Show aik makes diet fool roof proof w by UTHAI VINCENT WILCOX milk afflic is the ono one food that hint makes tile hot diet fool proof said ur dr G K abbott tile the medical superintendent of tile tho washington sanitarium and hospital tile largest institution of its kind in the south Atla antle states ir dr abbott hay has had long experience in tho the supervision of pat lents in ili sanitariums in ili ninny many parts of tile the united states statch H ills ilia years of close contact with tile patients ts sut our foring from froin various di menses malnutrition and faulty illeth diets lias has made hini nn an enthus enthusiastic lastic advocate of the ilse of clean safe milk ito explained in a special interview hint a majority of people seem to insist on eating foods with but nourishment that Is they would not property properly balance their diet for example dr abbott explained that many people enjoy eating crackers and milk yet the crackers them selves have very little real nourishment and practically tie no vitamin ol el ement common white flour crackers alono alone would not support life yet with the milk tho the dish la Is mads made healthful ir dr abbott himself a student of diet and proscribing prescribing various jarjour kinds dally was most emphatic there la is polished rice and white flour products of all sorts which contain a very limited amount of nourishment yet tho the average individual may inay correct its ills diet by taking plenty of pure milk milk makes the diet fool proof for the unthinking eater cater it if lie he will only take it in ili sufficient clent quantities tile the doctor declared declare milk is the one perfect food lie ho continued eggs contain almost nil all that milk contains except tile tho time milk containing lime plus the essential vitan vitamins flus can sustain life indefinitely dr abbott told of patients that would como come to sanitariums which were in ili lila its charge cli argo ninny many of thom them suffering from malnutrition because of failure to obey the laws of health they rhey lind been living on foods which lacked essentials for maintaining the iho body in ahls condition it would be ba osary for them to go on a wholly milk diet taking milk every few hours after many days of such stich an eating program their digestive systems would respond they would rain gain in weight and strength restored stored ic by tile diet of pure milk it took the one perfect food to correct evils of careless living the poor whites of the southern sou thein mountains are aie examples of the value of milk ilk dr abbott explained during the winter months when there theio Is only sow belly and corn brend bread and molasses to eat scurvy breaks out and sometimes assumes ti laiming proportions nut but medical Fi science clence in ili watching matching these cases dis covered cos bied that in the spring when these mount mountain nin whites could secure fresh milk froin their cows the scurvy would quickly disappear scurvy it was explained resulted from the long of tile tho ease essential vitamins lint but lilick containing these OR oa sont senti lala als in ili n generous ro restored tho the body balance hali inco when it was again obtained in a largo large number of experiments experiment 9 carriell carr car lerl on oil by physicians and dietitians 1 animals used in ili order to obtain reliable facts concerning the food value of milk I 1 abbott took from his files ft a number of photo graphs Krap liB graphically indicating tile tho bodybuilding body building power of a hot diet including milk in gou goulious bious dons white rats wore apro taken in ili one instance stai ico ono one weighed grains it was fed for a lied period ahls cutts cults composed of butter corn coin and milk in addition a half pint of milk with a pinch of salt was a part pait of tile ration this rat lat grow healthy i and large fat ind and saucy and full of fight another rodent exactly the same weight was fed corn salt pork water but no milk As a result it was waa stunted and small and scarcely grew at nil all it lacked vitality and alli almost lost tie no ambition it would have succumbed succumb eil in a battle with tile inlall red fed rat dr abbott explained that the effect of milk on oil the rat was similar as that on children for a child to obtain its ita proper growth wn was 14 need for an abundance of pure pitro clenn clean milk without milk a child would bo be anemic and undernourished its ite bones would be 10 lacking in ili the lines limes necessary and found and supplied by a met diet balanced with milk another photograph which h 1 dr r abbott showed to ills his patients to impress lessons as to tile right diet had to to do with an all experiment conducted at tile the elizabeth mccormick McCorm lck memorial in ili clicc intro two boys showing marked signs sign of malnutrition came to the memorial they had not been in tile sense senio that food had been kept from them but their food did not property properly nourish them which was wa evident from the illustration after ten weeks of a diet which included simple food nil and a quart of milk a lay day no one but a trained observer would know that they were the same boys tile the vitamin elements in the milk contributed greatly to the remarkable change in appearance pe arance weight and strong strength th dr abbott said according to the experienced physician and surgeon who has made a special study of food and its relative value to health milk Is ib an absolute for growing and developing ve children and tor for adults who wish to escape ninny of tilt the diseases prevalent milk Is al aho ao a necessity as with milk eaten and used med as a drink each dav clay thora ra vill nill ie e far fai less danger or of malnutrition m siut weight and a ing I lin ng train of diseases that follow improper diet or ono one that lacks the absolute ins |