The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-10

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tains q small percentage Of waste mat.
ter of the animals system. II has been
repeatedly shown that flesh foods may
communicate disease, despite the In
spection; and the human alimentary
canal is not as well adapted TO the
digestion Of flesh as is the organism
OF the carniyora. in which the stomach
and liver are relatively much larger
and the intestlnes much shorter than
in man. The well-known tests of en-
durance recently made at Yale uni
yersity proved that non-nesh eaters
had much greater sustaining power
In all the great walking contests in
Germany and America the winners
have been abstaners from flesh meat
The beet sources Of albumen. aside
from meat, are nuts, beans, eggs and
whole wheat or graham bread.
But the character of the albumen is
important Albumen coagulates at n
temperature Of 160 f., and is then
assimilated with difficulty. Il is for
this reason, partly, that the egg is
found to be more nutritious uncooked
than cooked. And II is for this reason,
chiefly, that. such apparently wonderful
results have been obtained from the
use Of raw cereal foods, despite the
indigestibillty of raw cereal starch.
UNDERSTANDING then, that the essen
tial element OF food is albumen, in its
natural state, the question arises:
What is its best and most economical
source? Considering economic con
ditions, which exclude the pecan, wal
nut, ana other expensive nuts. the
answer is: The peanut, which fur
nishes an abundant supply of easily
assimilabe albumen together with fat,
which vies in nutritive value with
olive oil. This, with a small amount
of graham bread, gives the ideal pro-
ted and fat ration. The state Of
Texas alone can furnish the staple
food Of our people. The rapidly i'm
creasing consumption of the peanut
with the corresponding rise In price
should induce the planting OF n still
larger crop the coming season. The
incoming crop is the largest ever pro-
duced in this country.
Certain minerals or earth salts are
necessary to all animal life. Milk and
the yolk OF egg contain lime, phos-
phorus, sulphur sodium, etc, and
these are also found in the outer shell
of wheat and other grains and in the
peanut, peas, beans, nuts, potatoes,
etc. The bean Is especially rich In
these mineral elements OF food, as Is
the peanut, which combines in a re
markable degree the food qualities OF
the nut and of the legumes. The finer
grades of white -four unfortunately
exclude most of this important ele
ment of food, but this will be fully con
sidered In a later article.
Not less than 80 per cent. OF the
solid part of our food should be thai
which supports combustion, maintain
ing heat and muscular energy. This
is taken as fat or oil. starch or sugar
A certain percentage Of fat is neces
sary for the best nutrition. II II b,
true, as many careful students OF die
believe, that nuts and fruits are th'
most natural food OF man, this per
centage of fat should be large. Anlma
fats, even milk fat when separated
, are assimilated with difficulty ant
. they. particularly lard. are open TO 9th
er objections. The consumption o
. olive oil has increased rapidly durlni
the past few years. II Is not general
ly known that peanut fat as In the I'm
E cooked nut or in peanut butter II
which fatty acid has not been dc
veloped by excessive dry roasting, I
! equal. II not superior, in nutritive qua
/ tiles to olive oil, being asslmilate
y with wonderful facility, as the e>
IRENE degree of its solubllity in waite
u would indicate.
There are serious objections I
cereal starch as the major element q
. food, which It now is in the dietary c
!, the American people. The potato, 81
peoially IL baked, is much to be pre-
!, ferred to fine white bread. Rice
y far superior to the ordinary cereals a
= a source OF carbon, as the example {
: the Japanese would indicate.
. Sugars are the most easily assimila
/, ed OF foods Including honey, an
= fruit sugar should be substituted Il
I a large part Of our cereal food, can
!. sugar being inferior And the bel
4 sources OF fruit sugar are the rip
, banana (almost unknown in this coul
\. try FIGS. dates and prunea.
y Fruits are better eaten separated
h from other foods. Nuts and met
II digest in the stomach, chiefly, requi
K, ing about three hours there; fruit
s, digest in about one hour, In the Il
e testlne chiefly. There is as much o
s. lection to mixing them as there is
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H. ment
s. Now without here considering fu
y Their the requirements OF an ideal die
Of does It not seem evident that we ha'
u already a knowledge of facts thu
I'd would enable us 20 make a wonderf
re gain In good feeling and efficiency !
d. improving the nutlitiye supply al
Is saving large part Of the vital enerl
r. daily wasted in dlgesting and elimino
al ing improper and unnecessary food
r. not for the average person who
pc slow to realize the benefit TO be o
tanned, at least for the athlete who &C
r. quickly demonstrate a gain IN eiiicie
I'd cy by right diet, for the invalid WI
in needs 10 conserve his vitality and +
III the aged whose stock is low (but wi
We has, alas, lost TO a great degree Il
power Of adaptation? Hundreds
yn invalids who have gradually chang