Show I Diet iet J lu 7 I TH THE E SMALL APPETITE MYTH I said that there mIght be some light eaters eaters' among the corpulent fraternity but that I had never met them It i Is' Is true that there are some of them who apparently eat cat m moderately at the table but what amounts they stow stowaway away between betwee meals it it is 15 fruit fruit- but but butmore more more often It is candY or nuts huts or ice cream sodas et Ali AIl terrIfically high in calories Many lany people have havethe havethe the idea that fruit has no food value and they eat freely ot of It under that delusion Once when I was reckoning the calorie value of the diet of a L Los s Angeles woman who was overweight overweight over over- weight I had to acknowledge that she Was vas a light eater as she had haa told me lt It came to 2000 C. C which was Just the amount that I judged a woman ot of her activities needed to o keep normal Still skeptical I l What else do you eat Nothing Doctor she assured d i me meNo Xo No No 10 ice ream dream sodas No o I r eat at nothing between between be- be tween meals really I looked at her puzzled Finally I I- Isaid said sald sternly Something goes Into your stomach besides what you have What is it Well I do take the juice of six or 01 Ight large oranges oranges' luring during the day to to help my constipation but there I S i-S no food value in So it I was that she had added or calori s a day to her diet Iet Five hundred C. C of any food moro more than the system needs will add to your our weight one eighth of a pound a day or forty five pounds a year ear Can you VOli see how important the knowledge of the fuel or caloric values of foods is Do you know anything about calories the fuel units No You supposed the calorie theory was was- exploded Well ell It isn't In the first place there is no calorie theory any anymore anymore more than there is a yard theory or ora ora a bushel theory The ot of calories is another another an- an other bit of f misinformation misinformation- put Into circulation by lay writers who ho know nothing of scientific dietetics nor of what calories really are We Ve are going to teach you OU some some- about those thoe calories ham ham- lessl lessly you Ou can have ha 1000 or of- em cm For breakfast if iC you OU are used to coffee ou ou will want that It If you ou take cream oi 01 sugar or both you OU will pill have hae to 10 count a tablespoonful 11 1 ron n 1 51 10 C s 's and a table table- spoon of thick cream 60 Cs A cube of sugar is approximately 25 Cs C.'s It Itis Itis is best to learn to like your our beverages beverages bever- bever ages unsweetened You certainly can do without cream and sugar together It If you t take ke your coffee plain that will allow you Cs C's f r toast or fruit ruit t r. r t Plate ot of clear vegetable or or meat 1 fat roth 2 C 10 ot of skins skIm or buttermilk one ordinary glass is 8 C 1 slice of whole wheat bread toast if preferred one one- half inch thick C Clevel level tablespoonful ot of butter butter but but- ter 25 C 1 poached or 01 boiled egg 75 C 1 fair I or orange 75 C Total C TEA TIME Cs C.'s of fruit or or skim buttermilk DINNER 2 Clear coup see lunch tithe tin 25 C 0 COne One cracker 25 C C- Ver Tery lean meat or fish or 2 heaping of cottage cheese no cream C cupful tomatoes canned or raw no fat 25 C 1 large serving sering lettuce or ra raw V spinach or cabbage 25 23 C Mayonnaise dressing made front from mineral oIl sold in drug dlUg stores for constipation Make as you ou would the ordinary ordinary or- or dressing It has no food value q 1 slice bread s i inch thick or I 1 medium potao C CV V t l lel vet el tablespoon butter 25 C 1 baled baked apple no sugar sugar sugar- 75 C Total C You may save sae y your ur fifty calories of hot soup and cracker to tale take before before be- be fore retiring Or you can get some of the vegetable and meat mear bullion extracts and make a cup of br broth th from these They arc practically 10 T Tomorrow morrow Most s I inq Moment Copyright 1925 by the George Matthew Adams Service |