FOOD AND BRAINS.
PORK FOR TYRANT; MUTTON FOR HERO. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrigh* Sydney “ Sun '* Cable. (Received January 10, 11.10 a.m.) LONDON. January 9. Charles Hecht, secretary of the Food Education Society, told the Food Congress that many of the brainiest men were the greatest dietetic sinners. They had a remarkable predilection for milk puddings and bread and milk, the starchiness of which was a fertile cause of indigestion. It was recalled that Herbert Spencer habitually dined and immediately retired. The doctors tailed to convince him that this was the direct cause of persistent insomnia. Women speakers emphasised the importance of cooking as a factor in the world’s peace, because bad cooking produced individual and national ill-tem per. It was narrated that Charles Kean, the actor, ate pork when about to plav the tyrant or tho murderer’s role and mutton when lie was the hero of a love scene.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17244, 10 January 1924, Page 8
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