Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-07

cooked. ID rood laxative. while It.
agreeable acid serves - Q pleasant slim
uiant 70 the jadsd appetite In spring
time.
Lettuce b considered sure remedy
for nervousness and insomnia; while
celery, either raw or cooked, n held 10
be even better for both those ailments.
Asparagus 10 believed 10 be good for
the kidneys, while Charles Lamb even
extolled It for possessing soothing prop
critics, declaring that It sinspired gentle
thoughts"
Oucumbers arc rich 10 phosphorus
and potassium salts and to let them
figure largely IN the diet 10 said 10 have
identifying effect upon the complexion.
But carrots rank even higher With the
beauty specialists. No fruit or vegetable
10 held to be 20 potent - the carrot for
clearing q muddy complexion, particu-
larly when eaton raw.
The Watercress, - . salad green,
deserves to be more popular than II 10.
Containing considerable percentage OF
sulphur, It tends to purify the blood; the
sulphur In this vegetable form is much
moro readily assimllated BY the human
system than any decootion made up of
the mineral.
Dandelion greens, carrying high per.
centage OF iron. may servo ~ . spring
time tonic OF far more real value than
most OF the expensive preparations sold
In bottles, while the tender young leaves
served a. salad are even more healthful.
For one ''an run down." no vegetable
may be more highly recommended than
spinach. Not only does II stand at the
head In respect to percentage OF iron,
but It has most beneficial effect upon
both bowels aud kidneys. In Proverbs
spinach is referred to % "the broom OF
the stomach" and certainly nothing
that grows Is held to be more effective
In sweeping the system Of clogging accu.
mutations that make for auto-intoxi.
cation and Its long train OF Ills.
The onion, too often thrown into the
discard of vulgar viands by the ultra
fine, holds . high place In therapeutic
digestive juices, exerting laxative effect
upon the bowels, and serving In general
way to cleanse and purify the whole
system. 10 olden times, when the good
housewife doctored the everyday Ills Of
her household a. matter of course, she
always turned to the onion barrel a.
first aid In most OF the family Ills.
1t must be admitted that many OF
these claims are hardly to be classed 90
proven truths: but It cannot be ques-
| toned that . we'll chosen diet, and
especially one with plenty Of the newly
,recognizsd vitamines, 10 the doctors
best ally. both In the prevention and cure
Of disease. I Is now believed that pei
lagrs, the scourge of I.aly, 10 result
of eating poleuta made from musty
meal; the dread beri. beri Is caused by
diet ofrice which has been robbed of its
vitamines through the process OF polish
ing; and scurvy 10 common result OF
living upon sailed meats without the
saving matters which might be con-
tributed by fruits and vegetables. We
all know that to eat of certain things
affects rs In ways which other viands do
not; some foods, We say, are good for
rs; others We learn to leave alone; and
ever and always health IL with us In
the measure Of what We may, or may not
put into our stomachs And while II
may be that fruits and vegetables, for
mo mOst part, WORK 10 neal disease IN
| the way Mrs. Muldoon advised for get
ting out of trouble-to "put Q stop to
It before It hsppens"-their mission 10
preventive more than curative, yet that
does not In the least detract from their
health contributing function in the diet,
nor need It altogether destroy the faith
to which many of US hold, that In not
few cases they have real curative value.
They should hold q prominent place in
natural. wholesome dietaries, the world
over.