Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-13
WHAT WE SHOULD EAT.
A Physicians Views on the Sub
Ject of Proper Foods During tho
Summer Season.

line cause OF spring SlcKneSS, eA-
planned n well-known physician of
whom the question had been asked by
reporter, 'arises from the waste Gle
ments which ought To be removed from
the blood by the liver in the form Of
bile. These are left in the blood and
accumulate in the tissues. They give
a muddy look 10 the complexion, dull
color TO the eyes and an unpleasant
taste to the mouth"
"What is the cause of biliousness?"
at arises principally from Overeat-
ing and the consumption Of animal fats
that are difficult of digestion. Meats
contain large per cent OF albumen, u
heterogeneous substance, and only from
! two and one-half TO three ounces OF it
| should be taken into the system daily.
! An extra allowance must be carried OFF
! by the kidneys and if the liver is over
worked its work will not be done
thoroughly and much waste matter
which should be removed will remain
in the system and produce biliousness.
Are other ailments engendered or
increased by the presence of bile?'
Yes; rheumatism, muscular pains,
and so forth. Follow nature. She
calls for change of diet. There
arises dislike Of rich foods and a
craving for vegetables, and if her de-
mands are not complied with it will
take strong constitution TO resist
! biliousncss or gastric feYer."
Then you are an advocate OF diet
! ing. What are your views on the SUBJ
ject?"
There is no universal sanitary co de
and any system must be accepted with
the prOviso in great country like the
! United States that the elements OF the
human system and the elements of the
soil taken anywhere on the surface of
the earth arc identical"
What docs this prove
THAT nature provides food suitable
to each locality. Geological evidence
is conclusive that man was not made
till the whole arrangement OF creatures
was perfected, so that wherever he
chooses TO live he finds food adapted TO
his wants.
Are you vcgetarian?'
"Oh. no. think man was created
10 be an omnivorous animal and
don't agree with that eminent English
doctor, Sir Morrel Mackenzie, that
the longevity of the primeval race was
due TO the simple food of bread, milk,
and fruits. Living on figs might do
for Palestine, but diet containing II
larger amount Of nitrates is imperative
in such a climate rs that of Chicago
and the northwest"
ado you think the patriarchs might
have lived as long as they did had their
lot been cast in Chicago?n
THAT is question which requires IA
little preliminary explanation. / have
always considered that the biblical
years in those exceedingly early days
meant moons. Nearly all primeval
savages, like our own Indians, count
by moons, and if the years of the old
est patriarch, Methusclah, be divided
by thirteen lunar months it will be
found that he attained to the age of
about 90 when he died, and this is an
extraordinary old age in "a hot country
like Palestine, where humanity early
natures and early declines"
"Do you think, then, that longevity
is not a question OF fooi?n
mo; longevity is not attained by the
/ ~
and the regularity with which it is
taken, as there have been many CEN
tenarians who have been liberal con-
sumers OF food all their lives | am
sorry to differ from so eminent an
authority as Sir Morrel Mackenzie.
Herodotus informs us that the early
Egyptians, primeval race, roasted
joints and boiled others, but that their
, priests made a sanitary code and they
themselves set an example in modera-
ton in eating and drinking, and it is a
great pity that the example of the
Roman Catholic in abstainng from
flesh food once week as q sanitary
measure was not adopted. l also
think that Lent is beneficial on the
same ground. 1t comes at a season
when change OF diet is desirable"
But why do you want to incorpor.
ate sanitary code into reigion?"
The doctor laughed as he replied
"Because humanity is rs preverse as il
can be. Moses worked on the super
stition of the Jews to keep them healthy
and clearly, and made dieting and fire.
quent additions religious Observances
Mahomet did the same. Tell a child
not TO go under ladder because it i,
uuluclly and it will GO round; but tell
il not to venture under because Il tipsy
hod carrier might be waiting brick.
about, it will be just preverse enough
to take risk"
"What DO you recommend in the way
Of food?'
Il recommend just what the climate
demands. Now, among the EsquimauX
Sir John Ross informs us, the daily
allowance of flesh and blubber amount
ed TO twenty pounds a day, and Capt
Parry records an instance of young
: lad eating an enormous quantity, topped
: off with glass of grog and three wine
glasses of raw spirits. The colder tn,
climate the greater amount OF ANNA
food is required. Men would sool
: faint by the way if they endeavored Il
I; sustain life on berries and beans in tn
q north. Primal man in his arcadial
u life was not Injured to hardships."
l. "What do you propose to do?'
: "Maxe the philosophy of eating
+, study, not only in regard to the elias
j OF food but in its suitability to the SEA
q son. In summer and spring in tn
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