The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-01-27

1t not q fair, logical, inevitable deduor
ton? Has there been q proportional
increase in nerve and brain building
food, or material, in the diet of the
masses2
In what does nerve food consist? In
what do we find it2 Is it meat? no
white bread? no; potatoesp no. If 1t Is
not found In these staples, in what Is II
to be found? l answer, in the exterior
of the wheat kernel, in the skin of the
potato, and in milk, partially also in
eggs and fish. answer, the chief food
staples, In the present dietetic system, ARE
almost entirely deficient in brain and
nerve building material. In view of
these facts, is it result to be wondered
at, that the starving nervous tissue in
the overworked masses attempts to sat
isfy an intolerable sense of craving. of
physical hunger, by the use of stim1iat-
ing poisons, that temporarily supply
the place of brain and nerve food? I
answer, the cause Of intemperance is
based upon a fundamental error in the
present dietetic system. Let it always
be borne in mind that stimulating brain
poisons--alcohol, opium and tobacco
temporarily supply the place of brain
and nerve food.
What Ia the remedy for intemperance? ?
| answer, nerve bodybuilding material
to supply the waste of the nervous It's
sue in the masses. answer further. a
reform In the present popular system of
dietetics, by reducing the proportion of
tat and muscle-forming elements, and
increasing the nerve and brain-building
material In proper ratio. Let the sup
ply In each case meet the demand and
no more. A study of this subject, and
q practical application ofthe theory that
l am advocating for the past fifteen
years, gives me solid basis of fact on
which to rest its advocacy.
FOOD beverage-a liquid food COM
posed largely Of brain and nerve-build-
Ing elements, q combination, concrete.
soluble, and one that Is so rapidly ta.
ken into the circulation that the patient
feels Immediately Its invigoratin9, en-
ergizing power, has proved In nv hands
an almost certain remedy. Il at once.
and at the same time, allays thirst and
|invigorates without stimulating. impart-
Ing to the system permanent basis of
nervous vigor and energy.
am satisfied that here is a vast leld
as yet uncultivated, for the advance.
ment OF the moral and material inter-
ests Of the human race.
The possibilities of chemical science
are almost boundless. It seems to me.
In the production of concrete forms OF
food that shall be fitted to supply each
waste of the physical system, and at the
same time impose the least possible tar
upon the organs of digestion, the grand
possibilities of the human mind and
body are to be finally realized.
Here is the only true remedy for the
evil of intemperance. -
Stimulating poisons will In the end be
supplanted by food beverages that viii
so invigorate, and energize without
stimulating, that there will be no sense
Of mental and physical craving, witch
is to-day temporarily appeased by the
use of the former. Let public attention
be directed to the intolerable vices OF
the present popular dietetic system.
Let the subject be discussed and agitst.
ed till the public mind becomes convine.
ed OF the paramount Importance of the
topic to physical, intellectual, and moral
life and development. Let the food
question demand the attention of the
Droadest culture to be found in the field
OF science. Then, in the perfected BODY,
the intellectual and moral faculties will
find q perfect organ for the expression
OF their "a divine capabilities Her.