, 1873-05-18
DIETETlc.

70 tho Editor ef 1ne Chicago Tribune: ,.'i
f.. sm: / am visiting Christian family in your
city, and, with their permission, make use Of
some facts which may open the eyes Of others,
as they have opened their own eyes whose man
ner Of living furnishes these facts. -
blsn and wife, five years married, aged each
about 29; one child Of years a sister OF wife,
II years,-comp1ise the family. -
Their living (that is, table expenses has cost
: in ten months ending May 5,::s154.64: The
amount spent for fine flour; sugar, butter, 1ard,
Irish potatoes, and other food containing little
or no brain or mueclebuilders and bone-builders,
-Vas s94; and, for food. containing more OF less
Of these, $40. The weight OF the former approx
irnated 1850 pounds, and OF tho
hitter 400: pounds. Over 800 pounds Of
the latter wore apples (green, or .nnturAl
leaving but about 100 pounds Of which it could
be said that they contained tie arernge amount
Of brain, bone, and muscle feeders, requisite for
-the maint ance OF health IN active life: These
averaged 215 per cent braln and nerve builders,
or feeders, and Is ro- cent bone and muscle
builders. Fr ON these facts It appears that, in
800 days; not over Is to 70 pounds OF bone and
muscle Cnitrates) builders wate eaten BY the four
persons while it requires Of these So to
ti1ne Of peace, with nothing more than the
routine Of camp or barrack life to exhaust the
strength derived from that amount. So that
single soldier takes, and is required to take, in
80 days, as much bone and muscle food as these
fotsr persons took in 800 days. in order that he
may always be in proper condition to fill the
requirements of: the service 1T = moments
Tho arnount Of food eaten has been sufficient
but The kind Of food, and the manner
ia Is, en eaten With o drink, P'eo e.ten eD hastily
and without rest after eating), would. If related
to any physiologist. enable him to tall the condi-
lion Of. the members Of this little family. The
parents had no idea they we're living amiss.
have all along believed Of their health as mst-
ter out Of their reach.
Every educated mind which has followed me-
thus far will not be surprised to read that each
member Of this family looks healthy to the eye
Of the uneducated; neither will surprise him
or her Of culture when add that every member
of this family has .catarrh; that the mother is
not vigorous, but is weakly, not able to walk 8
mile or two without fatigue; that the child has
fat = that the husband is weakly IN the lungs,
and dreads hemorhage; that the girl OF Il can
not run up q fight Of stairs without fatigue,
etc. but this Is enough. -. . :
Ido not state the condition Of their brain-power.
Dependency aud gloom are the porvading feel
ine. and life seems failure and devoid Of
charms. They have begun to live, and to study
& new life; in the light Of the sublime truth that
man is made of what he eats and what he drinks;
al8o. OF what he breathes.
Ignorance Of the philosophy Of enting, drink
ing. &c., is safety to the animal, which has its
unerring instinct; but for man to be ignorant Of
these things is to him suffering, disease An un-
happy life, from which intelligence alone can
liberate him. Very respectfully, ***