GENERAL NOTES 27 



good there is always a tendency for us to eat more 

 of the meats than we can dispose of in our subse- 

 quent chemistry, and in consequence there is a great 

 deal of illness, aside from the common rheumatism 

 and gout, due to decomposition of the undigested 

 portions of meat products. Some of us perhaps 

 would prefer to die young rather than give up any 

 of the good things in the way of meats. My per- 

 sonal sympathies lean somewhat in that direction, 

 but if one is to employ meats extensively in his diet- 

 ary, and do it safely, he really requires a great deal 

 of physical exercise. The tendency at the present 

 time is toward decrease in the degree of exercise. 

 In all probability the expanding movement of nut 

 foods will not displace meat foods very rapidly, but 

 we may look for normal increase in ways for mak- 

 ing nut foods so delicious that pleasure will accom- 

 pany the gradual change from beefsteak to nut and 

 soy steak. We may remember that in many parts 

 of the world a vegetarian diet including nuts is an 

 established fact. Whole races of men comprising 

 millions live their lives without meats of any sort 

 the Brahmins of India, the Buddhists of China, and 

 many of the Japanese, for example. Some of the 

 sturdiest of the Scotch Highlanders have rarely ever 

 tasted meat; sixteen children in the family some- 

 times. 



An article on the Nutritive Properties of Nuts by 

 Professor F. A. Cajori in the Journal of Biological 

 Chemistry for September 20, 1920, states in the 

 summary that : 



