The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-10-19

The mastication of our food is the
first and only intellectual act in the
process or digestion and is the only
one under the complete control O,
our will power, and hence we are
responsible for the proper perform.
ance of it. This process of mastica-
ton serves the purpose of not only
reducing the food to very fine parti-
cles, but it also mixes it more or less
completely, according to the degree
OF .mastication, with saliva and air
important factors in it's digestion.
One ton OF materials is used each
year in nourishing the adult body
three-fifths of this liquid and two
ffths solids. This would average
about five pounds per day. The prep
aration and conversion of this food
into suitable materials for the up-
keep of our bodies is done during
sleep. All the food and water that
is taken into our bodies above that
amount needed either for the growth
or repair Of it is an injury, and
equally true is it that whatever food
fails to receive the approval of the
guards of vision, smell and taste are
unsuited for our nourishment.
That the kind and quality of our
food, as well as the perfection of the
various digestive arts, determines
the character and condition of our
bodies is proved by the fact that if
we feed any animal with indigo. a
substance entirely foreign as we'll as
injurious, wo will find the bones
have been colored blue, thus proving
that abnormal substance may become
part Of the body. How suitable
the food substances are for the nour-
ishment of our bodies will depend
upon how intelligently the kingdom
of the household is ruled.
Mr.. Gladstone was one of the most
remarkable of men. His health and
intellectually were most wonderful
and were preserved in perfect CON
dition in his old age. This was due
largely to his perfect manner Of eat
ing and sleeping. He exemplified the
proper manner of chewing our food /:
his custom was to chew each morsel
of food Is times before swallowing
it, and he attributed his health OF
body and mind to this fact
One of our universities has proved
by careful scientific experiment that
food is increased in nutritive value
40 per cent by proper mastication
OF the five pounds Of food necessary
for our daily maintenance the pro-
portion Of the two kinds is of great
Importance; there should be three
pounds Of fluids, one pound of meats
or proteids and one pound of breads
or carbohydrates.
Whenever this proportion is not
great injury results.
Prof. Crittenden has established the
fact by his experiments that great
injury follows the use OF too large
Of proteids or meats. In
his experiments, contrasting a diet
with large proportion of meat with
one Of smaller proportion of mea.,
he found that the diet containing
lesser proportion of meat gave
greater energy and power of endur-
ance amounting to SO per cent; thus
establishing the fact of fatigue pro-
duced by food containing too large
a proportion Of meat.
This fact is of so much importance
that it cannot be overestimated. If
too large a meat diet does produce
a loss Of energy and power OF endur-
ance in the individual, it will do so
in the community or kingdom when
ever too much meat is eaten, and
will, therefore, determine the degree
Of the success in life OF the individ-
uals, the prosperity Of the commu.
nifty or the advancement OF the king
dom.
We must not think that after food
has been selected and cooked this
its perfect preparation.
Cleanliness from beginning to end
should be the inviolate law in the
kingdom of the household.
After the food has left the clean
kitchen, where dirt and flies should
be unknown, it should enter din
ing room that is absolutely free from
flies and dust; it should only be
touched by clean hands and chewed