The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-12
FOODS THAT SHORTEN LIFE.
London Water, Cabbage and Cheese
Dangerous Trio.
From the London Mail.

Dangerous TITO.
From the London Mail.
or the 100000 persons born in England
in year one-fourth die before their fifth
| birthday one-half reach the age OF fifty,
and barely a quarter live the natural span
OF three score and ten. Thus, three out
of four people, in the healthiest country
of the world. die before their time.
This is a very remarkable state of
things for the twentieth century. And it
10 more remarkable when we consider
that much of this extraordinary shorten
ing of life is due TO the food we eat.
Some time, no doubt, we will have a
real science of diet. When that day
comes life win probably be prolonged 10
$50 or 200 years, and centenarians viii
think nothing of playing polo, breaking
cycle record or performing on the tight
rope or in the prize ring.
There is absolutely no physiological
reason why people who escape disease
and accident should die at oil. Those who
gradually wear out and die of old age
succumb to a long course OF food which
was not exactly what their body required.
Comparison OF the human body with any
ma chine serves to prove this statement.
Both the body and a saw, for example,
can replace the PARTICLES removed from
the saw, and 80 time arrives when 1t
is completely worn out But in the body.
the moment a particle of brain. nerve.
or muscle Is worn out 1t is replaced by a
perfectly new particle. AS a rule, this
new particle is exactly similar to. and
quite as good as the old one. If this
were so in every case. then our bodies
would be immortal. But 1t is not 10 in
No In Aofa i've
brick replaces sound one In the human
edifices till. at length, so many defective
bricks are intercolated that the whole ed
ifice collapses.
But the bricks are made OF material
derived from the food we put into our
stomachs.
Hard water, for instance has In II
precisely those elements which most of all
bring about death from old age re a bot
tie be filled with London water, in few
days 1t will have become almost Opaque
from a dirty white coating over the in
side. The coating is composed of lime
salts-carbonate and sulphate OF calcium.
Now, what mostly causes death in old
people Is the deposit Of these very lime
salts in the walls OF their arteries and
veins. A healthy blood vessel Is very
! elastic and allows the blood to flow freely
through It. But In old age the vessels be-
come hard and unyielding. their bore is
| diminished and the blood stream Is les
sened. This results from the presence in
their walls Of lime, and the consequence
| is that neither brain nor muscles, nor
! liver nor lungs receive sufficient nourish-
ment, and life goes out like the light Of a
/ lamp without oil.
| The Qualification OF the arteries occurs
very slowly. for the blood has the power
/ OF absorbing the pure water only and re-
! iecIng the lime. But now and again II
| let's a small quantity in by accident. and
a gradual accumulation occurs In all the
| tissues of the body.
Any kind OF food that throws too much
work on the bodily organs must necessa-
rily shorten life.
Among meats and vegetables there are
many things which shorten peoples days
upon earth. Roast pork, for instance,
throws an enormous amount Of labor on
the stomach and pancreas. so do roast
duck, salmon, mackerel aud other things
The stomach gets It's extra energy from
| the brain, and II also draws on the blood
Tor digestive material. This oyerdraughl
I must be suppAed from food. Or otheTwiss
the rest 81 the body will have 70 go short
| But unless man IL very healthy he can
not asalmllate enough OF food 90 maxi
good the increased ioas. In most people
therefore, these indigestible foods newt
ably shorten llfe.
Many city people make their lunch On
some bread aud cheese and beer. Mos
81 them would undoubtedly live longer 1
they took more suitable food. Cheese !
hacked with nafHmeHi huf fhf aiEeftivl
organs have fueh hard work fxtfaffini
fhis nutnment that d is doubtful wheth
~ fllsfe IL net loss ~ the transaction
Cabbage ~the British vegetable - en-
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