New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-01-08
FOOD.

now MS 1GOt SLOUIU DC cOlIol!Ict
in quantity or element or how /
should be varied to give him th'
best return. He just stumble.
along in the dark. eating anC
drinking according to the custom
Of his countrymen, blindly fol
lowing his appetite, which is Oft
Ell an unsafe guide because i'm
properly trained.
During the active growing per
iOd Of a healthy childhood and
young adult years, and in older
people who follow an energetic
physical and mental life Of work
and play, good constitution
somehow survives the rough
abuse to which the ordinary III
diyidual subjects it in feeding.
Middle life is safely reached and
passed. Old age comes shutting
on with more deliberate step and
siIvered crown. "And when
those robbers, Time and Death,
athwart the path, cOnspiring,
stand" their prospective victim
lisa watch run down. a bullet spent
blossom born to bloom and drop
its petals in decay. Men say,
"He filled full his allotted time
and died at a ripe old age" This
is the result which the average
man would like to have for him
self.
But what Of the people handi-
capped from birth by faulty di-
gestive and eliminating ORGANS
How about those who inherit fine
appetites, but are cursed with Oc-
equations which steal their chan
ces for normal exercise? How
about a dozen other kinds of
folks, who. to live out their three
score and ten, must have a bet
ter system in dining?
What is balanced ratiOn?' J
There are no hard and fast lines
for debating a uniform diet for
all people. "What is one man s
food is another man s poison is
true in fact as well as in cpigram
AS to how many heat units or
q" calcries' there are in a piece Of
apple pie that is another story.
Food is merely so much fuel to be
burned by the body for heat and
Protein. so called, is the essence
of meats, fish, eggs and milk prod
ucts. 1t is also found in vege-
tables. 1t is the characteristic
solid stuff Of muc!es. 1t is, there
fore, an essential element of food.
In addition, fats, sugars, starches
anr certain salts are needed in the
and repair of the body.
Livin" tissue is constantly being
broken down and replaced by
food elements. Protein, for in
stance, during complete digestion
is separated into seventeen differ
pnt fragments Of chemical com
These are absorbed
into the blood to form liver pro-
tein, muscle protein, brain pro-
tein and the like in all the hun
grey tissues.
Some vegetables are peculiarly
'ich in protein. Upon this fact
tests the saying that the rail
loads Of the country have been
quilt upon beans" The danger
n America is not from scanty eat
ng of protein, but eating of meats
S too often oveddone by those
Who habitually take too little ex- I
.rcise. II
When we speak of sugars and
tarches together we learnedly sayl
carbohydrates ane and grape
ugar. and starches contained in {
uch things as corn, pottoes. rice, {
nae arOni and wheat products are
i'll cheap forms of fuel. They
ontain some protein.
Sugars and starches are both ;
Onverted into sugar used directly !
" the tissues or stored in the liv- {
r as glycogen. The liver is a
'reat reserve storehouse for these
aluable products. to be called !
Ipon as the body needs them. It, I
) like the camel's hump, which
upplies that animal with re-
erve Of fat for heat and energy. '
When not Immediately used or
tored in the liver. starches and
ngars go to make fat tissue. 6
When carbohydrates are finally !
urned in the body. little waste or !
shes is left. Protein. on the con-
rary. while rich in enerov con-
aims much waste which must be 7
by the kidneys and 9TH |
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