FOE OF DIGESTION

Northland Age, Volume 1, Issue 48, 13 November 1929, Page 7

FOE OF DIGESTION

ATTACK ON THE FRYING-PAN Colonel P. S. Lelan, professor of public health in Edinburgh University, says : “So bad is the cooking of unsuitable food —largely by that fell foe of digestion and of romance, the frying-pan—that digestion troubles rank second in the list of ailments causing lost work and they are responsible for nearly one-fifth of the total loss. The frving-pan bakes and dries up food. It makes it bard and thoroughly indigestible, and is one of the causes of the decay of teefh. While it is true that the frying-pan has cooked the Englishman’s breakfast for many years the Englishman has been suffering from bad digestion. “Sooner or later dietetics will have to be taught. Unsuitable, ill-cooked food damages the workers, and hence the nation; injures the mothers, and hence the race ; and mars the development of the children, who, if they and their mothers were prooerl v fed, could restore the dignity of health to mankind within the life span of their generation. “Every girl must know something about digestion, cooking, and dietetics, and every boy should know what to eat, and why. It is somebody’s duty in the national interests to see that instruction is included in their education. “We need a positive passion for fitness. One generation healthily bred and brought up would probably result in such a saving in hospitals, doctors, and medicines as to pay the cost of keeping our unhealthy slums away.”