21 FEBRUARY 1925, Page 15

WHOLEMEAL AND OTHER BREAD

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Some years ago wholemeal bread was introduced at a large Public School and was given up after a term or two because the boys preferred white bread, and because it was eventually understood that where meat is a regular item in the diet the additional nutritive quality in wholemeal, as compared to ordinary bread, is of no account. Do " the highest medical authorities " referred to in the letter signed A. G. Folliott Stokes admit that wholemeal is of little om no importance to meat-eaters ?—I am, Sir, &c.,

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