Great! but is there a reference for the Dr Clara M. Davis in the footnotes
or appendix or whatever? Save me some trouble tracking it down...

Thanks Thanks Thanks!

Kirt

>Here is the exact quote and source I was referring to
>in my recent post about raw brains:

>      "Future research may show that brains are of greater
>health value than is now appreciated. In an experiment on
>the self-choice of foods by infants conducted by Dr. Clara
>M. Davis, the favorite meat of all the children was raw
>calves' brains. These children ate brains in amazing quantities,
>often more than a pound at a meal. The mothers of children
>whose diets I supervise frequently give the same report. It
>is uncanny how a child whose appetite is not perverted by
>sweets will select foods of outstanding nutritive value."

>Let's Cook It Right, by Adelle Davis (Harcourt, Brace and
>Co., 1947), page 112

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