Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1917 — GROW FAT ON WAR BREAD [ARTICLE]

GROW FAT ON WAR BREAD

Men, Women and Children Seen on Streets Seem to Be Better Nourished Than Ever. London. —The English appear to be growing fat on war bread. An English newspaper publisheattrefollowipjE t “Although I hate It?* writes a correspondent in Surrey, “war bread seems to fatten me, and my weight has Increased by several pounds. Yet lam eating not much more than half the bread I used to eat before the war, and also less of other foods. - A doctor explained that this may be quite true. “Anyone who keeps his eyes open in the streets will notice that men, women and children are clearly better nourished than ever. No doubt,” he said, “there is a good deal of indigestion from bad bread, but even people who digest it badly, and dislike it, too, grow fatter and physically stronger. This is especially noticeable in spare men of middle age. Possibly the explanation is that we were eating more bread before than we could digest. Perhaps, too, the mixture of grains in bread Is proving more nourishing than the pure w’heaten loaf; Ihe stomach likes variety, and the people who do the best Intellectual work are those who feed on all available foodstuffs.