Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-09-29
UNIVERSITY LETTER.
WHITE FLOUR VERSUS HEALTH.


BY W L. Kennon. Phi. d. Prof of Physics.
Oxford, Mss, Sept. %, 1876
Proper food in both kind and guam
tity is the first and foremost condi
ton OF health. Imperfect food is the
ultimate source of practically AL all
ments OF the flesh. Do you wish to
ENJOY the priceless and in many In
stances, unpurchasable blessing of
sound health? Do you wish to be
insured against the annoyance of
acnes and pains, the countless so
called intirmities of the body. the
ravages of disease and untimely
death? II so, give heed to the kind
ana quantity of the food you eat.
There is no safe way of guaranteeing
health which ignores this primary
conditlon. 1t is the purpose of this
letter and others to follow, to
indicate few of the gross errors in
the character of our usual food sup
ply and to suggest means of remedy
ing these errors. We will begin
with the mineral elements of food,
first, because these are unquestiona-
blv the most important items from
the point of view of health, and
secon, they are the items most fire.
quently ignored IN the dietary. IF
the system secures adequate min
eralizers it is, with most of US, more
matter of accident than fore
thought. We hear much about car
bohydrates (starches, sugars. ect. J
fats, and proteins, but extremely
little about calcium Qime) iron, pot
assium, phosphorus, magnesium,
sodium, SILICON fluorine, iodine, chic
rlne, etc, as food constituents. Car
-bohydrates, fats, and proteins when
used TO the exclusion of mineralizers
are acid forming substances. and
produce an acid condition in the
blood. An acid condition of the
blood predisposes the system to tub
erculosis, heart diseases, neurltis,
rheumatism, pellagra, beri-b eri. and
a host of others serious disorders
comprehended under the general
terms nervous prostration disorders
and nervous breakdown. The min
eralizers are base forming elements.
They neutralize the acid elements
and also supply the absolutely es-
sential mineral constituents to the
blood, nerve tissues, bones, teeth,
muscular tissue, etc. Nature
method of destroying tubercular
Affections is calcify the tubercular
areas, and to isolate them from unin
-fectd areas. If the system runs
short on calcium this is withdrawn
from the teeth. The demand for
mineralizers is especially great with
young children. Mineralizers must
be secured from food supply. Mans
chief source of food is the wheat
grain contains adequate calcium and
other mneralizers. But" man does
not eat wheat; he eats white flour.
White flour does not contain any
mineralizers. They have all been
removed in the elaborate process of
milling, screening, boiling. etc,
along with the bran which also
possesses highly important func-
tional values. White flour per Sc
has very little food value because of
the removal of its mineral content.
Alongside this really alarming fact
of denatured wheat, we may recall
the fact that 1000, 900 children
under ten died in country during the
past four years, and half the popula-
tion suffers from an acid condition |
of the blood. Manufacturing pro
cesses have deprived the God-given
staff OF life of noble title. The diff
icult question of procuring whole
wheat flour can be solved by each
farmer Mississippi growing and
grinding his own wheat. There are
economic, as well as health giving
reasons for this. That it can be
done is proven by the fact that the
writer knows wise men who have
done this. THE stone which the
builder rejected, the same is become
head of the corner" Luke 2O17.