The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-20

MENTAL BAkNACLES
The road to progress is uphill and
unpaved. It is much easier for US
to stroll along the well trodden
trails Of the past than to forge our
way into the unknown.
We always try to avoid new
problems Of thinking. Every new
thing has been condemned in its day
and generation by those who did not
wish to make the effort to UNDER
stand its meaning.
When railroads were first intro
duced, many objected because they
said that human beings would be
killed if they travelled over twenty
miles an hour. Today we have aero
planes travelling at almost two hum
dred miles per hour. When automo-
biles were first introduced, the pessi-
mists cried, "Alas, the farmers will
be ruined, for there will no longer
be q demand for horses"
Fifty years ago, because it was so
difficult to obtain q bath in the city,
many lazy authorities claimed it was
unhealthful-that one would catch i
cold through too much bathing. The
daily bath is now recognized as one
of our best health habits.
When the first cold storage meat
was shipped from Brazil to France
seventy-five years ago, the French
would not let it land, claiming that
the meat would be dangerous to
health. It was finally landed in
England, and no doubt this very
broadminded attitude of the English
has contributed much to the emin-
ence Of their nation. It is we'll known
that the English are extremely fond
Of their roast beef.
The arguments that you hear to-
day against meat eating are rem
nants of the s.. me reasoning used at
that time-that flesh would spoil
soon after it was killed, and become
poisonous if kept too long. Those
who have dared to investigate have
found that properly killed meat is
actually more wholesome after be-
ing refrigerated for several months.
Many people still believe that
acids and milk make bad combina-
ton. recently read an article by
one health expert who said he had
proved there was nothing to good or
bad combinations because he had
found that patients could eat fruit
and drink milk at the same time
without any bad consequences. He
did not know it, but he was simply
stating a discovery made by prac-
tlcal dletitians many years ago that
milk combined perfectly with acids,
being more easily digested in this
combination than if used alone. He
apparently did not know that if
bread were added to this otherwise
good mixture, excessive fermentation
IS set up, often producing very SER
ious consequences.
Even today many physicians teach
that athletes die young because of
taking too much violent exercise,
The truth is that their deaths are
not caused by continuing to exercise
taking too much violent exercise,
or by exercising too violently after
they had been overeating.
Some doctors are still advising
weak patients to stay in bed and eat
plenty Of rich, nourishing food. The
advanced idea is to encourage the
weak patient to exercise to gain
strength and, at the same time, to
select food Of a better quality, and
reduce the quantity.
Only q short time ago it was
considered very dangerous to breathe
night air. Now we know that this
is the purest air, and every one is
advised to sleep out Of doors, win
ter and summer.
There is a science Of life for you
to study just as surely as there are
rules of chemistry or mathematics
and food science cannot be learned
by intuition or inspiration. There is
no magic with which you can change
the rules Of chemistry that govern
your body. Foods are good for you
or they are not good for you, and
food combines tremendously or il
does not. All Of these facts YOU
can learn by study and experiments.
ton. and your experiences with pair
should be lessons to assist you il
understanding the problems Of life