The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-10-10
Why We Can't Live
Without Trophogen

DY means OF that invaluable little creature, the
x guinea pig. Professor Rutledge Rutherford.
Psychologist OF Chicago has finally unearthed and
identified a remarkable substance which he has named
"trophOgen" or "bitrophon, whict means ito produce
nourishment and lie. HIS experiments began Win
guinea pigs we're confirmed afterward upon mice,
chickens kittens and other animals and there Is not
the slightest doubt that his great discovery VIII
lead the rewriting Of all our knowledge upon
foods and nutrition.
Trophogen Is an aIl-sustaining nutriment that is
bsolutely essential to life. II is widely distributed
every known food. and without it-hat IS by irving
TO noursh yourself supposed foods that do not con-
tain itdeah quickly occurs II occurs In abuminous
socaled proein-foods, and is the basis OF oil animal
tissue
Professor Rutherford and his pupils have also dis
covered that starches and carbohydrates gen
orally have relatively little trophogen; and hence in
spite OF their heatproducng power, could long
survive them alone Furthermore. and startling
20 learn is the fact that oils and fats ntermxed With
animal matter have absolutely no trophogen they are
therefore OF no value as food II unaceompanied by
other things
Chemical personalities. even when harmless in
themselves according this revolutionary research,
destroy trophogen and arc thus the worst enemies OF
civilized man. Even some canning processes rob the
food Of this lfegiving principle and the staler food
grows. matter what s original contents, the less
Fresh foods ara always fun Of trophoEen and hence
decidedly the best for ell OF This also explains
Why savage nations that obtain their diet from nature
IN its fresh Wild hearty and full OF health.
Trophogen is manufactured BY herbs. vegetables plants
and the botanical kingdom generally u 10 retained and
stored UP by man and the other creatures. but the
animal world cannot make H. and Is therefore forever
dependent upon the vegetable world.
There Is new chemical and dietetic science grow
Ing up around Professor Rutherfords marvellous
triumph and u e. called "trophoogy" II II the
Of the sciences and explains the ORIGIN the nature
the and the results Of eating various foods Dr.
Harvey W Wiley and bis cohorts taught that sugars
and starches dangerous foods IN the Summer. IN
tropical countries and In hot weather. Yet few
using theE Trophology explains this BY showing
that these elements contain no trophogen
one Of the important sources that fastened Profess
Rutherfords discovery and bis conviction there
such underlying food principle trophOgen
strengthened by findings In rice which caused
the disease "bcri bcri" 70 shown that polished
rice and machine crushed wheat lacked essential
necessary sustain health u remained for Professor
Rutherford % point out that 70 trophogen Even
pigeons grow poorly and develop thin skulls n some
thing is lacking IN the foods they eat
TrophoEon is entirely different from fat a protein
a sugar a starch salt 10 more closely resembles
fat than any other food constituent 10 o. more
subtle food than yet known u required Eve years
Tor Professor Rutherford 20 hnaly bis hands a.
Now Dc e able 20 Isolate and Identify a. without trouble
and expects soon 20 develop simple way Of obtaining
Y without expense.