FRYING PAN BANNED

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17062, 21 September 1929, Page 7

FRYING PAN BANNED

FOE OF DIGESTION LONDON, Aug. 1. Colonel P. S. behind, Professor ol Public Hcaleth in Edinburgh University, said: — “So bad is the cooking of unsuitable food —largely by that fell foe ol 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 onc-lifth of the total loss. The frying pan bakes and dries up food. It makes it hard and thoroughly indigestible, and is one of the causes ot ti e deeav of teeth. While it is true ihnt the frying pan lias cooked the Englishman's breakfast for many years, ji is also true that for many years the Englishman lius been suffering from bad digestion. ‘ ‘ rt.-orer or later dietetics will have to be taught. Unsuitable, ill-cooked food damages the workers, and lienee the nation; injures the mothers, and hence the race; and mars the development of lho children who, if they and their mothers were properly fed, eoubl restore me dignity of health ot mankind within ilie life,span of their generat ion. “Every gin must know something about, digestion, cooking and dietetics; and every boy should know what to cat and why. It is somebody’s duty in the national interests to see that m traction is .nelmled in their education. We .'iced a j ositive passion for fitness. One generation healthily bred and. brought op would probably result ‘./I Mo.-h a saving on hospitals, doctors and medicines :s to pay the cost of sweeping our unoea'ihy slums away.”