The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-11-07
fScienhAc Amezican.l.

portions turns IT into dextrlue
this, being changed to glucose by
the action of the stomach 10 easily
disposed OF. Glucose il the sugar
of nature az found in ripe sweet
apples and in honey.
Tea, coffee, wine, and beer, as
we'll 40 all alcoholic drinks, are to
be taken in extreme moderation, ~
they are mere stimulants and have
no nutriment, or at least very little.
Milk is = better drink. As every
one knows. if you eat slowly, you
need not drink at all. And that
10 one of the great advantages of y
fruit diet. You get enough of the
best quality of water distilled to
nature in the fruit, which 10 also
aperient and cooling to tho blood,
already too much heated by starchy
foods. Exclusive vegetarianism
seems to be injurious to the human
aystem. But people who advocate
. diet of fruits and nuts, emitting
starch foods and too much bread
are not vegetarians; for they get
the heat and strength necessary for
health from nuts, lean meats, lamb,
veal, and young animals whose
systems have not had tine to &c,
clogged with the Objectionable earth
salts. II flesh food cannot be OBJ
tanned at all times, dried fgs, raisins,
and dates csn be stepped in hot
water and thus brought to an al.
most fresh condition. As for
whole meal or Graham bread, the
merit that it may have is Offset by
its irritating effects upon the stom-
ach and intestines, produced BY
the indigestibie bran particles.
Sugar furnished by nature in the
form of glucose is ready for assim-
ilation; on the contrary, sugar from
cane, beets, maple, and sorghum is
insolubIe by the system until it har
undergone the process Of digestion,
both in the stomach and the intss-
tines. Now, as salt, pepper. and
al irritants - we'll a. stimulants,
are goads to the nervous system,
the human body, if treated natur-
ally, does not require them. AMI
NAL instinct indicates tho law OF
nature. Since Cuvisr's time .zoolo.
gists have been telling 40 that man
belongs to the frugivorous animals.
He il sllied to tho manliks apes,
which live entirely on nuts and
fruits, never eating other animals
or cereals.
Dr.. DeLacy Evans in his book
How to Prolong Life" gives over
twenty pages to tables Of analyses
Of foods. As compared With the
nourishment they give. fruits and
nuts have the least proportion Of
salts. Animal dssh comes
nsxt, then vegetables, and fourth in
rank No have cereals and pulses,
which are shown to have the largest
amount Vt the earthly matters.
From the analysis We zee that fruits
70 distinct from vegetables. have the
least amount Of earth salts. We
also notice that they are to Z great
extent free from the oxidized albu.
and fibrinous sub
stances; and many Of them coatain
acids citric, tartaric, malic, etc.
which when taken into the system
.ct directly upon the blood By in
,reasing it, solubility, By thinning
4; the process Of circulation 10
more essily carried on and the blood
lows moro easily in the capillariss
become lessened 10 calibsr
% ago advsnces-&han il would I'll
# ! thicker nature. Those acids
over the temperature Of the body
md thus prevent tho Wasting pro-
;ess AZ oxidation or combustion in
hs system. Rice 10 easily digested
md "A excellent food, except that
{ abounds in earth salts. Fruits
lrs not only digssted in tho first
but thsy have = large part
i their nourishmsnt alresdy in sl
condition 70 b absorbed and as-l
imilatsd q soon . .eatep. Thel
God elements ID bread and cereals
lave TO undergo : process Of digee-