Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1915 — The Friendly Oyater. [ARTICLE]

The Friendly Oyater.

Science is always defending the maligned oyster. It has been proved that more, nourishment per dollar’s worth may be extracted from.the oyster than almost any other food. Dr. Julius Nelson, the biologist, says: “Oysters come nearer in composition to cow’s milk than do most other meats, as all the four kinds of nutrients needed are present in good degree. Oysters have a larger excess of the flesh-building substance relative to the other constituents than milk, so we ‘balance the ration’ by addition of starchy food and fats When eating oysters, thus securing a good meal at a cost that compares favorably with that when other meats are chosen. “Oysters have some special points of advantage, among which are the following: .. “The sea salts that they contain are useful in regulating and stimulating nutritional processes.X "They are the tenderfest of meats and easily digested and suitable even fdr persons of sedentary habits. “In addition to being easily safeguarded against accidental contamination, there is no oyster parasite known that will live in the human system."