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Show FOOD FOR HEALTHPopular HEALTH HEALTII Popular ideas about food are arc a strange admixtureof admixtureot admixture ot of truth and fiction , according to a recent article articJe by byDr byDr byDr Dr Lieb . , an authority on diet Particularly is this the thecase thecase thecase case with W1th respect to notions ofnhat of - what -nhat nhat is good for forpeople forpeople forpeople people , or not good for them , under varying circum circum- circumstances circumstances circumstances - - stancesFor stances For example , bananas and nuts , were .ere ere . long thought thoughtto to be hard to digest , but if it the bananas are ripe and andthe andthe andthe the nutsre nuts : \ are \re re che chewed " , ed sufficiently they are among the themost themost themost most easily digestible of foodsThe foodsThe foods The prejudice against agamst raw foods is aso also ] unwal- unwal unwar- unwar unwal1 unwalranted unwarranted unwai-ranted unwai ranted - 1 ranted . , it is said Racom Raw Ra\\ Ra \ comheat corn com , \ wheat \\heat heat and other othcr starchesin st3rchcsin st3rchcs starches in moderate amounts are completely digested , while whileraw whileraw ! raw potatoes are 78 per cent digestible The craving cravingof . of some children for raw potatoes may be mdulged indulged indulgedto mdulgedto to a reasonable extent e"tent etent } " without harm hann , and the same is istrue istrue istrue true of racabbage raw ra\\ ra ' \ cabbage and lettuceDrinking lettuceDrinking lettuce Drinkingater Drinking \ water \\ater ater \ dunng during mcils mC'lls mClls meals ' "a a " was . long thought to tobe tobe tobe be harmful hannful t to { ) the digestion but for normal persons personsit it is now declared to be beneficial if sipped in between betweenS betweenswallows betweenswallows S\\ S Sallows swallows \ \ allows of solid foodForcmg foodForcing food foodForcing Forcing Forcmg children chllclren to eat spinach or other foods foodswhich foodswhich foodswhich which they do not like is not good foi for them , as the thefeelIng thefeeling thefeeling feelIng of repulsion which v.hich vhich . they experience hinders di- di digestIon digestion di digestion - gestion gestionWhile While the doctor does not say so in so many manywords manywords words \ \ ords it appears that the rather safe rule of diet is to toeat toeat toeat eat what one likes , provided it does not produce any anydlsagree.able anydisagreeable anydisagreeable dlsagree.able dlsagreeable disagreeable . after effects And regardless of advIce advicethat , that Ishat is \ what \\hat hat most of us insist msist on doing 311\\ay 311 ay anyway an } v \ way \ |