Show MACFADDEN SAYS WE CAN LIVE ON WHEAT recommends it for the unemployed says ays small family can live A month on A bushel and come out physically fit allx liberty arty magazine sept 24 the writer has been criticized tor for recommending that the unemployed be ba asked to subsist W wholly holly upon the most perfect of oc all foods whole wheat you are asking us to subsist upon whole wheat alone we will wage wag er you never tried that experiment yourself say a number ot of the critics well the writer has lived on whole wheat products pio ducts for or an extended period and was waa satisfactorily nourished in every way and he h has as known a number of 0 people who have had a similar experience in a recent experiment a number ol 01 people lived on whole w wheat heat products and water or a pio nth and of them were stronger and healthier at the end ot of this test than they ere at the beginning nearly everybody eats tar far beyond his needs and the idea that you have to have a variety of foods boods at ono one meal Is due to tendency to guide the selection ot of foods by ta laate s I 1 e which in many cases is made abnormal by condiments and some combinations A great many so called dietetic exports become lost in a maze of 0 intricate theories the food upon which wild animals subsist la is usually in the nature of 0 a mono diet that is they eat only one lood at a and no one can qu question astion their vital status at the penny restaurants tor for the unemployed that are being conduct ed in new york at tile present time lole cracked wheat Is being served for a penny a bowl including a small spoonful ot of brown sugar thu everage person could easily subsist upon three bowls of 0 this nourishing food a day it such drastic economy were required where the unemployed are being fed without including such cheap vital foods it Is wastefulness of a criminal character when people are on the border oi of starvation and money is used upon devitalized fancy food instead at 0 staple dependable elements tor for nour ashment ish ment such reckless waste should not be condoned when money that tas bas been donated to help the unemployed is used every cent should bo ba profitably invested and that means the exclusive use of cheap foods that are rich in vital elements it has been definitely proved by innumerable experiments that whole wheat will nourish the body completely ely it if ones diet is to be controlled by a perverted taste one may be able to afford it with a book but it will usually mean lowered vitality and it is a notable fact act that the most vital people ot at th the w orid orld subsist on the coarsest kind of 0 cheap food As stated in a previous editorial a bushel of wheat will supply a maill family with all the necessary for a month where uch each drastic economy la Is necessary flits grain can be served as cracked cheat and it required can be ground in an ordinary coffee mill it flavoring in the form ot of sweet fruit honey or brown sugar is added the food la Js more palatable and will be more readily consumed although it is doubtful it if this additional virle ty will increase the no nourishing nouri shins g possibilities ties of the diet many people are starving with food easily obtainable and the idea that a large variety Is essential to health is erroneous then too the taste ot of food depends entirely upon how much it is it if you are hungry the plainest sort ot of tool food has a delicious flavor it you are minus an appetite your food has to bo be sweetened or flavored with a savory of some sort it Is predicted that the coming winter will bring misery and suffering buttering to millions ot of people but it the simple facts herein presented with reference to the value of 0 these plain vital foods were generally known there would be no reasonable excuse for suffering due to the need of proper nourishment when you are desirous of he helping ping the poor seo see that your money la Is used intelligently remember a bushel of wheat will feed a small family for a month and that the chaj I 1 whole grains of barley corn rye are almost ot at equal value that Is the kind ot of food that gives you one hundred cents of 0 value for every dollar spent and in the dire emergencies that many people are now nov racing facing that Is important barnarr macfadden |