruit banquets, and we shall be a healthier and happier nation. Let the hard-worked business man breakfast oit bread and fruit and blanched almonds, instead of on bacon and eggs, and he will feel fresher for his njorning's work. Let the factory girl eschew sweets and strong tea and pickles, and go in for fresh fruit she will be surprised at her increase of health and good looks. Let the labouring man take the money he spends on drii-k and use it for fruit for himself'and his family. "ITe wil'l very soon lose the appe* tite lor stimulants."