Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-24 | Page 6 | The Truth About Diet

The Truth About Ab Diet Di f D By DR nR MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor J Journal of th tho American l Medical Association and of Bygel fly Hy- gels gel the tho Health Magazine I know a man 80 years year old who has eaten caten oa oatmeal eal or whole wheat for breakfast every day of his life since babyhood Th There re was nothIng nothing noth- noth Ing ng out of the ordinary in that kind of breakfast day after day years ago Oatmeal whole wheat and farina were about all that was wa-s known mown for tor breakfast food then Ulen ButIn the last 20 years the Amer Ican can breakfast has changed Now there arc are different cereals which have gradually invaded the field formerly held almost wholly by jy oatmeal whole wheat and fa farina farina Ia- Ia rina served hot All of them arc are sources of carbohydrates The list includes five barley preparations preparations preparations prep prep- rations a-rations 29 corn products 27 oat products 14 rice products 68 wheat preparations 11 wheat-bran wheat combinations com com- and 36 miscellaneous sub sub- stances The oats like like ri rice e have been been modified d by being virtually ly shot spot out of a cannon Theat may be shredded or mixed with a variety of substances and some of the cereals are improved by y addition of ultra- ultra violet J 1 Of course all this is for people who want their carbohydrates first thing hing in the tho morning to start the lay off right But nowadays many women and girls have reduced their breakfasts to nothing more moro than fruit ruit juice and coffee and those who are reducing strenuously may mayven even ven eliminate the fruit truit juice For those who arent aren't afraid of the carbohydrates however cereals are the he food But you should remember that they should be finely ground and prepared properly Finely ground cereals leave the stomach rapidly and well prepared food is more easily digested I Furthermore the manner in which oatmeal for example is cooked may greatly modify its appeal appeal ap- ap peal eal to the appetite It may come out iut as a watery mixture which can be jo drunk as a liquid It may form forma a thin gluey dish which sticks to tolie the lie teeth or it may come out in lumps which have to be c chewed ewed and nd are hard to digest If properly cooked in a double boiler boiler the individual grains of the oatmeal are visible and the cereal can an be chewed and digested easily