Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-19
WELL SUSTAINED
HOW AND WHAT TO EAT.

DR.. ]. c. Corners, of Boston, who is
now in Atlanta, says that the secret OIL
health lies in the right proportoning OF
ones food He does not exclude any
food, and looks on vegetarianism, fruita-
rianism, and other dietetic schools are
mere fads. He even says that he eats d
bit of fat pork meat in the winter and
finds that it does a work no other 1000
could do. He says: Everything eatable
has value of some sort, and if the pro-
portioning be right, health will be the
result" He says that in sickness there
are. of course, foods that must be eX-
cluded, but speaking for the normal man,
he SAYS there is no reason why he should
not eat everything provided he combine
his food in a proper fashion. He believes
in a study of foods by every person Tor
the purpose of learning something OF
what this ideal combination would be.
He believes that such a study should be
part of the curriculum of all high schools
and should be looked on as of the high
est Importance.
He says: eff everyone would devote
few minutes a day, not to study. but
to an interesting reading of some simple
book on foodstuffs, the amount OF dis
ease would be almost cut in half. Eating
causes nearly all sickness, and people
eat as they do, because they do not real
ize how they are violating every law OF
health. My advice is this: get some I'M
pretentious book on dietetics. Read IT
Take what's in it to heart, and then give
some thought to what you eat. Remem-
her that every bit of food you put into
your mouth is going to have an effect on
your mental your physical, and your
moral being Then / think you Will eat
more rationaly and be healthier"
But he doesn't say that food is eaten
that shouldn't be eaten-merely that food
is eaten in a proportion that is wrong.
There are foods, he says, that physical
worker should eat, foods that mental
worker should eat, and foods that a per-
son of poor health should eat He says:
"A man who lives a sedentary life eats
the sort Of food that is fit for a farm Ia
borer and expects to be healthy. He has
no need for all the muscle and tissue
building material he has taken into his
system, and the result is that his body
becomes clogged and he ends a dyspeptic.
Eat according to your needs and in pro-
portion to your needs Don't exclude meat
from your diet. but, if you are an office
worker don't eat meat in such quantity
as you would were you employed at a
work that required much daily exer-
else"
1t is his contention that practically any
disease can be cured by the right pro-
portion of food. Even catarrh,' he says,
yields to treatment through the right
proportioning of food. Such foods. for in
stance, as eggs, make the blood thick and
ropy. Eliminate them, regulate your diet,
and the catarrhal affection can be thrown
off, Rheumatism can no more be cured
by drugs than a broken leg by Christian
Science. Right proportioning of food is
the only real remedy" He believes that
consumption can be helped by proper Sc
lection of food, and that most of the less
serious diseases can be cured.
Morality, in his opinion, is directly de-
pendent on the food that is eaten. If food
were properly selected, he believes that
the moral tone of the people generally
could be materially raised. He says that
the condiments and sauces, and highly
seasoned dishes that are served in all
families cause much evil to be done. He
says: Every woman should know some
| thing of the food she is preparing and
putting before her family, for, through it.
she is extering a higher moral influence
| than half a dozen ministers"