The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-08-28

tissue and water. The water, OF course,
being laden with the poisonous prod
ucts that are always In process Of
elimination from the animal body, Is a
source Of heat or stimulation that fur.
nishcs no energy
l Aside from the local fever produced
by the uric acid which is residual In
meat II takes considerable energy and
body heat to cast out and dispose Of
this 40 per cent OF waste matter This
heat must be made and this energy ex-
pended in addition to or in excess OF
that required In the daily work
One Cause Of Sunstroke.
All grain products. bread pastries
macaroni breakfast foods etc, belong
TO the starch family, and these consti.
tute the principal diet OF large ma
jority ~ people both winter aud sum
mer These are all heat producing
foods, and II the body does not need
them the surplus which cannot he used
undcrEOcs decomposition. which pro
duces what we call administration.
Thus the circulation Is quickcncd
the heart is worked overtime. the blood
becomes superheated in the effort Of
nature to rid the body Of these poisons
This Is disease. On the other hand. IL
digestion aud assimilation are good and
the body stores them up In the form Of
fat, this becomes one Of the primary
causes az sunstrokes and heat pros
trations
This group Of foods need not be dis.
continued or eliminated from the diet
entirely, but the quantity should be
limited to the amount the body actu.
ally needs This is the true science OF
feeding which all should understand.
The mild soda fountain drink. cold
fruit Juices and ices are all good. but
sweet drinks should be avoided during
hot weather
The Value OF Pure Water.
or all drinks plain cold water is the
best II an abundance Of cool water
was drunk and reasonable amount
OF activity taken the body could be
given real spring housecleaning and
the hot day. instead OF being n menace
TO life. could be made a thing 10 be de.
sired Instead Of resting in the shade.
lolling upon n seacoast veranda and
doing everything to avoid the heat.
people should learn how To utilize heat
40 as TO increase elimination OF body
poison and thus promote health
They should learn how to select their
food and drink, first. so MS 10 give
the body normal heat and energy IN
der the varying conditions OF atmos-
phcric temperature; second how 10
combine their food at each meal so II
would Ice chemically harmonious and.
third how Ia proportion IL so that they
would not be overfed on some elements
Of nutrition while undcrfed on others.
BY n knowledge and observance OF
these facts the hot day would he wei.
come, II would be made n good day; II
would not Toe feared In fact. summer
Is the time when we should be at our
best We can get ont into the open
air. we can divest ourselves OF surplus
clothing. and we can become revitalizcd
from the sunshine aud fresh ozone
At this season OF the year nature
supplies us with every article OF food
we need fresh and in its most delicious
form with which To rebuild and re
vitalize the body That we do not en-.
Joy these things and profit by the ad.
vantagcs Of summer Is because we do
not know how to utilize natures forces
and opportunities
~ L.
Pure water is the most important
factor In the digestion and assimilation
OF food aud elimination OF waste In
somuch rs the body is nearly two
thirds water. II follows that the diet
should he composed of about "a per
cent moisture The old theory OF die
titinns that no water should Toe taken
with meals was based upon the by.
pothcSis that water So diluted the gas
triC juice that II would not digest the
food. Actual practice has proved this
thesis To be untrue Water is the
great universal solvent. and the hydro
chloric acid Of the stomach is only a
helper, as II were. In the dissolution or
the preparation Of food for digestion.
II meal consists Of watery food.
such as fresh vegetables. salads. etc.
then the drinking OF water Is unneces
sary, but where the meal is composed
OF solids then water should be taken 10
make up 66 per cent OF the total
II more water is drunk than is nee.
essary for this purpose the excess will
pass OF and the stomach will only re-
tain the necessary amount. but II the
quantity OF moisture is insufficient the
stomach calls TO its aid an excess OF
hydroch oric acid, the strength OF
which has tendency to crystalline
the starch atom especially cereal
starch. thereby causing the blood crys-
tails. which IL one OF the primary causes
Of rheumatism. govt. lumbago. arterio-
sclerosis hardening Of the arteriesl
and all disorders caused by congestion
throughout the capillary and arterial
system
Nothing Like Water IL It's Pure.
The most common disorder among
civilized people is hydrochloric acid
fermentation Copious water drinking
with meals is the logical remedy for
this disorder