Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-16
BODY WASTE.
uas. .Ies'ty Tor Changes in Food II the
rups ~ to BE Kept in the Best Physical

The Necessity for Chanpes 3,
n"Ay Is to BE Kept in the Rest physical
Condition. 'es' A"Ss'c"'
~ IS a falr average to suppose that
'he human body, when subjected ia
ABOUT the usual amount of exercise
oa'iy' eAhausts about ten and one-halt
ounces of carbon (fueD as a furnace
ooes coal to sustain the temperature at
ABOUT n%lnet,y-three degrees Fahrenheit.
"''nout which life could not continue.
SIX and one-half pounds of water
taken as drinks, or in food. some kinds
OF which are composed mainly Of
water, as some of our meats WOO.
etables, fruits, milks. etc. and sic
grains of nitrogen. to sustain tha
~ giving strength and health.
Inns hltrogenous food-without which
we should soon become weak and pow
erless-ls found in the lean meats, fish,
eggs and generously furnished in the
gfuten of the grains, the darker por-
,lon just beneath the bulls, the only
true nutrition Of the grains-and less
abundant in the vegetables and fruits.
when this very important element is
wasted by the miller, in the bolt
ing process, the strength will disap-
pear, n disease take its place. Since
the starchy portion, or the white, con.
tains but little beyond the demands for
heating the body-somewhat as the
furnace heats our rooms, by burning
carbon (coaD as the lungs do-the SUI
pertine flour, robbed of its best ele.
ments, in the matter of nourishment,
can not well nourish us, giving the
requisite amount of strength for our or.
binary labors, while the whole grain
products with understanding to DIR.
Hall-will support life indefinitely
II these principles are correct, of which
there is no reasonable doubt, when we
take less Of the "nitratcs' than the
system exhausts by the daily labors, the
muscles will waste away, becoming
fiaccid and comparatively powcrless
simply from a want of nourishment
while an excess of what is needed fol
u daily tolls will add to their volume
and powers, On the other hand, if tn,
~"carbonates' are taken in excess of tn,
amount demanded t sustain the ami
NAL heat at about SO deg. Frh., the fat
ty deposits are increased unnecessarily
with an uncomfortable obese state, will
no corresponding increase of the mus
cular size and powers.
l will here remark, though perhap.
unnecessary, that this unusual waste is
the result of unusual labors. both in tn,
number of hours devoted to it and tn
degree Of activity, modified by the ten
p%craturc, the cold weather of the win
ter rapidly exhausting the fatty de
posts, from which fact we have a ma
tural appetite for the sweets, tn
starchcs and fats, in the winter, in con
trast with the warm weather, at least
when one is exposed to the changes O
temperature, by exercise in the opcl
air.
1t follows, of course, on this prin
ciple. there is the same ropriety in tn
change of our food. as of our clothing
to a great extent emitting the cheat
ers'-fats, sweets and starchcs in tn
hot weather, using the fruits, the acid
OF which are cooling, aiding digestio
feeble at this time-and purifying tn
blood. 1t is proper to add. that Will
the cold weather rapidly eXhausts tn
c~arbonates, accelerating the bod
waste, perspiration, in the hot weather
very rapidly, relatively, at this time, i
a compromising power."-Dr Hama
tor0, IN Western POWnan.