What About Other Nuts?

"All nuts contain a large per cent of oil. The chestnut is the only one that contains a great amount of starch; probably the hickory nut is really the most palatable of all, and is rich in oil."

Are Not Pecans Good?

"The pecan has a bitter shell which makes it disagree able, if any particle be left in contact with it. It does not vary greatly in composition from the hickory nut. The only nut having special use is the almond."

What Special Use Has It?

"As it does not contain any starch, has an agreeable flavor, and is quite a rich food, both in tissue-forming and heat-producing substance, it is very valuable in Bright's disease. It is exceedingly tough and solid, but probably not so much so as filberts and hazelnuts. These are also rich nuts, but need grinding more than any of the others, and unless they are ground, they are exceedingly indigestible."

Among Nuts, What Prominence Would You Give Walnuts?

"The black walnut is rather a strong-flavored and very oily nut. The white walnut, or butternut, is still stronger in its flavor, but not so rich in oil. The English walnut, so-called, which is principally grown for market, is a rich, oily nut. It is not so firm as many of the other nuts, and has some advantages over them. Probably the most oily of all nuts is the Brazil nut. They are also quite firm, but almost pure oil."

"Then, Doctor, you are quite a friend to nuts, provided they can be used properly; but your declaration that they are wholesome don't agree with common experience."

"Well, if the people would undertake to live on any of the cereals without their being ground or cooked, the results would be worse than the ill effects commonly attributed to nuts. The Sanitas Food Co., of Battle Creek, Mich., are making nut foods that are as much easier digested, compared with raw nuts, as Granose or Granola, compared with unground and uncooked wheat. Nuts have long been known as rich food, but owing to their solid texture, and the natural inclination to swallow them in uncrushed particles, they have, for many people, been considered rather indigestible. The Sanitas Food Co. have overcome this difficulty and given the world. the most delicious and fattening foods ever manufactured. They answer every purpose of meat, and greatly strengthen the cause of vegetarianism."

"Doctor, if you connect anything with vegetarianism it will prejudice it in the estimation of some people."

"That ought not to be so. Much of the prejudice against vegetarianism is due to the fact that most vegetables do not supply either enough fat or tissue-food. These defects are supplied by using the entire grain of such cereals as wheat in connection with nuts, as they are rich, both in fat and tissue-forming elements."

Then Nut Fats Are Superior To Animal Fats?

"Yes. Heretofore cream has held first place among common fats, but the nut-cream and nut-butter, made by Sanitas Food Co., are superior to either cream, butter or animal fats."

In What Particular?

"All animals are subject to disease - cows especially to tuberculosis - besides, cows are frequently kept in foul places, milked by soiled hands, and the milk kept in unsanitary places and in vessels washed in water containing typhoid or other bacteria. These dangers are avoided in the nut foods; but there are still stronger reasons for their use. The particles of fat are so minutely subdivided or emulsified, that they are readily taken up in the system. The animal fats will not sustain life, as they contain practically nothing but heat-producing elements. The nut foods will sustain life and more quickly fatten than anything yet discovered. Nut butter and almond butter are the most delicious and appetizing fats ever produced, and they will very likely displace cod liver oil as a fat-producing food for consumptives."

Why Not Combine Nuts With Grain Foods?

"The Sanitas Food Co. has done so with great success. Long ago I was impressed with the belief that emulsified nurs could be combined with dextrinized or pre-digested starch so as to make the richest and best food for fattening yet discovered. The Sanitas Food Co. has made such a food and named it Bromose. As a fat-producer and food-tonic, Bromose has produced most remarkable results. Nuttose is another similar food, and might aptly be called vegetable meat. Granose and Bromose used together have restored many invalids to vigorous health. Knowledge of these foods are of so much benefit that I have spoken of them at some length."