FOOD AND HEALTH. By R. H. A. Plimmer and V.
G. Plimmer. (Longman& 2s. 6d.) AMONG the multifarious activities of the faddist, the quack, the ill-informed reformer, special attention has always been given to the subject of food, and the amount of nonsense which has been written and talked about diet would fill several libraries. This is a very regrettable state of affairs, for modern research in the relation of food to health and disease has given most wonderful results, and the conclusions are such as one cannot lightly disregard. This little book is a welcome relief from the usual expositions on diet which are so often coloured by the peculiar idiosyncrasies of the author ; for it is a plain state- ment of the results of the most recent work on vitamins and such matters, and of their practical bearing en our everyday life. Particularly useful are the lists of foods rich or poor in vitamins, and a table showing the effects, of the various processes of cooking and preserving on these vital accessory food substances. It is pleasantly and clearly written, and can be thoroughly recommended to the housewife who wants
her household to obtain the maximum benefit from her cater- ing, and especially to mothers with young children, for the growing period is the most exacting in its requirements for an adequate and balanced diet.
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