Show less food bett better C r hd health alth As the insult ot of hs his exhaustive perl ments with a squad of united states soldiers doing heavy gyana slum work allaer restricted diet prof chittenden of yale believes that most persons ell eat too much says the new york world the men were worked hard in gym and gained steadily and great ly in strength while they were yra being fed far less than the average diet they w were ere called the star vaton squad but their photographs taken at the close of the experiment do not look like those of starving men rather like those ot of competent gymnasts sais says prof chittenden in ln his recent recently fy published physiological economy in nutrition our results justify the conviction that the minimum og 0 the healthy man un im der ordinary conditions of life are far for below the generally accepted dietary standards and far below the amounts called for bf the acquired tastes ot of the generality of mankind the amount of br food needed dally tor for the actual ph leal ical wants of the body la Is not more than one halt of 61 the food ardi harily con umed by y the the average man bidy weight when once adjusted to the tho tow lerell health strength men tal and physical vigor and ent ran an pe maintained 1 i with at least one halt half 0 of the protein food ordinarily cons ime I 1 Prot elds are the chemical elements that most people get by a meat diet though beans peas and some other vegetables are also strong in pro felds eat less meat Is the practical equivalent of prof chittenden s ad vice it has often been noticed by ky ama beur mountaineers that adirondack guides and swiss mountain men eat less ess solid food than the average wall street brol er ml alo 0 does little physical labor |