The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-29
Points Of Modern Hygiene
Is BREAD LEES STAFF.

teristics of "old age" and from this it fol-
lows that the less lime our diet contains
the longer do we live. Roughly speaking,
the analyses of food, in regard to long
evity, have the. following order: One
land best, fruit; two, fish; three. ami
NAL food; four. vegetables; five, and
worst, cerelas, including bread. Bread as
an article OF diet, after the age OF 20. most
certainly increases the age of man. His
socalled staff of life'' is often the indir-
ect cause of his premature declension-
The disposition of earthly matter Qime)
in the human body in England is largely
in excess of what takes place in this coun
try. We have few cases Of stone in the
bladder, but few cases of Justification of
Joints from govt or rheumatism; our peo-
pie are not troubled overmuch with limy
deposits in the valves of heart or coats OF
the arteries. If it is true that the people
Of England have much more OF this eartn-
lily deposition than the people OF the Uni
ted States, may it not be due TO beef, beer
ale, porter, and even water? Ii II Is true
that bread consumption causes deposit
Of earthly matter. Americans snouid De
troubled more than ten English, for the
Americans consume much more of 1t than
do the English, whereas the reverse Is
true. 1t is a pretty vulnerable assertion
to say that the deposit of earthly matter
Qime) is the cause of premature old age,
when there are no proofs that our people
are troubled with such deposits.
AS regards indigestion, followed by OBJ
but not on account of starch contained In
the bread. but on account of its improper
manufacture. The baneful influence of
bread is due to the yeast it contains, its
Undertone condition and the great amount
of water it contains. In the first place,
yeast is added which sets up fermenta-
ton (rotting). 1t is said that baking de-
stroys the yeast fungus. I doubt it. even
in thoroughly baked bread, for 1 believe
nothing short of incineration will kill the
yeast fungus Mos thread is not thorough
ly baked. Again, from 80 to 50 percentage
of the weight of bakers bread is water,
which permits molding. souring, or fer
menting to take place soon after baking,
in warm weather. 1t is fact that bread
made with yeast causes more fermenta-
ton and indigestion than any other one
article of food. Take loaf of the finest
nome made bread, made by some one
with community reputation for fine bak
ing. and it exhales a sour smell, as well
AS strong yeast odor. When such bread
Is taken into a delicate stomach. fermen-
tation follows with all its baneful infiu-
ences. If this is true of the best bread,
what can be said of common to poor
bread? (The' same is true of bakers
bread) No bread made with yeast is fit
to go into delicate stomach, and If
those with good digestion. care to retain
robust health. they should avoid such
bread. ~
Is it rational, when one takes time to
think about it, to deliberately add rot
| ting process to an article of diet? What
would be the result, what could be ex-
pected, if decaying vegetables, fruit, or
meat should be selected for food. instead
| of a fresh, sound article? Yet people
| who would not take a bite of decompo-
| sing meat, or vegetables, or fruit, will de-
liberately eat of bread which has been
Intentionally started on the road to decay.
Beer, ale, and porter, on account of con-
tanned fermenting matter, are said to pro-
| duce govt and rheumatism whereas the
strongest liquors are not disposed to do
so. i can agree with the author of the ar
ticle in question that bread is liable to
| produce heart disease, cancer, locomotor-
ataxia, rheumatism, govt asthma, para
| iysis, many forms of lunacy, and brain
disease; also many be added to this list
| many, many other diseases met with
daily-neither last nor least, catarrh and
consumption; but it is not due to earthly
| matter nor starch, but to yeast (rot, and
| half baking.
DIET OF DYSPEPTICS.
From an address by Max Einhorn. MD,
| before the New York Academy of Medi-
| cine: How shall we treat such dyspep-
tics? indictments are not of much value
! or play only a subordinate part The
| main factor lies in proper nourishment.
These patients, who have abstained from
| Of fouod for wears must now