Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-04-02
SCIENCE OF FOODS.
Eugene Christians Plan For
ProIonging Human Life.
BASED ON SIMPLE PRINCIPLES
Value of Balanced Diet Explained by
tho Founder of "Food soienoe"-How
to Derive the Most Nourishment
From What We Eat.
By FREDERICK r. Toor1Bs.

By FREDERICK R. TOonBs.
Food science is subject that IL
just now attracting great deal of at.
tention in many sections of the United
States. Its founder, Eugene Christian
Of New York city, the well known lee
turer on diet and health culture and
author of Perfect Health" and ''Un.
cooked Foods" has at the same time
been widely talked of as a man who is
doing work of tremendous value to-
ward clearing up many of the perplex-
ing dietary problems that confront the
public.
Food science paves the way for
and will undoubtedly lead to a COM
plete revolution In the manner of liv-
ing of countless numbers of people.
According to eminent authorities, IL
should have appreciable effect in pro.
longing human life and in a large
measure emancipating people from the
use of drugs In the attempted correc.
ton of ills resulting from digestive
troubles.
The principles on which food science
Is based are so simple that when they
are understood it naturally occurs to q
person to wonder why it is that at
this late period they are first reduced
to an actual science and publicly pro
mulgated.
When asked recently how he accom-
plished his results Mr.. Christian said
to the writer:
Naturally my work relates exclusively
to the stomach and other organs that as
sist in the process Of digestion and assim-
ilation. The disorders of these organs
are caused by errors in eating or drink
ing
l study each Individual case minutely
taking into consideration the age of the
person, temperature, environment, occu-
patton. etc, and then ascertain the spe-
cific chemical elements his body requires
and in what quantities or proportions.
AS the body is composed of fifteen spe-
ciflc chemical elements, all Of which are
well known to the food chemist we
should take each day such combinations
and selections of food as will reproduce
these chemical elements in their right
proportions. For instance a man doing
ordinary work would need two ounces OF
protoid matter each twenty-four hours
If he should take four ounces habitually
he would ultimately have trouble or II
he would only take one ounce he would
suffer sooner or later.
The body contains the fifteen different
elements arranged all the way from one
half of per cent up to so per cent of the
whole. The best fed man is the one that
can come nearer giving the body all OF
these chemical elements in the right pro-
portions. The man who gets too fat has
fed himself upon an unbalanced diet
too much carbohydrates and albuminoids
The man who is too thin is lacking in
these elements and is taking too much
protoids, nitrogen, etc. In other words
both men feed upon an unbalanced diet.
Mr.. Christian has spent almost life
time studying the effect on the human
system of practically all foods. At
his laboratory in East Forty-frst
street, New York city. he has the serv-
ices Of chemist formerly employed
under DR.. Wiley in the United States
governments experimental chemistry
department in Washington, and some
of the discoveries resulting from in
vestigations directed by Mr. Christian
have done much to illuminate the
mooted question of how to derive the
One of the fundamental principles OF
food science is that chemical har-
mony" should result from the foods
we eat Chemical harmony in this
sense means that the foods, when taken
into the system, digest and assimilate
harmoniously. There is no conflict be-
tween acids and the natural fluids of
the digestive organs. No gases or 9th
er unnatural poisons result
SO striking have been some of the
beneficial results to persons following
the tenets of food science that they
have dispensed with the services OF
the family physician to Il considerable
extent. AS result the physicians in
various parts of the United States arose
against Mr.. Christian and called him a
'fakir." The New York County Med
ical society went further and had him
indicted on the charge that he was
practicing medicine without license
Mr.. Christian was arrested, tried, and
the lower court found him guilty. He
appealed to the appellate division OF
the New York supreme court, and re-
Gently the court handed down unani-
nous decision reversing the decision
Of the lower court. The supreme
court justices said in part, GAS upon
the whole case we find that no crime
was committed and that the defendant
was improperly convicted, the judg-
ment appealed from should be re-
versed."
In a recent editorial, commenting on
the decision in Mr.. Christians favor,
DIR. W. r. c. Latson, the editor of
Health Culture, spoke in part as follows:
This decision of course quite ex-
onerates Mr.. Christian, who deserves
not only the congratulations of all fair
minded men, but credit for his plucky
fight against the powers that be-
Each man has the right to select his
own medical adviser as he has the
right to select his own grocer or car
penter. Only the patient should not
be deceived as to the status of his ad-