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...judging the sufficiency or insufficiency of the diets of all peoples, and translated this into an ideal American diet. The diet, for one person, for one day: Ten ounces of grain products, such as bread and cereals. Slightly more than one pint of milk. A half pound of starch-rich vegetables, such as potatoes or yams...
...Tropical countries need airports and sanitation and more developed plantations and agricultural processing plants. They can pay in cheap cellulose and starch and specialty fruits and vegetables...
...group Dr. Cutting does not blame for being fat: the starch-fed people among the poor, who eat bread, beans and spaghetti beyond their caloric needs because they cannot afford the less fattening foods...
Herbert Marshall's Bond Street voice and general air of bemused gentility make a perfect foil for George Sanders' playing of the brutal genius. One of the few cinemactors with any real presence, Sanders has for years been using it to put starch into supporting parts and B pictures. The Moon & Sixpence gives him his first big chance. It also puts his fine performance in a vacuum...
...than 100 years ago. Many dental researchers are sure that this excessive proportion of sugar accounts for the fact that caries (tooth decay) is the commonest U.S. disease. Fruit can satisfy the craving for something sweet, and the chemistry of the saliva and the digestive juices automatically convert the starch of bread, potatoes, corn, etc. to the sugars the body needs...