The Red Cloud chief., 1892-04-29
x AND HEALTH.

Kansas City Times.
COOKERY AND HEALTH.
From q Lecture by Mrs. T.. f. Kellogg. or
the Battle Creek Sanitariuns.
Food is one OF the mightiest forces OF
the universe. The manner Of men and
women we are. depends in a great meas
ure upon the food we eat. But very
few people stop to inquire what IS n
diet best adapted to the maintenance o.
perfect health; they eat whatever graft
fies the palate or is most conveniently
obtained. Give us something good To
eat" is the great cry of humanity. Our
food should certainly be good, but 1t
dietetic value and not by the amount of
pleasure which it gives to the paiate.
Then would our bodies be strong and
pure and full of health and we ourselves
able to fulfil the purpose of existence In
the best and truest manner The fit
uess of a food for good building mate
rialdepends upon its nutritve value,
its q ~.estibility and its palatableness.
Thk irst depends upon the selection OF
prof er material, the second requisite is
m&inly dependents upon its PREPARATION.
far the best of material can be so poorly
pt pared that it is totally unit to
ii the system. The evils Of bad cook
&y are so manifold that it has been cal
Srdated that they far exceed the evils
fsaalting from strong drink.
y. With good food properly cooked. our
lives run smoothly because BEAUTIFULLY,
but with poor food the reverse is apt to
be true. So strong is the bond of union
between mind and body that whatever
creates a morbid action of the bodily
functions, dwarfs and cripples the moral
and mental faculties. From this it is
|evident that the proper preparation OF
food is of very great Importance, al
though it is one which receives but
little thought and study. Cookery is
| too often looked upon as a mental serv-
ice and it is relegated to those who are
totally ignorant of what constitutes
healthful food, although they may be
| able to go through the mechanical pro-
cess of mixing ingredients. The proper
preparation of food involves both chem
zeal and physical processes which neces-
state careful study. The health and
happiness of the family circle depend
very largely upon the food served, and
what higher mission can n conceive
than to prepare the wherewithal to
make shoulders strong to bear life's bur-
dens, and brains clear to solye lis intri-
cate problems.
But it is often said that people have
lived and do live without giving heed to
these things, apparently assuming that
because the present system is customary
that it is right and proper. Do those
who are utterly careless OF dietetic prin-
ciples make the best of their lives and
accomplish the utmost possible with
| the talent which God has entrusted to
| them? There is n trite saying about
| plain living making high thinking, and
/ believe the reverse is equally true
that with high living one will do very
plain thinking. 1t is just as easy to
furnish our tables with well cooked,
easily digested food if we only have the
knowledge and the will TODD 50; indeed,
II we HdVc tuc VII We Will SCI IliC
knowledge.
1t is common notion that foods made
| rich with fats are specially nourishing,
but this is an error. The nourishing
quality of a food depends upon its di-
g~estibility as well as upon its eonstitu-
! ent elements. Although fats in proper
quantities serve a good purpose in the
vital economy, its excessive use is in
furious since it is very difficult of diges-
ton. The same may be said of the
abundant use of sugar. Really rich and
nutritious foods are those which on
tain n large proportion of the essential
food elements in a condition in which
they can be easily assimilated. Whole
wheat bread, oatmeal, cracked wheat
and the like are really ''rich foods" In
fact they are the most perfect of foods,
! since they not only contain all the
needed food elements in n form easy of
digestion but also free from deleterious
elements.-Reported by Helen l.. Man
ming.