DIET THEORIES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21763, 31 March 1934, Page 7 (Supplement)

DIET THEORIES

Some recent theories oil diet including that of the British Medical Association, who declared that a man could live satisfactorily on os 10$ d per week —are likely to be upset by an extraordinary'experiment just tried in the United States. Without ciny reference to vitamins or / anv scientilic lcquirements, a Dr. Clara Davis gave 1:1 American babies three iiieals a day. .The babies ranged noni six to eleven months, luicli ( j { i\ the doctor set down 11 diiierent dishes in no particular order, ami the babies were alloweil to eat what they pleased and as much as they liked. Among the foods liked by the baues were meat, potatoes, carrots, beets, 0 peas, apples, bananas, oranges and eggs. They disliked spinaeii, lettuce and turnips —all generally supposed to be good for them. One baby sometimes ate seven egsp - ----a day, another four bananas. Xlie dailv j milk consumption varied from 1 loz. to j 430z. As a result, this American doctoi seems to have come to the conclusion ffc-" that the ordinary person can get along quite well by eating what he pleases, j and that diet makes very little difference. But before adhering to this view, fc; the average man or woman would prefer to. have ««»'•« e^erfc Opinion-'