Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-11-12
WHAT WE EAT AND DRINK.

ing better understood. Health de-
ponds upon the quantity, quality and
preparation of the food used. Inferior
food is always the dearest. The struc-
ture OF the body depends upon such
elements as are found in the food. We
are far from understanding the action
nf chemical force, %pretentious as are
the materialists In their way of ac-
counting for the development CT nan
and other animals; yet not a CLEAN OF
knowledge do such scientific men pos
sess concerning the natural, provided
means by which such substances as
bread, meat and fish are converted into
bone. muscle, nerve, blood, heart, lung
or brain. Our silly evolutionist frauds
assume that there is a principle of sus-
tenance specially possessed by the
body; that there is a principle of in
herent and spontaneous development
that asserts the structure of the Frame.
We know the causes of a few disorders.
Ricketts, in children are no doubt due
to the absence of phosphate OF lime,
on which the solidity of bone depends.
The disease can be cured by supplying
the deficiency; but too much lime
must not be supplied, or the excess
will bring about goiter or gravel. The
want of color in the complexion of in.
habitants OF large towns and cities is
due to the absence of iron salts 10 their
food. Their pallor can easily be re:
moved. Gout, diabetes and rheuma-
tism spring from all excessive forma-
ton of uric acid, Tactic acid, or sugar.
To starve such complaints to death,
order your diet judiciously. When
purchasing or cooking food, such facts
as these have to be borne in mind to
enable us to judge of the food to be
consumed. Milk is the most natural
food for infants and children to their
third year; TO which add we'll boiled
oatmeal porridge. Attention should
be given to the drinks. The human
body consists OF water to the extent
of nearly three fourths of its en-
tire composition. The skin, bones,
the cellular and muscular tissues, are
largely gelatine-the skin and bones
particularly. The blood, to supply
perfect nutrirnent to the body, must
furnish it with fat, starch, gum, sugar,
phosphate of lime, chlorine, sodium,
tiuorine, potassium, iron and magne-
stun. How varied, therefore, must be
the supply OF food to keep up these
constituent portions. Fortunately
most of these constituents of
healthy and fully developed
life arc taken almost uncon-
sciously-forming part of almost every
class Of food consumed. Abstemious
diet is Lot justifable; generous diet is
necessary for all exigencies of modern
life. Beer, as a drink, may to some be
preferable to wine. Beer does not
contain one nutritious particle. 1t has
more the character of a condiment,
and when used oftener than other con-
diments, it is not without a damaging
effect. Independent Of the amount OF
alcohol contained in it, 1t is no constit-
uent of food matter. For a short pc.
riod, beer distinctly occupies the place
OF an adjuvant, stimulating nervous
power and assisting assimilation, to-
gether with questionable aid in the
formation of the various structures o.
the human body. When partaken OF
beyond q certain effect, as is the case
with mineral waters, IL is productive o.
i'll effects in the shape of inflammstory
or congestive mischief. Beer is not
admissible in a condition of conges-
tion of the liver or other organs of elm
ination. In large quantities its use
tends to the formation Of large quaint.
ties of uric acid, the presence Of which
excess Is productive Of rheumatism
and gout. Beer also is productive Of a
tendency to calculus deposits. Old
people with impaired digestion can
not take 1t with impunity; some there
are that can take beer as easily
as they can take other food
Unauthorized wine is much prcfera.
BILE to beer. White wines are consid.
cred more easily digestible than the
red, In which an excess Of tannin pro.
duces an %astringent action which tends
to impede digestion of other food in
the stomach. Dry wines are thought
to be better adapted for this purpose
than wines of a sweet character.
Sophisticated, worthless wine, Is I'M
wholesome trash. Tea or coffee con
tain but a low percentage of ingredi-
ents capable OF assimilation or CONVEX
sion into bodily tissue; they are to he
ranked as chiefly stimulants in the
effect they produce upon tho nervous
system. Over-indulgence will be pro-
duclive Of a condition OF nervous ir-
reliability and depression similar to