The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-23
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edited by DR.. David H. Reeder,
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why do we eat and drfnk7 At -
end of the last article. Of this seri
we answered this question quite ri
ly Please read It again. We sha
now consider separately the varfoH
functions of food materials In G
economy of the body.
Food and drink furnish the niece
sary amount of water to the Orga
Water is usually not classified =
food. We speak about food aNI
drink. Yet water is more essent
to life than food. We can do Witho1
food for six weeks or more Witho
suffering great distress or incurr1 q
serious injury, providing, Of courf-
the mental attitude is fearless HL
we cannot go without water for moe
than a few days without bec0mif
-feverish and deIirfous and experisu
ing intense physical and mental Tor
ture. If absolutely no fluids wee
taken into the system, death Woud
follow in less than a week. Thre
fourths of the human body consist .lf
water. Yes, and so does your hise--
priced steak. Lean meat conta
from 70 to rs per cent ((and uncle
water at that contaminated By
the morbid excreta Of the amin
bodys4 while grains and pulses cor
tain only about ten per cent Of water.
and nuts only about five per cent, WIKI
all the rest Of their contents Eoc
solid nourishrnent in the form ga
starches, sugar fats and proteins. lf
you still entertain the superstitIo
belief in the high nourishing value *
meat, and if you are interested in tae
high cost of living, please Donder
those facts.
great solvent It diasoIves and hois
in solution the solid elements in t.
vegetables and in animal and huns
bodies Lately it has been discovee-
ed that even mineral crystals breatl.e
and have circulation Of water
fluids.
If we examine a bit OF flesh undef
q powerful xnfcroscopes we see that ~
is made up of innurnerab1e minuts
particles of protopIasms CDrgtiel-
in ceIIulose skins. These tiny orgar-
isms have been called cells. tn
term is rather Inappropriate becaue4
under "cell" we ordinarily under-
stand a hollow object. The cells may
or may not have one or more uucIel
darker colored spots which correspoud
to the brain and nervous system in
man.
In other writings have describe
these cells az follows: They are 20
minute that we have to rnaguffv
them from two hundred to six hun
yet they are Independent living be-
fngs which are born, grow, ab
foor and drink, throw Off waste ma
ter, propagate themselves, deeIina.
and die Just like the big, composlll-
cell man The health OF the boo q.
a whole depends upon the wen beIrlr
Of the individual cell and. therefor
In all our studies OF the problems Df
health. disease, and cure have to re-
vert to or, begin with the cell Thee
little cells are copyrighted in com
munities which form different orEans
and tissues of the body, and In theza
communities they carry on the com
p1icated activities OF citizens 1Iviue
in a large city Some are carrier.
bringing food materials to the Tissues
morbid matter to the ezcretorg chan
nels OF the body Other cells mann
facture chemical substances, such a.
sugar, fats fermentss etc, for the
production OF which man require
complicated factories StfI Other
act as policemen and soldiers Wlicn
protect the commo nwealth against
bacterin, parasites and other hostile
invaders.
Thus each one Of these little BE-
ings exists for certain purpose end
does its own particular useful Worr
in the cell communities Of the BODY
just as the human individual render1
to society a certain service for Whfen
he is best fitted, unless he is a use-
less criminal parasite, subsisting or
the labor of others without giving p
just equivalent In order to insuF.
the prosperity of the community ~
a whole, every cell must have prouer
food supply, drainage, and nerr.
connection with the sympathetic AID
the central nervous system. To -
tablish these is the aim and purpnae
of natural dietetics and Of nature
cure methods in general. The lie ~
the body Is made up of millions aad
billions of thes separate lives. There
are more of these tiny individual ba-
ings in every human body than there
are human beings now existing on
this earth.
On further examination throush q
microscope it Will be found that the
cell colonies are surrounded and In
tersected by rivers and rfvuIets o.
water fluid, in which the cells aps
pear to float These tiny rivers are
branches of the large blood and
lymph streams, some OF which col
Iect the elements of nutrition from
the lungs and the digestive organs
tenn, while other parts OF the circu-
Iatory system, the venous- branchez.
gather up the morbid excretfons OF
the cells and convey them TO the or
gans of elimination, the skin, intes-
tines, lungs, and mucous membrane.
Much water Is required to V9ash
the waste materials and morbid Br-
products Of metoIbolisn out Of ghe
system, and this has to be rsp1assa
by the drinking of water and By the
fluids contained in the so-eaEled sol
id food.
The foregoing explains the fmpor-
lance OF water in the vital economy.
and why It constitutes three-fourthr
Of the bulk of animal and human
bodies.
Club Notes
Dear Doctor:-In looking over IN
paper saw where lady By the
name Of Mrs. P. P. asked for q cure