Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-08-13
QUESTIONS or FOOD.

QUESTIONS OF FOOD.
Whatever supplies nourishment 10
organic bodies-anything that sus
tains. nourishes and augments me-
ANYTHING that will supply the maze
rial required to repair the waste ac-
companying the vital processes
food.
beginning with pins, needles ana
buttons. everything we as infants can
lay hands on that is not too large anu
in the emergency of having nothing
else available, even our own myers
and toes, are showed into our nouns
and a strenuous effort made TO swan
low them under the promptlngs OF an
instinct we know as appetite.
Appetite has its origin in booy
needs and inasmuch as the body Is
continuously consuming energy appe-
tite manifests two strong characters
tics. periodic recurrence and organic
necessity.
The average individual attributes
far too much importance to the ques-
tion of diet. Hence we have the
countless fads-vegetarianlsm' reu
meat. white meat, fruit and nut ole''
buttermilk drinking, no breakfast one
meal a day or six meals DAY
Experts divide foodstufts INTO 81"
groups: Water, carbohydrates, pro-
! teips. fats. refuse and ash The TWO
/ divisions of refuse" and "ash" are
nersistently and exasperatingly lg-
nored as having little if any meaning.
and are not considered Of any slgnlh-
canoe or Importance by most food ex~
merits" The refuse" division consists
of the bones of meat and hsh, sheiis'
of shellfsh. skin of potatoes apples'
pears and peaches, the bran OF wheat
ana of other cereals. Not only are
these two divisions ignored, but stupid
chemists and Psychologists are not
wanting who assert that I'VE are pro-
foundry ignorant as to the actual pro-
cesses of digestion, therefore we
should not give much consideration 10
mineral contents etc.
Acting on this authority, e az
legged experts" fsmphatfsaf sta tes
This "insoluble refuse is either un-
necessary or even injurious, forgetting
| that there is class of ''insolubie SUD
stance" demonstrating a properly OIL
matter well known to science and now
, generally and very profitably used IN
) the manufacturing industries under
the name catalysis.
| A catalyst is a thing which may lle
t in vessel seemingly inert and yet by
its mere presence dictate what snaif
: or shall not take place therein. a.
) small quantity of catalyst will bring
| about the Transformation of enormous
? " large quantities of substance Whlch
/ lie in its presence, and at the emu OF
: the reactions the catalyst VIII nave
2 the same physical and chemlcaf
q properties as it had in the beginning
D of the action A mere trace of for
g eien. ''insoluble" body may make an
e other insoluble body soluble. There is
4 newer a deeper knowledge that
e must be reckoned with, knowledge
making it very clear that there Is
e nothing insignificant in this universe
|. and that quantity alone does not gov
o ern the importance of anything In the
J. physical economy.
@ All the engines (digestives) are
T. catalyzers Pepsin, yeast, diastase
l. rennet, trypsin, ptyalin, zymase
amvlopepsin and undoubtedly others
l. we do not yet know exert a profound
O influence on living things about US
IS MANY of these ferments are found in
T. grains and in saliva and the other di
n qestiye Juices and in every cell of oui
v bodies. AS many as a dozen nave
n been found in the liver cell. Fermenti
n are of profound Importance and YET
a we calmly kill them with harmless
n conservatives and by 'mechanica
lie means in preparing the now populal
devitalized "blondined' foods.
Anemic. nervous, muscle twitchint
~ men and women are suffering from
1t starvation-and often starvation II
ID the midst of plenty solely because
al they do not know how to pick foo'
OF values.
s. A handful of fertile earth contain
II SIXTEEN or more elements and amonl
We these, for instance, will be phosphoru
in in the proportion of one in 1000; If /
ct is not there then starvation, povert
to and death are in that soil. Our blood
gastric juice, saliva, bile and othe
n vital fluids are composed of minera
Sc salts in solution drop Of the bloc
ID. contains many millions of corpusclei
IN red and white, and some fourtee
m chemical elements, all having del
be mite work to do. They are not Their
ed through accident and they can &c
to there only through the food we cor
lu- sumo Eliminate any one of these ell
ty ments and there will be trouble.
ed We dare not longer stand aloof frol
- ,ho nroprpsa made In science an