VEGETARIANISM.

Waikato Independent, Volume V, Issue 325, 17 January 1907, Page 6

VEGETARIANISM.

“Vegetarians are not as a rule as robust mentally as they are physically,” said Professor William Osier in a lecture on “ The Care of the Body ” at the Working Men’s College, Crowndale road, St. Pancras, recently. “ Unfortunately,” he said, “ we are not all built to get the necessary elements from vegetables alone. The human body is like a steam engine—it requires sufficient fuel. The essential food for a day must contain 13oz. of sugar, 3oz. of fat, and loz. of salt. Milk contains all these elements, and a man can live on milk alone. Bread and potatoes are supposed by some to be only starch, but through the action of the pancreatic juice they are converted into sugar, which produces warmth and energy.”