The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-26

analysis: yet, for popular practlcaI
purposes, it is only necessary for the
| laity to study these four "nutriments
in order to obtain a dietary sutflclent'
ly balanced to meet all actual require
ments of the body. They may be con-
yenfently c1assed as follows:
1. Organic Fluid-Un analysis call
ed "water"D really vegetable blood;
blood and secretions making materl-
al. The largest percentage OF all
foods
2 Proteid-Solid tissuemaking ma
terial, such as muscle, all internal or
gans; in fact, every tissue OF the
body.
3. Carbohydrates and energy
making material Butter has the larg-
est per centage of carbohydrate.
4. Organized Mineral Matter-Bone
and brain-making material, affording
phosphates for brain food.
Besides these four prime factors,
there are several inert constituents
which have been denominated as neg
tive foods" and intestinal ballast.
because they have a similar function
to the ballast OF ship. Their main
and important function is to keep the
bowels Allied and at the same time
very much aid healthy digestion and
lating the muscular coats of bowels,
exciting 'parastalsis" or digestive and
evacuative movements. Hence it is
that. one eating concentrated delica-
cacies devoid of intestinal ballast
or these intert substances, such as
cellulose, fibre, eXtractive, and color
ing matter of vegetables, suffers from
indigestion and constipation. The
flesh eater, especially the human
beast (let us call them by the right
name), which devour's swine flesh,
and broth of abominable things is in
their vessels are not only cOnstipat-
ed and ''scrofulous," but are hoggish
in their behavior.
Then if one believing the Bible to
be an exact rule and guide to right
faith and conduct, and that the same
God of the Hebrews lives and rules
all phenomena as in that day; that
all physiologic, dietary, sanative and
psychic laws and principles are the
same divine ordinances today, as
then; we proceed to study fundament-
al food values in some principal food
stuffs. Commencing with the vege-
table class, a carrot turnip, cabbage
and a cucumber will be studied.
Note the very large per cent of
water" or organic fluid in these
foods, which are alkaline, and which
are in fact vegetable blood. Then re-
| member that human, indeed all animal
blood is alkaline, and that the same
| large proportion of fluids are found
| in the living body, there would be over
| 70 per cent of fluids, in other words
| over ~ per cent of that persons body
| would be fluids. The human body con-
| tains more water than the FISH that
| lives in water! The blood, secretions
and excretions are all alkaline with
| only two exceptions. the gastric juice
in the stomach and the urine, as man
| ufactured by healthy kidneys.
FearfuIIy and Wonderfully Made.
A little candid consideration of the
| Omnipotent and omniscient creative
| wisdom that SO perfectly balanced all
| these foods to the Wholesome require
! mentS and necessities of the human
body, long ages before man came on
the earthly stage of action, must per
force lead the honest, broad, self,
| thinking mind to eXclaim with the
prophet of old:
| Thou didst cover me in my moth
| er's womb. | will give thanks unto
Thee; for l am fearfully and wonder
fully made: Wonderful are Thy
works; and that my soul vital force
and physical life) knoweth right we'll.
Let us pray. Father God in that
| heaven so near unto us, even that
! kingdom within, if We but have it. Alb
solute and Eternal Father. we thank
| Thee with spiritual words that can
not be uttered, for these vital realms
these living bodies so wonderfully
created and so marvelously conserved
| by that lifs-soul which in thy divine
| beneyOlence Thou has breathed into
| the nostrils, and afterward endowed
with Thy holy spirit. Father, help us
| in Thy divine wisdom to keep wholly
| body and soul and spirit, blameless
unto the indwelling of that mighty
truth of Christ. We ask it in His
| name. Amen