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British Food Journal Volume 72 Issue 6 1970

British Food Journal Volume 72 Issue 6 1970 Long before calories and joules were used to indicate energy values in relation to food, popular belief had it that some foods could increase man's output of labour, his physical strength and endurance, even his fertility. The nature of the foods varied over the years. From earliest times, flesh foods have inspired men to gird their loins and put on armour, but too long at the feasting tables produced sloth of body and spirit. Hunger sharpens the wit, which makes one wonder if that oftquoted statement of poverty and hunger before the Great Warchildren too hungry learnwas quite true it is now so long ago for most of us to remember. Thetruism An army marches on its stomach related to food in general and relating feats of strength to individual foods is something more difficult to prove. The brawny Scot owes little to his porridge the toiling Irish labourer moves mountains of earth, not from the beef steaks he claims to consume, but for the size of the paypacket at the end of the week http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png British Food Journal Emerald Publishing

British Food Journal Volume 72 Issue 6 1970

British Food Journal , Volume 72 (6): 32 – Jun 1, 1970
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Emerald Publishing
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0007-070X
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10.1108/eb011677
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Long before calories and joules were used to indicate energy values in relation to food, popular belief had it that some foods could increase man's output of labour, his physical strength and endurance, even his fertility. The nature of the foods varied over the years. From earliest times, flesh foods have inspired men to gird their loins and put on armour, but too long at the feasting tables produced sloth of body and spirit. Hunger sharpens the wit, which makes one wonder if that oftquoted statement of poverty and hunger before the Great Warchildren too hungry learnwas quite true it is now so long ago for most of us to remember. Thetruism An army marches on its stomach related to food in general and relating feats of strength to individual foods is something more difficult to prove. The brawny Scot owes little to his porridge the toiling Irish labourer moves mountains of earth, not from the beef steaks he claims to consume, but for the size of the paypacket at the end of the week

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British Food Journal – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jun 1, 1970

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