SIMPLER DIET

Northern Advocate, 7 December 1935, Page 7

SIMPLER DIET

WHAT BRITAIN NEEDS JEWS MOST VIRILE RACE AND CHINESE THE BEST FED.; (Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, December 6. Dr G. A. Stephens, senior consulting physician at Cardigan Hospital, and an expert on heart disease on his return from a world tour, including Australia and New Zealand, in an article in the paper, “Medical Officer,” says Jews are the most virile race on earth, owing to their strict choice of food. He asked if publicists could suggest that the British nation made any approach to the Jewish standard of health. The Ministry of Health was unable to distinguish between the value of good, fresh, home-produced meat and that preserved from abroad.

Our soldiers in wartime were overfed on all frozen or preserved meats.” he added. ’‘Consequently they were toxined by by-products of indigestion, seriously lowering their vitality.” Arguing in favour of simple, properly balanced diet, Dr Stephens says that China is the best fed nation, and Japan is the best balanced in dietary sense. “The sooner Britain introduces a dietary equality, well balanced and as cheap as Japan, the better it will be. so that our workers and fighters can compete with the Japanese on equal terms.” lie states.