Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-12
The Bcwildcrcd Eater
BY gfpIerIc ] Iiaskin

n neg salvation Is offered hun, and each
eeerns completely to dispiaoe the old ofs.
some Of Us cau remember back 70 the
time. for example, when bu un k was
10 make neg men Of rs all Many Isfsons
of the older generntion sfili retain
faith IN butteTnilk as prolonGer oi human
life which ~ BIKE unto tne faitn vi "e1''
child IN Santa Claus.
hut more receutly attention was divert
ell from birttermilk 70 mysterious thing
called the calofie. Lots Of people Thought
n ealoris yas itself something 70 cat, out
the moro sophisticated grasped The hea
that Il wag n unit of heat or Of energy
Won need a certain number OF calDries
IN order 20 do your work IN tht world, ana
TOO many or 700 few will ruin you. ne
calorIe-o1inter. who computed the number
of oalorics in every dish set before him,
| became 30 common that one great chain
Of restaurants placed the number Di calores
| in uarentheris after each article on is
menu
| Then, still more recently, the csiorie
/ was eclip,ed IN popularity by stAl more
| mysterious class Of things known as wa
/ mines A vitaInine vs. gathered, was
/ not n unit of measurement Ike q
| calorie, but an actual substance, which
1 was necessary % health. 10 occurs ip
roilks. eggs, fresh fruit and vegetables
We ourselves vent into the matter with
many c1perts and set forth the facts "a
| detail in these columns. They need not
| he repeated. Suffice il 70 say unless you
Qet enough vltamines, your machinery
! wont work
MrsERAL STARVATION
Put now new complexIty he's been
introduced INTO this business of eatng
which the ancients regard az q sin1pe
rIaaa,re ard which has become Slcn
ror,y,ler scierea for IA. The latast bugaboo
of t6e dinner table II generally known %
"rnioeral starvation" Boston dentist,
rxbnao work was recently descrbed ~
b,rhe Haskin Letter hss reached the con
rltisjor tbat our teeth decay, not because
of the particles Of food deposited on tile
nrfaoe ~ them, but beca1se our f.Apit~
nal diet ICES not contain enough mifcral-
building material 70 keep them n repair.
Ard this same idea of mineral staryaoon
has heeo advanced by many other stndenta
og the food situation Once again gll'nsa
pigs dogs and pigeons have been 'acrl,
feed II prove the pomt. red on soii'e q
the dorr rrinereiized foods winch MAKE uI
90 large a part Of the civilized diet y =
said. they practically starye 70 death
This i the idea'of mineral starVatsop'
q g r.
foods which We eat are refined ms means
fIa+ certain portions of the nat'ira
nrod,,rt are removed In some cases this
/. doYe by manufacturing processes ana
soroetirnes by cooking processes II she
hcrna Sometimes il is done merely %
cat,za 10 are in the habit 0f eating tns
food that way, and sometimes 0ecslse
I, i r,eeessarv 10 refine the foods n order
~ ;rnu~ove their keeping and snippna
qualities.
ntsADvANrrAsr or BoLTED FLOUR
The lea5irg refined ma manufectured foods
: = annears. are the white, boted whe@
z aoTr ~ which our breed a made, tne
! roanufactaIred corn meal Of commerce.
and .hc r,olished rice. Some investigator
= lave taken the belligeTent position thA'
Q / God manufacturers ere poisoning "a
american ueople. They have, n q WORD
] tried the usual American stunt q ili.1llL'
4 scanegoat and raising moral ls-le
Il I natter OF fact there Is none q
rnanttfarturers give us what we DEMAND
It i tr1ie that it Is Imposslnie % ~,
whole wheat bread IN many Anler-cA -
cities today Graham bread = not q
: sarne thing. But if even one noHse"I y
! n ten began regularly deInanali "llor
wheat hread- it would make ~ appear nc
. The manufacturers sTe rot slow 20 -
go -,o.-i-,0 demand And you can biaIn'
q .l,,I fo~ F-,r rr--irg 10 nut not produe
fcr vyh,ch there IS no demand One man
, ,,fact,irer 4 lew wears ago dld Try puttiA'
I - he market natural brown nee y
[ s+aa5 NJ r,oIis1ed rice IN the interests .
health. He could rot sell It.
4 Taking the blame unto ourselves men
Let ~ sae yyi]v It j. that the refined iood
!. are not rood for Us. IN making our whit
I,lte,l ao,ir. the mIllers remove the cute
b,,alr NJ +ht. wheat II 50 dong they great,
-oS,rce ia contet OF mineral and iaI
Isevi-g largely pure protein. ] be sam
barDa9s in the commercial process
r,sili-r corn meal. In ike manner IN
brown husk Of the rice contains valu21oi
minerals while the white poished nc
contains almost none. In the tropics "a
disease known SIS benben follows upo
eating polished rice, and IS prevented
a diet Of natural brown nee.
These minerals which are removed Al
necessary TO the building Of boEs an
,;ss,,e But they also are Necessary
kasn the blood IN It's proper chemlca
comDosition. The proteius which iorI
he bulk Of our food tepd 70 make u
blood acid. These minerals keep u AK
bpe 4 great many OF our typical clsesAs'
are due 70 scld blood
EAT POTATOES BAKED.
MANY of the elements IN our dle
which might countersct this tendency
acidosis Of the blood. are denInerahs'
before we eat them. Thus the potato.
a valuable alkaline food, but Il pou'
and mashed much Of the best a. It's 81
stance Is leached away 1t should be eat
baked with the skin IN, 3 nd parts oi Q
skin should be eaten, too.
r In general, the way 70 avol d s demln'
allsed diet, as we understaD q It, IS 70 e
whole wheat breed il you can Get
. Some food experts advise hat YOU b'
4 whole corn and make YOUR own co
y meal in a little hand mill. IL IS true tn
# whole corn ground by hand makes mo
+ TASTY bread than the comm mereial produ'
Il The Indians in the Southwest grind th'
II own corn by hand, and It's fame has spTe
+ so that the Indians have quit demsl
4 for il from the white people. Oatmesl IS
= good natural food. and breads and cook
Il may be made from it IS well aS mus
4 The natural brown rice is good if you G.
= get it. So much for the cereals.
f 0f vegetables we lesm that spinaC
+ carrots, and turnips are especially n
+ in minerals needed by the body Plen'
# Of fruit should be ee ten, Of course. RsiSl
+ arc especially good because rich in in
81 Did you ever try stewed raisins
Il / breakfast?