Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-04

Of ways, all the various edibles, and
il the truth could be known the HOO
diseases which-according to a German
tabulator-man is subject 60 to could
be traced to their inception clearly, 1t is
the writer's firm belief that this tre-
mendous and unnatural preparation of
food would be found to be very large,
If not the sole, factor.
/ The whole art of the chef is not to
/ prepare food from nutritional stand
point but with a sole regard to pander-
ing to taste and palatability, and in
| the majority of cases the taste is
perverted one. The fact that with our
artificial food mixtures. so universally
indulged in by civilized nations Ito say
nothing Of wholesale adulterants),
taken in conjunction with the great
amount of disease, sickness and de-
generacy that is everywhere observa-
! BILE, should at least be a strong in
centive for a very rigid and impartial
| inquiry and exhaustive experimental
series of tests to determine the CO.
relationship between these two states
or conditions. Certainly no more i'm
portant and necessary work is before
/ the world today, and regardless of any
or all special interests, the matter
ought to have immediate attention and
worldwide publicity. Admitting, as l
think we must, that, physically, the
much the same plane, and that the
brute creation is largely free Qf left to
their natural instincts) from the dis
eases that afflict man, forms another
strong contention for thorough investi-
cation as suggested. Many people re-
sent the idea of any similarity between
man and the inferior animals and con-
tent themselves by saying, "Oh, the
animals are different" but the asser-
ton is not capable of substantiation
upon any purely physical ground.
How can the thought be tolerated
for a moment that mans internal
mechanism is not as perfectly adapted
to life on this planet, under normal
conditions, as any other form of life in
whatever shape? If it were otherwise
then mans supremacy or superiority
would be an utter fallacy. In the
meantime, while these momentous is
sues are being decided, let us as far
as nossible conduct ourselves as close
ly to the dictates of common sense and
ascertained facts in this connection as
possible. Probably the greatest sin,
and one most fraught with direful re-
suits today as ever is gluttony-the
habit of eating too much and too many
foods of an antagonistic nature at each
and all meals 1t is doubtless this fac
! tor that causes such universal stomach
trouble, by the fermenting, rotting, de-
composing, undigested bolus of foods
that is constantly being ingested upon
the long-suffering stomach, leading
first to acute functional disorders, sue
ceeded by the chronic state of same,
and these paving the way for organic
disease of the graVeSt character. USu
ally the sufferer from these conditions
seeks relief from some remedial or cur
atiVe measure instead of instituting
some plain common sense reform in
l. l. II, IL,
the root of the mdtter-in fact, there
is no other safe way Any person who
will live habitually in the domain of
moderation, avoiding as far as possible
the usual diet of starchy, soft foods,
and instead substitute meat. perhaps
once a day, of the freshest and best
| kinds, good sound wheat bread, fruits,
cereals, eggs, butter milk and fresh
| vegetables mostly raw, masticate them
very thoroughly and combine them at
| each meal so as to avoid eating foods
! that during the process of digestion
! would be apt to disa gree or antagOniZe
| each other, would by so doing avoid
| many of the causes that lead to Vari-
Gus ailments of a serious character
There need be no self-denial practices
either, because if we fix upon that sys-
tenn of diet that is best, habit and GUS
| tom will also assuredly make it the
most pleasurable-this is 4 demonstrat-
ed fact However, foods alone cannot
bring either health or strength; exer-
else, fresh air and a liberal supply of
good water are also of paramount i'm
portance; in fact. air, being the sub
stance that we can least dispense with,
must of necessity be the most impor-
tant Water also view in the above
light, is more indispensable than food.
1t is known that a person can live
much longer without food than he can
deprived Of air or water respectively.
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