The Washington times., 1922-10-29
"HEALI.H' FOODS
MAKING US
NEAkLINdS
y. Gibson Thinks We Should
Give Our Teeth More Exer-
else at Mealtime, and There
by Enjoy Better Health.
BY MAURICE 8. HYLAND.

G< A ny new set of con.
n ditions." observes Sir
A Ray LANCASTER, occur.
ing to an animal which rem.
der its food and safety very easily
ttained. seem to lead as q rule
10 degeneration"
The numerous health" foods
ana hostrums flooding the markets
Oh America are aiding greatly in
making the modern race down,
right set Of degenerates and para
sites.
Avoiding physical exercises and
eating devitalized. predigested
foods is rapidly destroying stom.
schs and the processes that go to
make digestion possible.
The loss of functions. the decay
OF organs and, worst Of all.
atrophy Of the spiritual nature. is
the punishment Of degeneration.
30, II is with immense pleasure
that I read Of DIR. Gibson's de.
nunciation Of the "Bulgarized"'
pmiik. health brans." yeast and
vitamin bunk.
DR.. Gibson points out that the
coarse hull Of bran causes irrita.
ton OF the stomach, and the lat
ter. as a means Of self protection,
70 "a int
parts with secretions Of hydro
cblorie scid, which in the course
Of time will give rise to an ex.
cess OF acid ip the system with Cor.
responding symptoms Of acidosis.
muscular soreness and neuralgic
pains In shoulders and chest. In
brief, any agent that causes the
bowels to act by stress Of irrita.
ton expends vitality instead Of
generating 1t.
Milk in itself is a perfect food
Hence. the Introduction Of putre-
flying bacteria-Bacillus Bulgari-
cus--into a pure and vitality un.
contaminated element is nothing
short Of criminal. Milk Occupies
the highest plateau Of organized
life; the bacillus the lowest. The
former vitalizes, energizes, con-
structs: the latter breaks up, dis
integrates, destroys.
The advocates Of the "Bulgar-
i5ed' milk theory claim benefit to
be derived from the bacillus
itself on the ground that this
bacillus, Is supposed to attack the
systenic bacterial acids, from
which most individuals are found
20 be suffering. As these acids
arise from gastric and intestinal
fermentation, due to error in food
combinations, the only logical
method to remove them from the
system is to eliminate from our
diet such indulgences in food and
food mixtures as have caused
them.
And what is true about "Bul.
Garlzsd" milk is equally true about
that other "cure-all' remedy
yeast. In either case we meet the
agencies Of decay and degeneracy
introduced into the defenseless
organism. Yeast. through its aka
Unity, greatly reduces the natural
acidity Of the gastric juice which.
In order to regain its disturbed
balance, must bring about a severe
stress upon the nerves OF the
hydrochloric acid secretion. For
unless the normal acidity of the
stomach is restored, the digestion
Of the muscle-forming elemeats OF
the blood--the proteids-become
Weakened fact that seriously
cundermines the boasted qualities
claimed for yeast az a carrier Of
soluble vitamihes.
The doctor doesn't seem enthu.
sisstic about vitsmines. Neither
does an eminent attache Of the
Rockefelier Institute, writing in
this menth's issue Of Hearst's
naagasine.
II seems to me DR.. Gibson
doesn't place sufficient stress OH
tne natural laws that operate to
make food valuable after food has
been introduced into the human