Masters of old age : the value of longevity illustrated by practical examples / by Nicholas Smith.

  • Smith, Nicholas, 1836-1911.
Date:
1905
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Credit: Masters of old age : the value of longevity illustrated by practical examples / by Nicholas Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    whole wheat bread, shredded wheat, toasted wheat or corn flakes; fresh green vegetables— particularly spinach, Spanish onions, asparagus, lettuce, rhubarb; prunes, figs, apples, peaches, berries; buttermilk, applecider; honey; English walnuts and almonds. Water should be used in abundance, but not during a meal. Foods to be avoided in cases of constipation are: Hearty meats, eggs—specifically, if hard boiled or fried; milk; pastry and puddings made of starchy foods, as rice, sago, and tapi- oca ; fried foods and rich gravies; cheese; fresh white bread; pickles and other strong condi- ments ; and tea. During the past few years an amazing variety of prepared breakfast foods has been thrown on the market. Some of them are compounds and others consist of the pure grains. As these cereal foods occupy an important place in the dietary of many people, a table giving the chief component parts of some which are best known, with a comparison of their food value with that of beef, will be of interest. These analyses were made at the United States Experiment Station of the Iowa College, and by Professor Atwater, to whose work for the Department of Agricul- ture, I have already referred: