Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-06-12
SOME prErE1c ERRoRs.
A Chapter on what IncPoase0 Murine
and Preserves HeAttA.

SOME DIETE7IC ERRoRS.
A Chapter on what Increase N.trrHe.e
and Preserves Health
To attain a condition of perfect health
certain REQ uirements must be fully met
This fundamental declaration 10 inn
perative. and the disobeying Of the law
is constantly showing itself in . diver
sity of ailments
The various forms of machinery that
are used in our manufactures receive
constant attention Only the kinds OF
oil are applied that have the best lubri-
eating power, and as . result the ma
chinery runs smoothly and even noise
1essly. The human machine per contra
is constantly getting out OF order, the
nerves, bones and muscles are linz
perfectly supplied with the proper
pabulum, and as a consequence We have
disturbances manifesting themselves in
the shape of disordered health. The
blood cries out, when its victim cringea
with neuralgia pains, for better susteR-
ance. but the cry is generally in vain
the same food is supplied id nauseam-
Why should men heed the law that
govern the inanimate, and not pay due
attention to the living organism? Per
haps we find the KEY to this heed1eSsness
in the words of that great stole philoso
pher, Seneca. who wrote eighteen hum
dred years ago: There is nothing
against which we ought to be more On
guard than, like flock. following the
crowd of those who have preceded us
going as we do not where we ought "a
GO. but where men have walked before"
Draper in his physiology Ekens the
body to the fame of q candle-it 10 CON.
stantly being fed and is constantly
burning away. The quality OF the light
will wholly depend on the material sup
piled In the same way. 90 attain . TO-
bust, vigorous and healthy condition
mankind must take as food only that
sort which contains those Ingredients
that are essential Too much OF one
kind, or too little of another, distufbs
the equilibrium. Bread has been called
the staff of life, and vet this figure OF
speech, in view OF the kind OF bread
that most persons eat, is decided mis-
homer. The ordinary white -four, which
forms the basis OF SO much food that ia
eaten. is principally q starch compound,
and contains only three Of the fifteen
elements that go TO compose the body,
namely, carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
To prove that white -four does not
meet the requirements OF the body,
dogs, and at the end of forty days they
died. Others to whom he gave ths
wheat meal. at the end of this time
were in first class condition More
than half of the children under twelve
years of age have decayed teeth, owing
to the insufficient supply of the re-
CURED mineral ingredients, and this de-
ficiency is caused as a rule by eating
white bread Dyspepsia, constipation,
loss of nerve power, and many other
diseases are produced by improper feed
ing. Sulphur is required for the growth
of the hair, yet white flour does not
contain trace: the phosphates are also
notably lacking, and as these substances
are absolutely necessary in the animal
economy. then, arguing priori. the use
of bread as ordinarily prepared should
be interdicted.
When flour is made of the whole grain
of the wheat, we have an article of food
which contains all the elements that
the body requires for its support; and
this flour should be universally used in
spite of the false aesthetic taste that de-
mands white loaf" for such theory
of taste tested by the canons OF common
sense loses its force; and what the body
demands should be the touch stone
rather than what pleases the eye OF the
unthinking housewife.
To paraphraSe the words OF Sydney
Smith, in reference to the various forms
of errors that still hold with tenacious
grip their sway: 1.-The centuries that
have passed have had ample opportunity
to display the full bloom OF their i'm
becihty," and it would seem quite time
to call a halt in the way of improper
feeding
Sir Henry Thompson in an article On
''Diet" says: 81 have come to the con-
clusion that proportion amounting sc
least to more than one-half of the dis
eases which embitter the middle and
latter part of life, among the different
classes of the population, is due to
avoidable errors in diet IS. b. Childs,
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