The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-06

quite wet. The obvious remedy is to
eat them in a dry state, or else to eat
with them alternate mouthfuls of-let
US say-dry bread or a. cracker. A
cracker is admirable for this reason
that is simply compels us to eat slowly.
Some moisture is needed with our
food, and it may suit certain people
to drink in sips during their meals.
Others may prefer fruits or salads; but
the general rule for most people is TO
eat slowly, and not to drink with the
meals; for the drink, especially if it
be cold, may hinder the digestion. l
know of some cases, however, where
hot water drunk during the meal is of
the greatest assistance.
Having now considered how to eat
let us consider the more difficult prob
lem of what to eat.
Theory of Proteid.
Science" at present means the opin-
ions of leading authorities who have
made or who have read about certain
experiments. If you base your opinion
on certain other experiments you may
get a different result, which is said rot
to be science" Science" means the
opinion of an accepted authority, who
generally has to have the word pro
lessor" before his name-professors
certainly do profess a great deal-and
they like to put queer letters after their
names. l say nothing against these
scientists" except that remarkably
few live according to their theories, or
according to the most obvious infer
ences of their theories.
Concerning proteid, Prof. Sir Michael
Foster writes thus: "Proteid matter
we must have always. We might in
deed manage to live on proteid matter
alone, for it contains not only nitro
gen, but also carbon and hydrogen,
and out of it, with the help of a few
minerals, we might renew our whole
blood, and build up any and every part
of the body.
DR.. Robert Hutchinson says: PRO
teids alone are able to fulfill both the
functions of a food. A diet rich in pro-
ted seems to increase ones power of
resisting disease. 1t seems to be nee
essary for the muscles and blood"
Food has two functions. First of all.
it has TO provide fat and heat, as pa
per, wood and coal provide heat for a
fire. Secondly, it has to repair waste,
and to make and renew the cells of the
body. 1t is a great error to compare
food closely with fuel. Look at the
fireplace for a moment. 1t consists of
iron work as well as of coal. 1t Is not
like the human body. Let the fire in
the fireplace burn out and the iron re-
mains iron. Let the fuel in the body
burn out, and the body proceeds TO
live upon itself.
To the two functions of food men,
toned let us add third. to get rid OF
waste. This is. 1 believe, not to be
found in any scientific" book on the
functions of food. And yet il obviously
belongs to certain chemical salts" to
gather up the waste products and help
to remove them. The acids will be re-
moved by the alkalis. to some extent.
But we will leave the salts" for the
present and confine ourselves to pro-
ted.
What "PrOteid" Does.
Proteid, If 1t has its proper salts"
performs a double function as food; it
both provides fat and heat. and also
repairs waste and makes and renews
the cells of the body. Now fattening
and heating material such as oil and
starchy foods, can not perform this
second function. They cannot repair
waste and make and renew the cells of
the body. The most that they can do
is to save proteid. We hear that a
penny saved is penny gained; that is
well enough, and the fats, etc., may be
said to save pennies. The proteid pro-
vides the pennies which the fats may
help to save. But unless there were
proteid TO be saved there would be no
pennies to be saved. Therefore, pro-
teids are Indispensable.
How much proteid is Indispensable no
one can possibly tell. 1t is generally