and vegetables, and bran, White bread and polished rice are deficient in vitamins, but the use of whole wheat bread or bran bread and unpol- ished rice overcome this disadvantage and one soon learns to prefer them.
It is well to consider at this time the question of foods which are complements of the pecan.
It is true that pecans are low in the bulky carbo- hydrates; that is, they contain no starch and little sugar, but this deficiency can be easily supplied by fruits. By proper combinations of pecans, fruits and vegetables, the total needed supply may be obtained.
Of the three great food principles required for human efficiency—-protein, fats, and carbo- hydrates—the pecan supplies two—protein and fats—-in abundance and of excellent quality. ‘The amount of protein found in fruits, with very few exceptions, is so small as to be insignificant; fats are practically wholly absent from fruits, while sugar and dextrin are abundant. Fruits are thus the natural complement of pecans.
Pecans are in good health when gathered and remain so until eaten. Nature has provided the pecan with “cold storage” of its owi—a snug shell that protects it so that it comes to you in a perfect state of preservation, good to eat at all times.
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