The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15
EATING COOKED FOOD
is KILLING us
Another Theory Is That Eye
Strain Is Responsible for
Most of Our Aches


1t is cold day when a cure is not
discovered; also a chilly day when
someone has not found to what all the
ills of life are to be attributed. 1t goes
without saying that when a specialist
finds out what is the matter with us
he appears to be perfectly certain that
everyone is suffering from the disease
which he has made his speciality.
Two books have been sent to this
office recently, each exploiting a diff
ferent cure for the many ills to which
flesh is heir, and each, of course.
dwelling upon the causes of physical
disturbances. One, written by man
and his wife who between them appar-
emily have but one idea, argues that
the trouble with us as a people is that
we eat cooked food. All stomach dis
turbances and resultant ills are be-
cause the food which we take into our
systems has been subjected to
process of heat, thereby destroying the
animal energy which it should impart
to U.S. Now this information VIII be
very welcome to many women, and IN
fact the diet which is suggested by
this book is such an easy one that
should the manner of living here COM
nlended find many followers the Sim
pie Life would become almost real
ity For there is no doubt that cook
ing and all its attendant complica-
lions is one of the drawbacks to the
proper enjoyment of life. But If one
can dine off a lettuce leaf and a rose
petal the thing is much simplified.
The writer's Of this book would have
us reform, not our morals, but our
diet. by their crumbs you shall
know them" They claim that it is a
misnomer to call uncooked food raw
and that it is perfectly done before
it is cooked, but once subjected to
that process it is undone. The Creator
provided man with natural food, which
we have perverted by cooking, thereby
rendering it unwholeSome and a short
ener of life. The book says a man
ought to live long after he is 100 years
of age, and he would If he had not
ruined his stomach with cooked food.
In order to make good their points
the writer's speak of a young man, by
name Mr.. Gilman Low of New York,
who eats uncooked food and who, they
say, lis in many respects perhaps the
most perfect specimen of manhood in
the world" Now it does not seem
right in Mr.. Low to remain in Gotham,
where only a portion of the people in
this country can see him, for perfect
specimens of manhood are rare. Mr..
Low ought to travel. The writer's also
urge in favor of the adjustment OF
cooking that it means the emancipa-
ton of women from household duties,
which are largely drudgery. Now this
is an argument that women can fol-
low, and it would not be surprising If
uncoolked food became a fad. One
might as we'll practice on ones hus-
band, and he ought to be willing to
sacrifice his love for juicy beefsteak
to the greater comfort and less care
of his wife.
The breakfast of these rarified ones
consist of one apple, a few nuts, some
dates, a banana and a glass of milk.
Luncheon is more hearty and consists
of pear or two, more nuts, vegetable
salad, unfired bread-whatever that is
--and four prunes. Why four is not
stated. Space will not permit a fur
Their going into this subject, and yet
allow me to mention the other book,
which attributes most of the ills we
are afflicted with to eye strain.
A Philadelphia doctor wrote upon
this subject some time ago, but did not
go quite as far as the writer of this
last book, who seems to believe that
almost everything can be cured by
putting on glasses and relieving the
strain upon the gray matter. third
OF which is concerned always with
the processes of vision. The habit of
drinking to excess he believes has
often been cured by putting on glasses,
for he says 1t is nervous disease,
and most disorders of the nerves re-
suit directly from too great strain
upon the eyes.
While this book is exceedingly in
teresting, and undoubtedly much of it
is true, still it fills one with alarm to
find out what complicated piece of
machinery is the eye and how many
aches and pains are attributable to it.
Here are a few little things we may
have as result of not taking care of
our eyes: Orthophoria, heterophoria,
esophoria, exophoria, hyperphoria,
cataphoria and cyclophoriai That's
all, and you may have several of them
at the same time. Almost any one of
them sounds bad enough to kill. and
If you peruse this volume you wonder
how you ever lived to grow up. MY
advice is to purchase some glasses.
just as a precautionary measure. and
not TO read the book