The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-11-03
Vitamins And Vitality
By F. F. Corliss

en- more gastric juice and stronger in
acidity than it is in man.
The excessive eating of meat by
man is about the worst thing the die
titan has to contend with. If mans
stomach could completely digest all
of the meat before it enters the intes-
tines, he would get the benefit of it's
protein and no detriments. But it
seems that much meat goes into the
alkaline fluids of the intestines where
digestion ceases and auto-intoxica-
ton begins and other disturbances.
Meat is the natural food for the
Carnivora but not for man, though
he may eat it if willing to pay the
price in some physical ailment. The
added length of mans intestinal tract
renders it unfit for long retention of
undigested and decomp0 sible food and
meat is quickly decomposed in a warm
moist place. There are other physio-
logical reasnos why man should go
lightly on meat if he eats any. If we
desire to live for longevity and the
| joyous exhileration that only health
bestows, there is one fact worthy of
remembrance three times daily, and
that is that all that we eat in excess
of what we can assimilate becomes
like slow ptomaine poison to the sys-
tenn unless we can eliminate it before
it enters the blood stream.
Mans proper food is classified as
follows: Proteins, tissue and muscle
forming elements; Fats, fat and heat
forming elements; Carbohydrates
the starches and sugars, which are
said to supply about three-fourths of
the body's heat and energy. It's our
business to get these elements in g
balanced ration and select food that
is richest in vitamins A B and C.
There are sixteen mineral salts es.
sential to health like the salts of Cal
cium, Phosphorus, Iron, Sodium anc
we need these in organic form as they
grow in wheat, lettuce, spinach anC
not in form of tablets made by the
chemist. When we wish to know the
facts and learn the needs of life, we
must study nature in her works anC
ways. In doing so, we find that ma
ture has given some animals hoofs
others claws and to man, she has Civ
en- hands, also to each group she ha:
given different digestive apparatu:
that requires special kinds of food!
for its full development and the main
tenance of normal health. Hence ma
ture designed men to be vegetarians
Nature does not punish men vim
dictively for their disobedience to hel
laws. Man can eat what he pleases
and do what he likes but his infringe.
ment of the rules for health lead tt
dire results and he must suffer the
consequences. The body requires 6
certain amount of heterogeneous fooc
to replace the energy spent in work
and exercise and all lean carries pro.
tein, but it also carries a poison tc
the system that is not found in veg.
etable protein. Organic chemistry
teaches us that all the protein nee.
essary for the maintenance of bodily
activities can be supplied from the
vegetable kingdom, in the form Of
peas, beans, cabbage, tomatoes anc
potatoes.
There are three vitamins present in
our various foods that are absolutely
essential. They have been named
fat soluable A Water soluable B.
and water soluable c.. Vitamin A is
found in whole wheat, whole milk
cream, butter, cheese, eggs, tomatoes
cabbage, peas, string beans and in the
green leafy tops of most vegetables
This vitamin prevents Ricketts, anc
under development in children. Vita.
min B is an "antineuritic" and a pre-.
ventive of the much dreaded disease
among the Chinese and japanese
called "Beri-Beri". 1t is found in var.
ious foodstuffs, principal source i:
in the seeds of plants. In cereals
wheat, rye, rice and oats it is founc
in the husk or outer layer and in the
process of milling, bleaching, and re
filming polished rice and wheat floul
it is all lost, but it is found in the
bran. Vitamin c is very important
is anti-scorbutic, prevents scurvy. Il
is found in fresh vegetables and il
fruits. Cabbage, turnips, lettuce, on.
ions, water cress, tomatoes, in orange:
lemons raspberries and bananas anc
grapefruit.
This article is much abbreviated OF
account of limited space.
1t is well to note that all the hare
physical work of the world is done
by vegetarian animals-the horse
camel, OK and mule.
The carnivorous lion and tiger car
show a squirt of energy but they lacl
endurance. This fact holds true in the
Life and endurance tests of the high.
est of all animals-man.
The late researches of Prof. Chit.
tenden of Yale, have shown US thai
the evil results of too much meat are
uric acid poisoning, auto-intoxicatior
and a train of allied diseases. Also