Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-11-22
ON DIET.

Editor Journal:
Your editorial in this mornings
paper entitled Balm in Gilead" in
which you endorse certain re-
marks of w. d. Richardson re-
garding the consumption of meat
is misleading. l have not read Mr..
Richardson's article but | do wish
to correct some of the statements
appearing in your article.
In the first place I agree that
meat is food, that It IS good food.
and that unless eaten in proper
amounts and with sufficient guam
titles Of fresh vegetables and
fruits it provides necessary nour-
ishment to the body. A point
which must not be overlooked,
however Is that the human body
cannot utilize more than two
ounces of protein day. Four
ounces, one quarter pound, Of meat
contains two ounces of protein.
Therefore q quarter pound of any
kind of meat day. should be the
extreme limit, even for gluttons,
because any quantity of meat in
excess Of this amount must be
thrown off as waste by the healthy
body or stored as poisons for the
kidneys to remove. 1t is an ac-
cepted fact that it is this overload
which gradually snashes the kid
neys and throws them out of COM
mission.
Now a word as to the impor-
lance OF the, vitamines and min
eral salts which are present in all
natural unprocessed cereals, fruits,
vegetables, milk and eggs. Hun
dreds Of investigators working in
dependently all over the world
have proved conclusively that life
cannot exist without them. Chick
ems and pigeons fed on an ex-
elusive diet of refined cereals such
as white flour, pearled barley.
polished rice and refined corr
meal, from all of which the vita.
mines and mineral salts are almost
completely removed, die in from
six to eight weeks The same fowls
fed on unrefined cereals, whole
wheat, unpearled barley. natural
brown rice, and whole or water
ground corn meal, all Of which
are rich in vitamines and mineral
salts, will flourish Indefinitely.
Dogs fed exclusively on meat die
rooner than they would If starved
outright. This OF course is meat
prepared by the butchers for hl,-
man consumption. Carnivorous
animals thrive on an exclusive
meat diet If eaten as nature in
tended lapping up the blood an1
gnawing the bone.
AZ 70 the eating of yeas TO sup |
ply vitamines. a fad now being az
nloitod by its manufa cturers llea" |
the word of DR.. Axel e. Gibson of
7 ns Angeles. Yeast, through its !
a'kalinity greatly reduces the nat !
ural acidity of the gastric ju;cesl
which in order to rerain lis dis
turbed balance must bring abe ut
Il very severe stress upon the i.
nerves of the hy9rochloric acid
secretion. For unless the norma 4.
acidity of the stomach is restored /
the digcrtion of tho muscle form /,
ing elements OF the blood--the .
prot eids--become disaastrously !
wentened--a fact which seriously
undermines the boosted qualities ,
cPtlme1 IOf 1he yeast as q carrier 1
of soluble vitamines"
It is true that the Eskimo sub (
slste on diet that is almost
solely mcat but that he "thrive5
and keeps young" on It is contrary
to facts as proved by the following
taken from the journal of the
Ameri an Medical Association, !.
March 2S, 1918:
1--WE have previously noted the |
poor condition of health and |
obtainable among
the natives of Alaska. From
300 to 1910 the decrease in popu- ,
lation was 14.5 per cent. The mos.
serious menace Is tuberculosis,
which, II not eradicated in the near
future, will eXterminate the native
population of Alaska in the course
Of sixty or seventy years"
Medical authorities agree that |
tuberculosis is predisposed by diet
deficient in vitamines and mineral |
salts. In the light of this truth it
salts. Tn the light Of this trut it.
is not surprising that the Eskimo |
whose diet contains these valuable (
elements in insufficient quantity, |
should be cursed with epidemics of |
JOHN F. HOUSTON,
1122 East Gold Avenue