The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-09-19

difficult of all foods to digest and con-
vert into energy. Food should suit
age.
These cerea! products are composed
largely of starch. The principal purs
pose Of starch Is to make bone, card-
lage and teeth. When person Is
grown. middle aged or old he needs
but very little OF these foods, and yet
starch composes probably 80 per cent
of the human diet. Inability Of the
body, therefore, to cast out this great
excess Of unused matter is the cause
of a tremendous amount of disease.
such as stomach and Intestinal fer
mentation, intestinal gas. rheumatism,
Brights disease, sclerosis of the ar
teries and liver and consequent merry.
BUSINESS and insomnia. A book could
be written upon the EVIL effects OF
cereal starch and the subject would
not be exhausted
The overconsumptioneof acid fruits is
another fundamental error In nutrition.
II we We're living in the tropics, where
the pores OF the skin were constantly
open. the body could eliminate and vol
atllize q great deal OF acid. but In our
northern climate such articles as grape
fruit, lemons, lines. pineapple april
cots and all sour fruits should never
be taken except in exceedingly hot
weather, When taken Mt other times
the tendency Is TO ferment other foods.
crystalline the starch atom which
makes the blood crystal. which in its
turn mikes rheumatism, govt, lumbago,
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other mistake In our diet The Carlo.
hydrate starch and sugar. element Ia
nsomllnent IN .qear!g I'll Of cur. foods.
and when we add 10 this pure concen-
trated cane sugar In any quantity, espe-
cially In the hundreds of combinations
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gestlon and assimilation OF our food
and especially the elimination of waste
The failure OF the body 70 nt.i lize sweets.
md throw of tire exrpss'is II most pro.
life source OF disease.
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Oyereating Is one Of The gren1ngt err.
r0Ts OF civiIfzed people. There Is moth.
inE more conducive 10 this habit than
the average good dinner" composed
OF six 10 dozen courses We eat all
that We should OF probably some good.
plain food; then we change from one
thing to another, appealing to a differ.
emf set OF taste buds with each change,
until we have laden the stomach with
twice or perhaps three times as much
food as the body needs
n the stomach cannot dispose OF 1t
indigestion. fermentation and sour
stomach result This poisons every
ounce OF food that passes through the
intestinal tract II the stomach can
dispose OF II and II Is taken into the
cells we become superfat. laden with
adipose tissue that we do not need and
that possesses no item OF strength to
Its own support. II is as much n bur.
den as carrying so much brick on our.
shoulders day In and day out
The surplus fat accumuates around
the vital organs. limiting the capacity
OF the lungs TO purify the blood. 1t
also nccumulates around the heart,
making the action OF that much over
worked organ more and more difficult
This is why fat people have no endur.
ance and often fall down with vertigo
and dizziness.
Endurance is measured almost en-
tirely by the ability OF the lungs to oxi-
die and purify the blood
Wrong Drinking.
In addition to mans civilized er,
rors In eating. he has made nearly as
many mistakes In his drinking habits.
Pure water. designed by nature as the
great universal solvent, the helper, the
dIgester. Of foods. the maker of good
3~s4-e 1.sSS es1s.----.ss-
want to drink. Instead OF this purify
ing. life giving beverage. he takes whls-
bsttfa y---t0ftifni rttli GIN. tiegr,Ti
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grape juice and the hundreds OF soda
fountain connections. bubblfng. spar
killing vlchies. sharp tasting csrbonat'
cd waters. anything and everything !