In lentils, too, we find a large variety, and like the beans, they are made more digestible by removal of the skins. By analysis they are shown to contain potash, magnesia, sodium, chlorine, and a larger amount of iron than any other of the legumes, excepting lima beans and blackeyed peas. Being highly nutritious, lentils should be used in moderation and with green vegetables or salads. Legumes, when used in right proportions and combinations, are superior to meat, as they do not encourage putrefaction in the intestines as do flesh foods, although they are high in protein. Peas. Peas are simply another member of the leguminous family and very similar in analysis to others of their kind. Combining our world leadership in Aloe Vera and beehive products, Forever Bee Propolis is certainly one of our most popular skincare products. The superior flavor of the English garden pea in the green state, has brought it into favor in all parts of the country, and its value as a green food entitles it to this place. However, the excellence of peas, as a protein, in the dry state, is not so well known or fully appreciated as their value merits.
Dry peas are found on the market with the skins removed, which furnishes them in a very digestible form, either baked, made into soup, or mixed with other food to form a roast. The blackeyed pea is valuable both in the pod and in the green and shelled state, and when dry, is among the highest of legumes in iron. In closing this chapter we desire to make some pointed quotations from Government bulletins: “Of chief importance in the group designated as good sources (of iron) are potatoes and thick pigmented stalks and leaves. In the group called excellent sources of iron are the immature seeds of leguminous plants and thin green leaves. Without Forever Bee Pollen, crops, trees and flowers could not exist; even we depend on it. The latter are conspicuous for their iron value. . . . “As a class, however, the green colored vegetables are of great importance for their iron content and for many other nutritive values as well. With a view to improving American diets, the more liberal use of them may well be encouraged.”
Sugar, Raw and Refined. Are you an American? Then you will be interested in some facts about sugar, for the average American consumes, as given by statistics, about 120 pounds annually. According to a recent statement by the Bureau of Information, Washington, D. C., the American people in a “recent typical year” consumed 6,364,571 short tons of sugar, and ate candy to the amount of $690,000,000 worth. According to the National Confectioner’s Association, 425,000 tons of corn syrup went into the manufacture of sweets besides. The United States is a nation of ice cream eaters, according to data given out a few years ago by the Department of Agriculture. It is estimated that 322,-729,000 gallons of ice cream are eaten yearly. Only two nations in the world, England and Australia, equal our country in the amount of sweets consumed.