Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-10-16
(Copyrisht. 1914. BY A. S. Cray)
THE COLOR OF FOODS


THE COLOR OF FOODS
The brilliant green chlorophyl oil
the vegetable kingdom is in some way
connected with the golden yelIows OF
the pumpkin and the carrot, the bril-
liant reds Of the cherry and the straw
berry, the blush Of the peach. the
apple and the pear. 1t has to do with
the bronzing OF the silken tassel Of the
corn and the golden hue of the wheat
in short, with the general riot OF
color running all through the vegetable
kingdom and touching berries. fruit
vegetable and cereal. which is GER
tain indication whereby nature gives
notice that the process is completed
and the product has reached maturity
and Is At and wholesome food for man
kind.
Most of US have had experience In
our younger days along the lines of
Johnny Jones and his sister Sue and
the peach Of emerald hue" and know
that until certain shades Of color have
been acquired indulgence in fruit IL
quite certain to be followed by rebel
lion and great distress In our internal
improvements located round And
about our equatorial region: q condi-
ton comprehensively covered by the
expressive. old time term. bellyache.
and for the relief of which there II
NO better. quicker nor safer remedy
than generous dose Of good old fash
toned castor oil.
This ripening process II due to the
absorption Of definite amount Of
solar energy and elemental matter
which II tied up in vastly complicated
molecules. and which, being torn apart
under the action Of our digestive or
gans. supplies ~ with food-the en-
ergy and material necessary to both
drive and repair our machines. There
10 . vast fund of information awaiting
development concerning the universal
formation and distribution Of The me-
lanins-the pigments-for the subject
Of color in the Anal analysis h but
part Of those fundamental physical
laws that govern the rise and. fall Of
nations. the origin Of wealth ana pow
erty and the general physical welfare
Of the species. We ignore Il 1t our
peril.
:. We are known throughout the world
- IN active people; uncomfortable
people are always active. Really. 1t n
the neurasthenic that sets the pace
but uncomfortable people ara - . rule
unhealthy people. A hungry baby 10
always restless and fretfuL Con-
versely b well nourished baby 10 well
behaved and good natured, and q 10
the same with youth or adult. In
neurastheaia, tuberculosis. probably
In insanity. and in the vast Increase
In the degenerative diseases Of liver,
heart. kidneys and arteries. We have
the results Of some form Of starvation
Of some part Of our complicated ma
chinery. We lack some element, Of
the universal energy to establish our
nutritive balance. and who with . full
understanding. 20 far - science has
penetrated. win say It may not be
light energy a. condensed In these
atomic forms conveyed to AZ In the
shape Of the color elements In our
food matter which We 20 systematical-
ly and persistently eliminate from our
diet BY the too exclusive choice Of
starchy food?
Wild creatures are practically ex-
empt from malady and die either from
accident or from mature old age. Az q
result Of his superior wisdom we
would expect man to be at least a. ex-
empt from disease as the wild ami
mails. Instead we have the spectacle
of q lapd filled with hospitals. sani.
taria aid asylums. all taxed to the
limit of capacity by the thousands
clamoring for admittance, seeking re-
lief from the results Of their own
ignorance of life principles.
Probably not until we come to look
on the profession OF the practise of
medicine and the manufacture OF food
material as closely allied vacations,
vacations that are not to be consid-
cred - private business. but rather
a. social obligations. win 1t be safe
for us to depend on "the other fell
low" for wholesome food supplies. At
the present time our safety lies In
consuming unprocessed foods.
Fresh meats. fresh or sun dried
fruits and vegetable matter. including
most Of the so-called waste. the skins
and woody fiber. furnish a diet more
in keeping with the demands of nature
than can possibly be had In the
scientifically prepared. predigested"
matter packed under labels guarantee
ing purity and freedom from germs"
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