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large amounts may lead to serious disease. The wide- 

 spread custom in America of eating meat three times a 

 day is not only expensive but also unhealthful. A small 

 amount of meat once a day is all that even a hard-working 

 man needs. 



Where men live in cold regions or are much exposed to 

 cold, the body requires great. energy to keep up its heat. 



SUGAR CANE CUTTING 



Fats are the substances that oxidize most readily in the 

 human body, and these are needed in great abundance by 

 men who have to withstand exposure to cold. " Fats are 

 fuels for fighters " was a slogan of literal truth which the 

 United States Food Commission used on its posters during 

 the World War. The body readily converts sugars into 

 energy, and so sugars are also a valuable cold weather food. 

 The staple food of northern Africa is the date, which is 



