I wonder what is the percentage of people in Great
Britain who eat the wrong kind of diet ? It must be a a very high one. As a nation we are only beginning to realize the importance of diet, and in this respect we have much to learn from America. At a meeting of the Church Temperance Society recently, one of our leading doctors said that he attributed much of the consumption of alcohol by the workers in this country to the bad cooking of British housewives. If the various health societies could circulate more literature on the ideal diet for persons of small means they would be performing a great national service. A few days ago I was at a London teashop late in the evening ; opposite me sat an old, man eating his evening meal. This consisted of four unwholesome looking pastries washed down by gulps of strong tea. It was unnecessary to ask him if he suffered from dyspepsia !
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