The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-04-05

he chemist anu iOOu expert, M
fred W. Mccain, gives some sugges-
tons in regard to tuberculosis and
insanity that may be of interest and
value: \ healthy lung tests much
higher in PHOSPHORUS than a tuber-
cnlar lung. as | remember it (and this
| must give from memory a healthy
lung tests nine per cent phosphoric
acid and the diseased or tubercular
lung two and one half per cent (giv-
ing the phosphorus in phosphoric acid
terms1. He also states that the bones
of the insane break very easily, show
ing a lack of lime and probably phos-
phorons. as the two minerals have an
affinity for each other. think there
is much evidence that any lack in
our foods of the natural minerals or
the use of anything in the diet that
removes any of them from our bodies
makes Us much more susceptible to
disease
Dust thou art and to dust thou
shalt return There are sixteen ele-
menfs in the soil and the same six
teen exist in the human body. You
will at once see when we attempt
to live largely upon refined food stuff
like flour and sugar, we are commit
ting a dietic sin and our health must
suffer for it. although each of these
substances in their natural state are
valuable food, like the cane juice
or the whole wheat or any prepare
ton from the whole wheat in connec-
stion with such other foods as would
make Il a satisfactory diet.
Milk and Honey or "A land flow
ing with milk and honey OF what
value are they, and why may they
be considered together? | told you
that our bodies contained the same
mineral elements that the soil con
tains, and you know the common LACK
of lime in most of our soil. Our bo-
dies are suffering from this same lime
starvation We need thirteen grains
of lime daily, for each adult and the
average meat. potato and bread diet
would carry from one to four grains
to each pound of food usually eaten
which leaves our diet very deficient in
this element A pint of milk is said
to contain fourteen grains of lime
so to balance our diet in this res
pect we should use one pint of one
quart of milk daily. Again sugar
takes the lime out of the system
Mccain gives this illustration III
we want solution of lime water and
go to a druggist, he by. adding Ait
tie sugar can Dissolve thirty-five times
as much as in pure water. And it
works the same in taking the lime Out
of the body.
"Again quoting from the Literary
Digest, George +. Conforth in Life
aud Health Washington use anc
abuse of sugar" we eat too much
sugar, and usually take it in too con
eentrated a form. II we should eat
sugar in no more concentrated form
than that in which it grows we should
not eat enough to do us any harm
But in the concentrated form OF con
dictionary, syrups and foods sweeten
ed with graduated sugar. It is very
hard not to eat enough to, be detri-
mental to health. The concentrat
ed sugars are irritating to the mucous
membrane lining of the akmentary
tract, and tend to produce gastric
oatarrh, and | am not sure but thai
there is some connection between the
prevalence of appendicitis and cancer
and the excessive amount OF sugar
eaten. Also the presence of large
amount of sugar in the stomach inter
feres with digestion. The natural OF
dilute forms of sugar are not iritat
ing and do not interfere with diges'
ton. Cane sugar is readily absorb
ed. and IL taken in excessive guam
titles may be absorbed before being
digested and there is no digestive
ferment in the blood to digest 1t, sc
1t becomes foreign substance In
the blood which must be eliminated
Fruit sugar being pre-digested is ready
TO be absorbed in the blood without
digestion and Is not foreign sub
stance when so absorbed tho II eaten
in excess 1t may be absorbed more
rapidly than ii can be used by the
body, and will be eliminated by the
kidneys. There Is a ferment in the
blood that will digest maltese or malt
sugar, so that II maltese Is absorbed
into the blood it will not be foreign
substance as cane sugar.
But another important difference
between the natural and the concen-
trated sugars is that the natural SUI
CARS are accompanied by mineral salts
which are indispensable to health
while the process of refining the con
centrated sugar removes these medi-
cinal and health giving substances
so that diet which includes large
quantities of concentrated sugar Is
sure to be lacking in mineral sub
stances. Sugar cane juice is found
to be healthful when fed to babies
while cane sugar, when included toe
largely in the diet will make the
building of sound teeth impossible
and will even take lime right out
of the teeth because such diet lacks
lime; but lime is contained in sugar
cane juice. Concentrated sugar is
so nutritious that 1t quickly satisfies
and takes away the appetite. Fol
this reason person who eats guam
titles of sugar or candy, especially be
tween meals. is not likely to cal
enough wholesome food to maintain
health
MIR. Conforth further suggests