THE FOOD QUESTION [Illustration: _Letter from Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, president of Stanford University, and first assistant to Herbert Hoover, in Food Administration, to the chairman of the Pacific Press Publishing Committee, after reading the proofs of this book._] _The_ FOOD QUESTION Health and Economy BY EIGHT SPECIALISTS [Illustration] "Eat ye that which is good." "That thou mayest prosper and be in health." "Eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness." "Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost." Copyright 1917 by Pacific Press Publishing Association Mountain View, California Kansas City, Missouri Portland, Oregon Brookfield, Illinois Calgary, Alberta, Canada Cristobal, Canal Zone CONTENTS FRONTISPIECE 2 _Letter from Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur_ PUBLISHERS' FOREWORD 5 HOOVER AND WHAT HE AND WILSON SAY 6 FOOD ECONOMY 7-15 _By E. A. Sutherland, M. D._ LOAF OF WAR BREAD ON FIELD OF GETTYSBURG 16 FOOD ELEMENTS AND SIMPLICITY OF DIET 17-34 _By E. H. Risley, M. D._ FOOD TABLES--Cereals, Legumes, Fruits, Nuts, Vegetables, Miscellaneous 23-27 NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE TO CAREFUL PLANNING 34 _Ladies' Home Journal_ VITAMINES AND CALORIES 35-46 _By D. D. Comstock, M. D._ A WORD OF ADVICE TO WOMEN 46 _By Lord Northcliffe_ FRUITS AND THEIR DIETETIC VALUE 47-52 _By George A. Thomason, M. D., L. R. C. S., L. R. C. P._ TEN REASONS FOR A FLESHLESS DIET 53-66 _By A. W. Truman, M. D._ PHYSICAL BENEFITS OF JOY 66 _By George A. Thomason, M. D._ STIMULANTS AND CONDIMENTS 67-72 _By Arthur N. Donaldson, M. D._ SIMPLE MENUS AND RECIPES 73-92 _By H. S. Anderson, Food Expert_ THE USE OF LEFT-OVERS 93-96 _By Lavina Baxter-Herzer, M. D._ THE CALL TO YOU 96 _By Dr. Anna Howard Shaw_ Publishers' Foreword