The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-21

taining nearly forty times as much of
this useful element as some cereal
foods. No farmer would think of feed
Ing his horses or cattle ON grain alone.
Cereals of all sorts contain n consider
able excess of acid forming elements.
Grass and berbage of all sorts, as wei
as fresh vegetables. contain an alb
undance of alkaline salts. and hence
are "A necessary part of the diet of ami
mails Human beings as Bungc has
clearly shown. require such vegetables
for the same reason and the potato is
the most valuable of all known foods
as source of these essential clc-
ments. This is perhaps the reason
why the potato is an almost invariable
accompaniment OF meat dishes. Meat
contains an enormous excess of acid
forming substances, which are to some
extent neutraiized and antidoted 10y
the basic salts of the potato.
Graham bread with butter, OF beans
with butter, however, are much bet
ter combination with potato than
meat. for the reason that both meat
and potato are lacking in lime The
body requires about thirteen grains of
lime a day. Meat contains but half
a grain OF lime TO the pound. The po-
tato contains only grain and a half
to the pound. Wheat flakes and other
whole wheat preparations contain
four grains of lime to the pound. and
peas aud beans contain eight grains
of limo To the pound Cows milk CON
tains fourteen grains of lime to the
pint. The American people are losing
their teeth. and bone diseases are in
crCaSng, as "A result of this deficiency
ur lime, Professor sherman of Column
bia University declares that half tn.
people of the United States are suffer
ing from lime starvation This Is in
part because of the meat diet and cree
use of cane sugar. Less meat, Il lare
cr proportion of potatoes. combined
with wheat preparations ana Other
cereals. beans, peas, and cows milk
would help TO check this dcgenerativc
tendency.
The Potato as a Food Remedy.
The potato is of immense service as
a food remedy in the treatment Of a
large number Of Diseases II is Is
pecially valuable in cases of chronic
intestinal Naturalization or bilious
ness" II affords bulk for the mites.
tines TO act upon, and SO antagouizes
constipation. The large proportion OF
starch ana other carbohy dratcs en-
CulraGes the growth of friendly bac-
terra i'm the inteStincS. thus preventing
putrefaCtion. For the same reason
the free use of potatoes combats rhcu-
matism and govt, which are results
OF chronic Intestinal poisoning
The potato is valuable i'm the treat.
mont of ancmia. because it combats
the growth in the intestine of In,
germs which produce blood destroy ing
poisons. The death rate from diabet-
as. according TO the mortality statis-
lies of the United States census bureau
has increased nearly 80 per cent in ten
wears. The frcer use of potatoes as an
article of diet and the lcssencd CON
sumption of meat would perhaps do
more than any other thing TO suppress
the alarming increase Of this fatal
malady.
ADVERTISEMENTS. or hardening oi
the arteries a disease which causes
apoplcNy and is associated with
Brights disease and various forms
Of heart disease being the Cause of
premature old age is often directly the
result of chronic poisoning, The course
of which is the putrefaction of undl-
gestcd remnants of animal substances
which have been eaten. which under
SO decay with the absorption of pois
onous products. The free use of the
potato as an article of diet i'm place
of the excessive consumption OF mca,
and fish, practice widely prevalent,
would nquestionably check The al
arming rapid development OF this dis
case, which. according to the United
States mortality reports has Increased
four hundred per cent in the last ten
years.