The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-17
HOME HEALTH CLUB
NATURAL D1ErErICs.
Ry DIT. David H ReeGer. Chicago.

NATURAL DIETETrCS.
Part 2-The statements referred to
in the previous article by Dr. Lind
laaar are. of course, contrary to popu-
lar notions and to the pseudo-scien-
tihc teachings of the schools. They
say: IF a person be weak, sickly,
ana emaciated, STUFF him with plenty of
rich, nourishing food" This is held
to be good and commoneense prac-
tees but what is the usual result? The
stuffed anemic grows still weaker
and thinner, and the injudiciouS stuff
ing of the consumptive serves only
to stuff him under the green grass
The very abundance of meat and eggs
which is supposed to build up the pa
tents poisons their system beyond the
possibility of recovery.
To be sure, starches, sugars, fats
and proteins meet certain demands and
MI very important functions in the
economy of the body, but on the other
hand, they produce in the processes
OF digestion large amounts of poison
GUS acids, alkaloids, gases and pto-
maines-
To these morbid by-products of d.
gestion are added the excretions of
faces of the cells. Furthermore the
cells and tissues of the body are con-
stant1y changing, building up and
breaking down, just like the body as
a whole. The broken-down tissue ma
terials also create large quantities or
morbid matter and poisons. Prac-
ticaIly all diseases arising in the hui
man organism are caused originally by
the accumulation of these morbid by
products of digestion and of the It's
sue changes.
Therefore, in order to insure normal
structure and functions, in other
words. 'good health these waste pro-
ducts must be neutralized and elinnin-
ated from the system as promptly and
completely as possible This, IN
turn, depends upon an abundant sup
ply in blood and tissues of the aka
line mineral elements, also called nu-
tritious salts or tissue salts. The
most important of these are iron, So
dunn, lime, magnesium, potassium,
and silicon.
These mineral elements are found
in all the important secretions of the
body. Upon them depends the rich
ness' of the blood and the solidity of
the heshy and bony structures They
are the building stones of the physical
organism.
The science of biochemistry deals
with the functions of these mineral
salts in the 1ife-activities of the as
cending kingdoms of Nature: the
mineral, the vegetable, the animal,
and the human Upon this science is
based rational soil feeding as well as
the biochemic treatment of diseases
by means of tissue salts, vftochemical,
homeopathic, and herb remedies. Upon
this strictly scientific foundation have
been elaborated the German systems
of Nature Cure and Natural Dietetics,
and in this country the Home Health
Club methods of natural living and Of
treating human ailments.
The medicinal values of the natural
foods and remedies depend upon their
richness in the positive mineral eIe-
ments. In a series of articles to ap-
pear in the columns of the Home
Health Club I shall endeavor to ex-
plain the principles of biochemistry,
of natural dietetics, and of rational
soiI-feeding in plain and simple Ian
guage so as to make the principles in
volved in these aIEtmportant sciences
of practical value in the kitchen, at
the sickbed, in the garden and on the
farm