Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-08-08
ON VEGETARIAN DIET.
FRENCH SAvANT URGES ABoLI
TON OF LUXURIOUS FOOD.
Man Who Was Tottering on Graves
Brink Restored to Primary Wig
or by Garden OF Eden Diet.

Paris letter: At the forthcoming
meeting OF La Rationale Association
Hygienique to be held in this city
there will presented a paper by
prominent member of the Acad-
envy OF Medicine dealing with
the rationale of diet This paper will
contain many valuable suggestions on
this important subject and will claim
that most of the sickness and troubles
which have become hereditary with
the human race are the rsult Of the inn
proper use of food The article viii
strongly favor the use of exhaustive
Investigations made as to the results
of it's adoption by certain members of
the society.
In an interview with which I was
favored by the author of the paper that
gentleman said yesterday: 81 shall be
able to back up the investigations and
views of Haig Garrod and other lead
ing observers in this line of thought,
whose observations go to show that the
proper solution of the problems involv-
ed lies along the lines of judicious
diet, which involves especially the re-
duction of animal food consumption
and more liberal use Of fruits and
vegetables.
1t has become almost an established
fact that there exists close relation
ship between equity conditions, tuber-
culosis, cancer, general organic dis
ease and the liberal use CT animal
food.
The eating of fruit, particularly in
the morning is most excellent habit
10 form and should be inculcated up
on children as one of the essentials of
existence. 1t does away with constl-
patton, which is one of the most bane-
full evils of early childhood and favors
the prompt use of the gastric juices
generally. AT the same time the min
eral salts of the fruit largely effect the
elimination of uric acid from the blood.
The eating of all kinds of berries and
grapes particularly have lately been
shown by Weiss, whose Investigations
are based upon those of Woehler and
Linnaeus, to produce quinic acid, which
Is the great enemy Of equity influences.
In Russia a decoction made from the
root and leaves of the strawberry plant
has long been considered favorite do
nestle remedy for govt.
much nowadays, includes assimilation
or building, the force which the
animal organism possesses CT accumu-
lating from its food supplies a store
of potential energy which in the work
ing apparatus of the human system is
used to produce kinetic energy. show
ing itself mainly in the development of
muscular work and the production of
heat, finally resulting in the formation
and elimination of eXcretory products
which occur in the constituents of the
tissue, and are natural accompani-
ments Of this transformation of energy.
This scheme Of matabolism Is en-
trely necessary 70 the growth of the
child and later to perform and main
tain a healthful growth of the animal
mechanism.
1T should be understood that the
proper balancing of the bodily income
is the essential point of health and il
is not the question of how, much is
taken into the system as of how well
it is assimilated.
Long usage has enabled the inhabi-
tants of the Orient to maintain life on
what we should consider a meagre al
lowance of food, but living under prop
er hygienic conditions the Chinamau
and the Hindoo can sustain far more
vitality than can the European with
out needing any stimulants to enable
him to do it,
"Ihe proper effect of food is to re-
pair the waste OF the system. to adj
minister to the growth of the various
organs and maintain the balance of
nutritive conditions.
"The abnormal growth of appetite is
q peculiar question of study. We must
remember that while we may eat to live
il is not necessary for us simply to live
to eat. Among the various points
which have come into my scope of in
vestigation is one very peculiar and
pertinent feature In making enquiries
among the chefs connected with some
of our leading hotels I find that these
men, who are invariably healthy, con-
sumo very small quantities of food as
rule. One of these cooks. an ex-
ceedingly we'll nourished man, told me
that he is SO nauseated by the fumes OF
the meat he has to cook as to rarely
feel like using any of it himself. My
food. he says. consists of small piece
of toast taken iii the morning with
coffee and such fruit as may be gener-
ally in season, with little soup. He
is over 90 years OF age AID very well
uourished.
"A man whom | shall quote in my
paper was for years martyr TO dys-
pepsa and other troubles. This man
has passed beyond the stage even OF
vegetarianism and lives exclusively
upon nuts and fruits. He would now
under no circumstances touch par
ticle of cooked food. although at one
time he daily ate a full course dinner
-Four years ago this man was given
M by his physician His liver and
kidneys had reached such a stage tAat
his complexion changed to deep yell
low. Medicine seemed to have no effect
on him whatever and Ne was urged, II
he would save himself. TO adopt a vege-
tartan diet At this time he weighed
about 200 pounds and had no muscular
development to speak. of. He became
a vegetarian, living mainly upon pre-
pared cereals and milk Two years OF
this dieting improved his condition
greatly and he was atlC 20 resume his
occupation and take interest in the or