Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1917 — Fruit-Eating as a Water Supply. [ARTICLE]

Fruit-Eating as a Water Supply.

Most contain from 75 to 95 per cent water, and a balance of woody fiber or cellulose, fruit sugar and minerals. Thus the free use of fruit aaily Insures a greater supply of water to the body, says the Popular Science Monthly. _ The cellulose of the fruit suppliey bulk and a mechanical stimulation which promotes waste elimination. Acid fruits, such as oranges, lemons, limes and most berries, contain a certain chemical compound called “vita?mines,” In a very stable form. These vltamlnes are believed to purify the blood and to prevent scurvy and various skin diseases.