"MAN'S NATURAL FOOD."

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14691, 27 May 1911, Page 2 (Supplement)

"MAN'S NATURAL FOOD."

HOW TO BE YOUTHFUL AT A

HUNDRED.

" Man is tho only animal on llio face of the earth who cooks his food, and therefore destroys its value," Dr. Robert 801 l said in a lccture on " Man's Natural Diet," delivered at the Caxton Hall in connection with tho Simple Life Exhibition. "If only wo would take a lesson from wild animals by adopting tho diet which nature has provided for us wo should have a better, healthier, and longer life." But Dr. Bell does not advocate that more man should imitate the tiger in tho manner sof his meals. " All flesh diet should be banned," he says, " and our food should consist entirely of vegetables, fruits, cereals, and these cooked as little as possible.

Dr. Bell would have children brought up in this way. He believes that children would bo satisfied with wholemeal bread, raw vegetables, and fruit for their dinner and never crave for any other food if they were informed that it is good for their health and conducive to a green old age. Dr. 801 l strongly mends raw peas as a delicious and a healthy dish. But he does not believe that nature intends man to cat grass; his teeth aro not adapted to it. The lecturer addod that every human boing ought to attain an age of at least 128 years. "That there are so few centenarians among us," he said, "can certainly be attributed 1q our gping against nature's decrees."