The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-01
BODY WASTE.
The Necessity for Changes i'm Food If the
Body Is to BE Kept in the Best Physical
Condition

The Necessity for Changes i'm Food If the
Body Il to BE Kept in the Best Physical
Condition.
1t is a fair average TO suppose that
the human body, when subjected to
about the usual amount of exercise
daily. exhausts about ten and one-half
ounces of carbon fueD as furnace
does coal, to sustain the temperature at
about ninety three degrees Fahrenheit,
without which life could not continue,
six and one-half pounds of water
taken as drinks. or in food, some kinds.
of which are composed ma My of
water, as some of our meats, veg
etables, fruits, milks, etc, and SIG
grains of nitrogen, TO sustain the
muscles, giving strength and health.
This heterogeneous food-withOut which,
we should soon become weak and pow
elless-is found in the lean meats, fish,
eggs and generously furnished in the
gluten of the grains, the darker por-
ton just beneath the bulls. the only
true muir. ton 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. and disease take it, 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
pcrtine 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 Notwithstanding to Dr.
Hall-will support life indefinitely"
1t these principles are correct. of which
there is no reasonable doubt, when we
take less of the ..nitrateS" than the
system exhausts by the daily labors, the
muscles will waste away, becoming
tiaccid and comparatively pOwerless,
simply from Il want of neurishmeat,
while an excess OF what is needed for
our daily tolls VIII add to their volume
and powers. On the other hand, if the
s.carbonateS" are taken in excess of the
amount demanded 10 sustain the ami
NAL heat at about % deg. Firm, the fat
" deposits are increased unnecessarily,
with IN uncomfortable obese state, with
no corresponding increase CT the mus
cular size and powers.
Twill here remark, though perhaps
unnecessary. that this unusual waste is
the result of unusual laborS, both in the
number of hours devoted to it and the
degree of activity. modified by the tenn
perature. the cold weather of the win
ter rapidly exhaustiry the fatty de-
posts, from which fact we have ma
tural appetite for the sweets, the
starches and fats, in the winter, in con-
trast with the warm weather. at least,
when one is exposed to the changes of
temperature, b. exercise i'll the open
air.
1t follows, of course. on this prin-
ciple, there is the same propriety in the
change of our food, as of our clothing,
to a great extent emitting the cheat
ers'-fats, sweets and starches in the
hot weather, using the fruits, the acids,
OF which are cooling. aiding digestion
feeble at this time-and purifying the
blood. 1t is proper to add. that while
the cold weather rapidly exhausts the
carbonates, accelerating the body
waste, perspiration, in the hot weather,
very rapidly, relatively, at this time, is
s. compromising power. Dr. Hama
ford, iE Western Pocman.