Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-13

CHAPTER 81
The difference between "diseStiDii-
ity' is used a. an argument to irlShtcii
the public away from the most NAT,
uTal, essential and agreeable OF 1000
reforms.
As to the bran sifted out of the
wheat meal in the preparation OF me-
white flour some millers say that the
silicon which the bran contains is
practically ground glass" They cau-
ton humanity. therefore, against any
attempt to eat ground glass, baslnS
their warning upon the idea that when
bran enters the body as a food II
must necessarily be eliminated in a
sand papery condition that scours ana
scratches it's victim unto death.
1t would be quite as logical for them
to declare that because whole wheat
contains iron in an easily assimila ble
form. therefore, such iron should be
removed i'm order to protect the body
from an attack of tacks and nails.
They could say with equal grace
that because whole wheat contains
calcium i'm an assimilable form the
calcium should be removed lest IN
some whitewashing or plastering fash
ion it should stiffen up the walls OF
the intestines with a fortitication OF
cement
Applying their philosophy, they
might well declare that because whole
wheat contains magnesium the mag
nesium should be removed for feai
the whole wheat-eater might clog ur
his digestive apparatus with an accu-
mutation of fooeease or face powder
They could say that because whole
wheat contains PHOSPHORUS in many
complex forms, such as the nucleo-
proteins the lecithins and the simpler
phosphates. such PHOSPHORUS com
pounds should be removed in order
that the stomach might not be con-
verted into a match factory.
They could conveniently add to their
arguments against whole wheat that
because it contains fluorides such
tluorides should he removed so that
the liver might not be etched like a
frosted windowpane or destroyed by
an attack of rough on rats
There are many prejudices to over
come before whole wheat bread, whole
wheat cakes. whole wheat biscuits
whole wheat muffins, whole wheat
waffles and other whole wheat bread
stuffs. with all their wealth of vitality
can be restored to the people. The
ground glass" idea will probably
meet with the sympathy of many
doomed souls who love their siclllN
loaf.
Some of the millers so further thar
attempt to defend white flour. They
actually declare that the bran ot
wheat is a powerful irritant and
therefore, people not in normal health
cannot use it without injury.
They say that whereas bran in whole
wheat might be advantageous i'm sbe
cial cases-an admission suggested 10y
the recent appearance on the marke
of numerous brands of bran-it is ar
undesirable element in bread because
it is ''indigestible"
Paper is 'indigestible." so is nut
meg, cinnamon, ginger. mustard
mace. allspice, cloves. The fiber O.
orange, pineapple, celery, string beans
asparagus. canteloupe. is "indigest
tble.' The seeds of strawberries. rasp
berries, figs, grapes are "indigestible,
Just as the bran of wheat is 'indigest
ible' and for the same reason, if the
word ''indigesuble" is assumed tC
mean that in their journey through
the body none of these substances i,
taken up by the body and transformed
into tissue.
None of such substances is actual,
| indigestible. In its course through
| the body the bran surrenders its solu
/ bic eNtractives which are taken up by
the tissues and the residue which re
mains behind is a water absorber A.
such 1t performs a most important ant
necessary function in the intestines-
/ junction which will be fully de
/ scribed later on.
! Every time we eat a roasted o.