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DIETARY FACTS, FADS AND FANCIES FREE

WILLARD J. STONE, M.D.
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Read before the Section on Practice of Medicine at the Eighty-First Annual Session of the American Medical Association, Detroit, June 27, 1930.


JAMA. 1930;95(10):709-715. doi:10.1001/jama.1930.02720100007003
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The American dietary has been frequently criticized by students of nutrition as being too low in vitamins and bulk, too high in carbohydrates and concentrates, and deficient in its ratio of alkaline ash-forming foods. It has been generally believed by the laity that successful treatment of many diseases depended on diet. Many physicians, while aware of possible dietary deficiencies, do not believe that the causes, except indirect ones, of many diseases are to be found in faulty diets. They believe that other factors are also of great importance, such as hereditary predisposition to disease, infections and their sequelae, and the tissue changes that inevitably result from wear and tear and lapse of time.

In the prevention of conditions characterized by degenerative changes affecting the heart, arteries and kidneys, prior to the stage of chronic disability, much may be accomplished by proper diet. The changes apparently most necessary in our national

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Langstroth, Lovell:  Relation of American Dietary to Degenerative Disease , J. A. M. A. 93:1607 ( (Nov. 23) ) 1929;.
Newburgh, L. H.:  The Production of Bright's Disease by Feeding High Protein Diets , Arch. Int. Med. 24: 359 ( (Oct.) ) 1919;.
Newburgh, L. H.; Marsh, P. H.; Clarkson, Sarah; and Curtis, A. C.:  The Dietetic Factor in the Etiology of Chronic Nephritis , J. A. M. A. 85:1703 ( (Nov. 28) ) 1925;.
Newburgh, L. H., and Curtis, A. C.:  Production of Renal Injury in the White Rat by the Protein of the Diet , Arch. Int. Med. 42: 801 ( (Dec.) ) 1928;.
Polvogt, L. M.; McCollum, E. V., and Simmonds, Nina: Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 34:168, 1923;.
Sansum, W. D.; Blatherwick, N. R., and Smith, Florence H.:  The Use of Basic Diets in the Treatment of Nephritis , J. A. M. A. 81: 883 ( (Sept. 15) ) 1923;.
Evans N., and Risley, E. H.: California & West. Med. 23:437, 1925;.
Nuzum, F. R.; Osborne, Margaret; and Sansum, W. D.:  The Experimental Production of Hypertension , Arch. Int. Med. 35:492 ( (April) ) 1925;.
Drummond, J. C.; Crowden, G. P., and Hill, E. L. G.: J. Physiol. 56:413, 1922;.
Osborne, T. B.; Mendel, L. B.; Park, E. A., and Darrow, D.; Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 20:452, 1922-1923;.
Reader, V. B., and Drummond, J. C.: J. Physiol. 59: 472, 1924;.
Miller, A. J.: J. Exper. Med. 42:897, 1925;.
Jackson, Henry, Jr., and Riggs, Margaret D.: J. Biol. Chem. 67: 101 ( (Jan.) ) 1926;.
Addis, Thomas; MacKay, E. M., and MacKay, Lois L.: J. Biol. Chem. 71:139-157 ( (Dec.) ) 1926;.
Newburgh, L. H.; Falcon-Lesses, M., and Johnston, M. W.: Am. J. M. Sc. 179:305 ( (March) ) 1930;.
Deeks, W. C.: New York State J. Med. , (Nov. 30) , 1912;.
Stone, W. J.:  Carbohydrate Restriction in the Medical Treatment of Gastric Hyperacidity and Ulcer , J. A. M. A. 67:994 ( (Sept. 30) ) 1916;.
Fellows, H. H.: Overweight and Underweight, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Publications.
Report of the Joint Committee on the Medico-Actuarial Mortality Investigation, comprising data supplied by forty-two life insurance companies of the United States and Canada for the period 1885-1908, inclusive, based on 744,672 cases.
Statistical Bull. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 3:3, 1922;.
Dublin, L. I.: Proc. Assn. Life Insur. M. Dir. 15, 1929;.
Dowling, G. A.:  Dyspepsia Due to Gallbladder Disease , J. A. M. A. 92:7 ( (Jan. 5) ) 1929;.
Sansum, W. D.: The Normal Diet , St. Louis, C. V. Mosby Company, 1927;.
Marriott, W. M.:  The Uses of Proprietary and Medicinal Foods in the Hospital , J. A. M. A. 94:1281 ( (April 26) ) 1930;.
Schamberg, J. F., and Brown, H.:  The Relationship of Uric Acid in the Blood to Eczema and Allied Dermatoses , Arch. Int. Med. 32:203 ( (Aug.) ) 1923;.
Boyd, J. D., and Drain, C. L.:  The Arrest of Dental Caries in Childhood , J. A. M. A. 90:1867 ( (June 9) ) 1928;.
Boyd, J. D.; Drain, C. L., and Nelson, Martha V.:  Dietary Control of Dental Caries , Am. J. Dis. Child. 38:721 ( (Oct.) ) 1929;.
Sherman, H. C.: Chemistry of Food and Nutrition , ed. 3, New York, Macmillan Company, 1927;.
McCollum, E. V., and Simmonds, Nina: The Newer Knowledge of Nutrition , ed. 4, New York, Macmillan Company, 1929;.
O'Hare, J. P., and Walker, W. G.:  Observations on Salt in Vascular Hypertension , Arch. Int. Med. 32:283 ( (Aug.) ) 1923;.
Berger, S. S., and Fineberg, M. H.:  The Effect of Sodium Chloride on Hypertension , Arch. Int. Med. 44: 531 ( (Oct.) ) 1929;.
Fischer, M. H.: Oedema and Nephritis , ed. 3, New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1921;.
Briggs, A. P.: J. Biol. Chem. 57:351 ( (Sept.) ) 1923;.
Smith, Sybil L.: Vitamins in Food Materials , Circular 84, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, November, 1929;.
Davidson, P. B.:  The Development of Deficiency Disease During Therapeutic Diets , J. A. M. A. 90: 1014 ( (March 31) ) 1928;.
The Los Angeles Times , (Jan. 10) , 1930;.

