The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-09-23
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demanded, is not only waste Of
nourlshmcnt. but must prove unfa.
vorablc to health and vigor. And
that fine flour is thus robbed of inn
portant elements, all chemical tests
and experience must prove. In
proof of this, dogs fed on this by
Magcndie died in forty days, actually
starved, while those fed on the meal.
or whole wheat, remained in good
health. An author of good authori.
ty says, "Thc history of the Roman
empire i'll the time of Julius Cesar
shows that wheat as an article of
food, combined with fresh outdoor
air and life, is capable of producing
and sustaining the highest type of
physical manhood the world ever
saw. This empire was built up and
maintained Ivy soldiers whose main
article of food was wheat"
1t is also quite certain that the
alarming increase of the necessity of
artificial teeth is due to this dcstruc-
ton of the teeth, their starvarion, by
the separation of the elements Of
nourishmcnt in the wheat, giving to
the brutcs what our children should
have for their nourshmcnt, while
the children are fed on carbonaccous
food, as if to bc f;,ttcncd for the mar
kct! The earthly matter, the true
bone materials, are the hull and outer
crust, or the rcd part of the wheat,
just the portions removed by boiling,
and of course the fine flour, from
which the bread and pastry of some
families arc made. is and must be
nearly destitute. 1t is certain, there
fore, that those who make "brcad
the staff of lifc," and who use much
pastry-as far too many families do,
especially the rich compounds-must
suffer from the absence of the bone
and muscle food. AS an illustration
of this, it was asccrtaincd that of $50
school children in certain districts of
Massachusetts under twelve years of
age, two-thrtls had dccayed teeth.
There is similar reason for the dis
case and loss of hair, noticed in mod
crn times. in addition to the injury
from wearing caps, etc.
Again constipation of the bowels,
always aggravated by the employ
mcnt of physic, is the necessary re-
suit of the free use of fine flour.
While the use of the crushed wheat,
cracked wheat, oat meal, the meal of
all kinds, coarse food and fruits, all
tend to remedy the evil.
The Journal of Chemistry, DR.. ].
X. Nichols, one of the best chemists
of the country, editor, uses the fol-
lowing language: "At the present
time it is the practice to a large ex-
tent among milIcrs to grind the
finest, soundcst wheat into fine -four,
and the poorest into what is called
"Graham flour" This term ezra
ham flour" ought no longer to be
used. 1t is kind of general name
given to mixtures of bran and spoilt
flour, to a large extent unfit for hu-
man food. What we need is good,
sweet, whoIc-whcat flour, finely
ground and securely put up for fam
lily use. The brown loaf made from
whole wheat, is, to our eye, as hand
some as the white. 1t can be made
with all the cxccIlcncics of the white,
SO far as lightncss is concerned, and
it is swcctcr and more palatablc.
With this loaf we secure all the im-
portant nutritive principles which
the Creator, for wise reasons, has
stored up in wheat"
1t is absurd to suppose that our
children will grow to be muscular,
strong, healthy, have good teeth,
nerves, fair complcxions and good
healthy hair while starved by the use
of so much flour. live would avoid
small, nabby muscles, VIC must use
more muscle food, such as'tlc grams
afford, when used as God intended.
We must be nourishcd by all of the
elements of the wheat if we would
thrive.