BANS BREAKFAST

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21556, 19 January 1940, Page 5

BANS BREAKFAST

LAWYER’S SALAD WAY TO HEALTH (Special —By Air Mall) LONDON, December 23. There is at least one man in London who will not be worried by war-time rationing. Shortage of meat and other foodstuffs will leave him quite unconcerned. He is Sir Lancelot El ph instone, who prides himself upon his physical fitness. In his own words "I can walk 20 miles before luncheon with perfect ease, and sometimes I walk as much as 30 miles in a day.” A distinguished legal authority, Sir Lancelot is former Chief Justice of Federated Malay States, AttorneyGeneral of British Honduras. Tanganyika Territory and Ceylon, and Solic-itor-General of Trinidad. He told this week how he came to make a drastic change in Lis diet, a change which included the banning of breakfast. ‘‘l was living in Ceylon at the time” he said ‘and was much troubled with rheumatism, so much so that I was only able to work with liberal doses of aspirin. A niece who came to stay with my wife and myself having cured herself of rheumatism induced me to alter my meals. "At first I adopted a very restricted diet, eating nothing but fresh fruit, salads, dried fruit, and a few nuts. I grew very weak and depressed, and had it not been for the chaff of my friends, I think I would have abandoned the fight. Eventually, I attained a state of general good health, better than I ever enjoyed before, even in boyhood. Now I find that my ‘joy of life’ and physcial and mental activity have greatly increased. Sir Lancelot confines himself to tw’o solid meals a day, his menus being as follows: Early morning tea without milk; coffee and milk at 8.30 a.m. Luncheon: A salad, stewed fruit and an apple. Evening meal: A large salad, cheese, toast, a little crispbread, butter, honey, dried fruit, or a slice of cake.