Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-21
At Kiwanis Club

| Every disease you nave, DdIrlHS
some. kind of accident. begins with
E. Harter of Toledo Ohio. founder of
the Defensive-Diet League of
| America and one of the foremost
food authorities in this country, in
discussing the important topic of
| scientific food selection and prepar-
alton before the Augusta Kiwanians
at their regular luncheon session
! Thursday noon at the Augusta Girls
| Community Clubhouse.
A valuable lesson in the proper
selection and COIN bining Of foods was
| the discourse given by Mr.. Harter
| who stressed the point that the sub
| ject of eating is the most important
| that a sensible man can possibly con-
| slider. He declared that there is no
| such a thing as a health food, that
| no food will produce health. for
natural condition. Discussing the dis
| ease, cancer, he said that although
it is incurable, it is positively food
disease and Is easy to prevent.
| Mr.. Harter practices what ne
| breaches and through the scientific
selection of foods he keeps in splen-
did physical condition., declaring that
he does not know what physical
| fatigue is. Under his supervision,
properly selected and balanced
luncheon was served to the Vlub
members, the main course consist
ing of a raw combination vegetable
salad which he declares should be
part of every persons menu every
day. His health message was great
ly appreciated by the Kiwanians who
gave him three cheers at the con-
clusion of the meeting.
Three laws for the proper comb1n-
alton Of foods were set forth by the
| speaker as follows: Do not combine
concentrated starches and concen-
trated proteins. Do not combine con-
centrated fats and concentrated pro-
teins. Do not combine concentrated
carbohydrates and fruits. With these
laws in mind. a person is in POSI-
ton to plan the meals. and these he
separated into three types: Break
fast, the fruit and milk meal; lunch
con, made up of one or two concen-
trated starches, butter fat, possibly
a cooked non-starchy vegetable, a
green vegetable and milk, or milk
drink; and dinner. protein meal
made up of non-starchy vegetables
? concentrated proteins, a green vege'
table and fruit.
The span of life between the first
. breath and death is altogether too
short and is getting much shorter al
es made in surgery and medicine, he
pointed out. One hundred thousaI
people died of cancer last year, and
s the number will be 10000 this year
Cancer is incurable and only 10 pei
f cent of the operations following can
o Ger are entirely successful. AS SURE
: as the sun shines two out Of every II
e persons will die of cancer, and prob
e ably two out of five. The ban o
white bread from the menu he sug-
: gested as one of the means Of pre-.
= venting this disease.
We have proven that the same foot
Y fed to different groups OF people II
I widely separated communities, al
ways produces the same result, hi
= asserted.
Each year 5000 people in this
country between the ages Of 40 anc
so die from old-age diseas es-things
| that shouldn't touch us until we are
125. he said.
There is another great loss in the
death of 100000 babies each year be-
cause the mother did not know how
to feed herself before the baby was
born, then did not know how to feed
the baby, and the father did not care.
mo man has a. right to stand and
talk about foods who has not expert
mented on himself. | have been my
own guinea pig and rabbit he said.
The speaker then gave bit of his
life history, pointing that it was the
conservation of his health that led
him into the scientific food research
field.
Mr.. Harter then entered into a dis
cussion of the action of different
foods on the system and the care
that should be taken in their selec-
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He said that the menu served that
meal to the club members was cor
rect with one exception, that pota-
toes and bread should not be served
at the same time.
While he admitted that doctors and
surgeons have their place in the va
rious callings. he declared that all
the surgeon can do is to cut the dead
limbs off the tree of life; that the
thing to do is to prevent the dis
eases and this is a matter of scien-
tific food selection and preparation.
Club To Meet At Augusta House
At the business session. the XII
wanians on motion of Chaplain
Hayes of the National Soldiers
Home voted to hold their future
meetings at the Augusta House, be-
ginning next week. The session will
UO hSiu hdA Sdoy AVN Va SoSh WIEN
as usual.
DR.. William H. Harris reported on
the work Of the good roads commit
tee relative to the Augusta Belfast
project and George r. Weber spoke
of the decision of the State Highway
Commission to adhere to the location
of this highway as originally laid out
in 1918.
Burleigh Martin who had been Sc
lected by drawing lots as the John
Doe" delegate to the Montreal con-
vention of Kiwanis with expense
paid by the club, asserted that on
account of business matters he
would be unable to make the trip.
The alternate who had been selected
in the drawing is Samuel Titcomb
On motion of CRUDE B. Cornish
the club voted to confer with the
Rotary Club on the matter of pro-
viding some entertainment for the
officers of the 10Srd Regiment In
fantry. Maine National Guard, at the
time of the annual encampment of
II the regiment at Camp keyes in Au-