Show f 41 HOW TO EAT FRUIT suggestions FOR THOSE WHO WOULD AVOID FATNESS moat fresh vegetables also are T lash asking use neither sugar nor cream with fruits in the least acid the summer Is a bad season toi women who are inclined to grow stout for almost all fresh vegetables are flesh making so too are many ol 01 the fresh fruits what makes the sit more difficult tor fleshy per sons Is the fact that both of these articles of diet are excellent for the complexion and the blood and there fore should not be eliminated from the daily menu As suggestions of how to eat fruit without increasing weight try the tol lowing peaches are among the most desirable food being nourishing and thirst quenching they may be eaten in great quantity and will have little effect upon the flesh unless sugar la taken with them cream should never be used in combination with them or any other fruit which Is in the least add because U curdles making a fermentation that renders digestion difficult or impossible cantaloupe melons should not be eaten by persona who find that they cause an acid condition of the ach it la only fair to say however that they are less apt to bring on this state it seasoned with salt rather than sugar pears are less digestible than either of the first two fruits men watermelon Is delicious to the taste but it Is utterly lacking in any nourishing qualities therefore when it Is eaten it should be as a substitute for water and is more dl gestl ble between meals than when taken with other food many persons will find that fruit eaten by itself not with the meals is less apt to ferment in the ach doing without water making the fruit juice take its place is also an aid to digestion water may be drunk freely however half an hour or BO alter eating it Is practically impossible to eat too many fresh vegetables and it would be well if in extremely hot weather meat were eliminated every other day beef mutton lamb and the like only heat the blood and as less heat Is taken from the body in warm weather than in cold it Is not necessary to give the same food supply that Is required in winter string beans beets spinach boiled cabbage and other watery vegetables are not fat making corn green peas lima beans and the like do make flesh but it should be remembered that they may be eaten now by persons who should avoid them in winter because the increased flow of perspiration will help to keep down the weight and counteract the starchy effect of what abey have taken their systems it in also worth bearing in mind that not drinking water with food will do much toward preventing additional weight salads with french dressing or mayonnaise not vinegar and sugar should be eaten freely at this season there la much nourishment in olive oil and the flavor of vinegar Is appetizing added to that all crisp green salads have an excellent effect upon the blood acting as gentle purifiers and cleansers ice cream Is in effect something like fruits already told of taken with meals it Is fattening eaten alone as a substitute for food it Is nourishing is not fattening and Is easily digested there is no better luncheon in summer than a cup of cold consomme followed by a dish of ice cream not sherbet the latter Is almost entirely water while the former Is largely milk it should not be regarded as a luxury but as a feces sary hot weather food and the best quality that can be afforded should be bought the better it la the more cream it contains the more nourish ing it becomes iced liquids taken in quantity with meals are both fattening and andl gestl ble nevertheless it Is not to be expected that people will give them up so the next best thing Is that they shall be taken between meals they will not then paralyze digestion and the harm done la great ly lessened |