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Langstroth, Lovell:  Relation of American Dietary to Degenerative Disease , J. A. M. A. 93:1607 ( (Nov. 23) ) 1929;.
Newburgh, L. H.:  The Production of Bright's Disease by Feeding High Protein Diets , Arch. Int. Med. 24: 359 ( (Oct.) ) 1919;.
Newburgh, L. H.; Marsh, P. H.; Clarkson, Sarah; and Curtis, A. C.:  The Dietetic Factor in the Etiology of Chronic Nephritis , J. A. M. A. 85:1703 ( (Nov. 28) ) 1925;.
Newburgh, L. H., and Curtis, A. C.:  Production of Renal Injury in the White Rat by the Protein of the Diet , Arch. Int. Med. 42: 801 ( (Dec.) ) 1928;.
Polvogt, L. M.; McCollum, E. V., and Simmonds, Nina: Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 34:168, 1923;.
Sansum, W. D.; Blatherwick, N. R., and Smith, Florence H.:  The Use of Basic Diets in the Treatment of Nephritis , J. A. M. A. 81: 883 ( (Sept. 15) ) 1923;.
Evans N., and Risley, E. H.: California & West. Med. 23:437, 1925;.
Nuzum, F. R.; Osborne, Margaret; and Sansum, W. D.:  The Experimental Production of Hypertension , Arch. Int. Med. 35:492 ( (April) ) 1925;.
Drummond, J. C.; Crowden, G. P., and Hill, E. L. G.: J. Physiol. 56:413, 1922;.
Osborne, T. B.; Mendel, L. B.; Park, E. A., and Darrow, D.; Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 20:452, 1922-1923;.
Reader, V. B., and Drummond, J. C.: J. Physiol. 59: 472, 1924;.
Miller, A. J.: J. Exper. Med. 42:897, 1925;.
Jackson, Henry, Jr., and Riggs, Margaret D.: J. Biol. Chem. 67: 101 ( (Jan.) ) 1926;.
Addis, Thomas; MacKay, E. M., and MacKay, Lois L.: J. Biol. Chem. 71:139-157 ( (Dec.) ) 1926;.
Newburgh, L. H.; Falcon-Lesses, M., and Johnston, M. W.: Am. J. M. Sc. 179:305 ( (March) ) 1930;.
Deeks, W. C.: New York State J. Med. , (Nov. 30) , 1912;.
Stone, W. J.:  Carbohydrate Restriction in the Medical Treatment of Gastric Hyperacidity and Ulcer , J. A. M. A. 67:994 ( (Sept. 30) ) 1916;.
Fellows, H. H.: Overweight and Underweight, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Publications.
Report of the Joint Committee on the Medico-Actuarial Mortality Investigation, comprising data supplied by forty-two life insurance companies of the United States and Canada for the period 1885-1908, inclusive, based on 744,672 cases.
Statistical Bull. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 3:3, 1922;.
Dublin, L. I.: Proc. Assn. Life Insur. M. Dir. 15, 1929;.
Dowling, G. A.:  Dyspepsia Due to Gallbladder Disease , J. A. M. A. 92:7 ( (Jan. 5) ) 1929;.
Sansum, W. D.: The Normal Diet , St. Louis, C. V. Mosby Company, 1927;.
Marriott, W. M.:  The Uses of Proprietary and Medicinal Foods in the Hospital , J. A. M. A. 94:1281 ( (April 26) ) 1930;.
Schamberg, J. F., and Brown, H.:  The Relationship of Uric Acid in the Blood to Eczema and Allied Dermatoses , Arch. Int. Med. 32:203 ( (Aug.) ) 1923;.
Boyd, J. D., and Drain, C. L.:  The Arrest of Dental Caries in Childhood , J. A. M. A. 90:1867 ( (June 9) ) 1928;.
Boyd, J. D.; Drain, C. L., and Nelson, Martha V.:  Dietary Control of Dental Caries , Am. J. Dis. Child. 38:721 ( (Oct.) ) 1929;.
Sherman, H. C.: Chemistry of Food and Nutrition , ed. 3, New York, Macmillan Company, 1927;.
McCollum, E. V., and Simmonds, Nina: The Newer Knowledge of Nutrition , ed. 4, New York, Macmillan Company, 1929;.
O'Hare, J. P., and Walker, W. G.:  Observations on Salt in Vascular Hypertension , Arch. Int. Med. 32:283 ( (Aug.) ) 1923;.
Berger, S. S., and Fineberg, M. H.:  The Effect of Sodium Chloride on Hypertension , Arch. Int. Med. 44: 531 ( (Oct.) ) 1929;.
Fischer, M. H.: Oedema and Nephritis , ed. 3, New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1921;.
Briggs, A. P.: J. Biol. Chem. 57:351 ( (Sept.) ) 1923;.
Smith, Sybil L.: Vitamins in Food Materials , Circular 84, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, November, 1929;.
Davidson, P. B.:  The Development of Deficiency Disease During Therapeutic Diets , J. A. M. A. 90: 1014 ( (March 31) ) 1928;.
The Los Angeles Times , (Jan. 10) , 1930;.
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