Show MEATS unnecessary TO GOOD HEALTH a 0 I 1 the following article 4 in a recent issue of the vegetarian and is timely when rationing ol of meat will cause many to turn tr to substitute dishes jn in no w sense of the word do I 1 consider meats necessary tolice to life balth and efficiency my ow experience has taught me that I 1 can do more work experience les I 1 tt tigue igue work steadier harala baral r and longer when I 1 do not eat meat some people refrain from eating meat on moral or humane principles such people feel free to eat anything that can be had without taking life fine and noble but it true vegetarianism vegetarianism to me can mean only one thing the eating of nothing that has had its origin in animal life nothing indeed that has not been gathered off the soil directly meat is n not 0 t at 2 all 11 necessary to health strength comfort efficiency and long life eating meat detracts from f rom that which might be considered 1 s a high ideal for the spiritual moral and physical development of our race of the soundness I 1 of this view of the dietetic diet itic problem I 1 have not the least doubt I 1 have tested it over and over in my own case and that of many others always with the same result I 1 meats are not natural foods for any living thing except the carnivorous ni vorous or meat eating ft animals and some insects and birds these always eat their meals uncooked of course this means that the human body does not digest and use meats easily digestion requires a very considerable part of the energy of the body and this I 1 I 1 requires almost complete rest following a meat meal most people have time to sit quietly at least for I 1 half an hour after the evening dinner this always should be done do not read argue work or quarrel immediately following a meat meal G E harter founder director defense diet i league toledo 0 in answer to the question what do you think of meats as foods |