The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1908-02-11

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analysis OF bread the Importance Of
the mineral elemente of food, the ABB
sence OF any one OF which alone may
cause serious Illness. The majority
Of authorities on the chemistry of nu.
triton agree that mineral food can be
conveyed to the cells only by passing
from the soil into the plant or the
animal and thence TO the blood cells.
from the food. Now, just as heat de
composes matter in the laboratory, fire
decomposes the food In the boiler or
oven, precipitating, in many cases, the
mineral elements, which are thrown
away in the water, or being unas.
similable, partly or entirely, are
wholly or largely excreted. An un-
cooked egg, for example, viii not tar
nish a silver spoon, but the sulphur
set free by boiling will form a new
compound with the silver. The diff
ferent odors of cooked foods are, in
some cases, due to chemical changes,
just as we produce them in the lab
oratofy.
In some cases the chemical and me-
chanical changes produced by fir.
ing make some elements of the food,
aside from the albumen, already dealt
with, very indigestible. Raw cabbage,
for instance, is digestible in an hour,
and is very nutritious, but boiled cab.
bage is extremely indigestible and
worthless, except as a relish. Roasted
beans produce sulphuretted hydrogen
in the intestine. Poisonous compounds
may be formed when several foods are
| mixed.
As the roasting of albumAn in meat
or peanuts causes an odor and flavor
enticing to the abnormal appetite, SO
many odors driven of from foods by
heat entice an unnatural appetite, lead
| ing to overeating and unnatural eat
ing.
Vegetable cells have life, which fire
destroys, changing the vital quality OF
the food. Life is sustained only by
life.
The injurious effect of soft-boiled
foods on mastication has already beer
! spoken Of
The cooking of food is, If It be IN
necessary, a serious economic error
1t entails vast waste of energy ant
time on the part of the housewife anC
makes the maintenance of household
far greater burden on the part of the
| provider.
AS ! have said In advising an i'm
| provement in the dietary, changes
should be made slowly and only aftel
| due deliberation, but change should
always be made II one is satisfied tha
change would be beneficial.
"Fireless cooking" is beneficial tt
the degree that 1t reduces the amoun
of heat used in preparing meal ant
"fireless cooker" ought to be as in
dispensable in every kitchen as is thu
sewing machine. 1t also saves time
and mental expenditure in watching tc
avoid excessive boiling.
If one is satisfied that a change
would be beneficial, the wise course is
not to remain in the old rut, but t.
make the change in the best way. WI
Ting Fang, the imperial Chinese am
bassador at Washington, evidentl.
| thinks SO-anQ uOeS SO. lie says:
] had known ten years ago the un
cooked food doctrine and the natura
life would not have one gray hair ol
my head. Joking aside, since l hav,
adopted this natural diet and life,
am not only cured of my former com
plants; but feel stronger, healthie
and younger in spirit. feel 20 year
younger and 1 attribute it all to m.
reformed diet, together with reason
able amount of physical exercise"
This great man, recognized as on
of the most brilliant statesmen of tn
day, the cleverest after-dinner speake
at Washington, most enterprisin
and progressive man, did not hesitat
to quit the Chinamans national bey
erage when he realized that it is, lik
coffee, injurious. His excellency eat
no meat and only two meals a day
emitting breakfast We think we ar
progressive, but we may be able t
take a lesson from the learned an
wise Chinaman.