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Show DON'T SELECT YELLOW FOOD If You Do, 8ays Dr. Qoodall, Your Taste Ii Trobably Low and Vulgar. Vn extraordinary food theory has been brought forward by Dr. J, 3. aoodnll, lecturor to the Middlesex Hospital Medical rchool Mo denlaros that, When you enter a restaurant nnd select a chocolutc-colored food you unconsciously, show yourself a man of taste and refinement; but If, on tho contrary, you show a partiality (or ellow-colored foods, your taste Is most probably low and vulgar Dr. Qoodnll,' In explaining his itrnnge theory, anys that ho first mado experiments with animals, "A cat, for Instance," ho says, "Is very much Influenced by tho color of Its food. In one experiment 1 placed n number of pieces of ment,, each tinted a different dif-ferent color, bofore u cnt. Tho animal looked at each pleco carofully, and then selected I ho red-colored moat Dogs, on tho other hand, do not appear lo use their visual sense llko cats. If the food smells all right a dog will cat anything "Human being nro very Rensltlvo as to the color of their food, lly making Inquiries nmong caterers I found that chocolate-colored foods were easily tho most popular among tho educated classes. The poorer classes have a liking for yellow. Ono of tho reasons of this may bo that thoy think such foods nro richer than othors." Pink Is by fnr tho most popular color with children. If a child Is offered of-fered tho choice of n pink and n yellow yel-low sweet, tho pink vnrlcty will In-vnrlnbly In-vnrlnbly bo selected. Curiously enough, however, food nrtlstlcally colored green apicars to bo avoided, by all. Dr. 0. Norman Mcaclicn, "the well-known well-known dietetic specialist, upholds the view that dlners-out are largely Influenced Influ-enced "In tholr appetites by the color of tho foods which nro brought hoforo them. . "Certain colors." he says, "stlmuU'e tho npnetlto and digestion, while others oth-ers havo the reverse effect. White foods, such as white fish, are stimulants stimu-lants to the appetlto. "Personally, my nppotlto has often been stimulated by certain colors. I hae entered a restaurant with very feelilo nppetlto nnd ordered n steak. The steak has coma up n crisp, red, dish, chocolate-brown In color. I look nt It, and Immediately begin to feel hungry. Ilrown baked potatoes havo also this effect on me "It is my theory that brown and biuo are conducive to a healthy nppetlto, nppe-tlto, and to sit down to dinner In a green-papered room nlways destroys one's desire for food at all." |