FOE OF DIGESTION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20366, 21 September 1929, Page 7 (Supplement)

FOE OF DIGESTION.

ATTACK ON THE FRYING PAN. j Colonel F„ S. Leleaa, Professor of Public in Edinburgh H ui"rersity, stated ißcectiy:—M So bad is the cooking of unsuitable food—largely by that fell foe of digestion sad of romance, the frying pan—that digestion troubles rank second in the list of Ailmenti causing lost "work, and they are raspanaibls for nearly one-firth of the total loss. The frying pan bake* and dries up food. It makes *it hard and thoroughly indigestible, and is one of the cadses of the decay of teeth. While it_is trite that the frying pan has cooked the Englishman's breakfast fer many years, it is also tme that for many years this Englishman has been suffering from tad •figEstion. Soonar cr later dietetics will have to b« taught. Unsuitable, ill-cooked food damages the workers, and hence the nation; injures the mothers, and hence the 1 race;- and mars the development cf the children. who, if they and their mothers wers properly fed, could restore the dignity of health to mankind within the His span oi 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 incladed in their education. " We need a positive passion for fitness. One generation healthiJy bred and brought up would probably result in such a saving on hospitals, doctors, and medicines as to pay the cost cf sweeping car unhealthy slams a^ray."