The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-03-10

strong, healthy and wise.
1t can be truly said that
your food is your fate. 1t has
the power to shape your body
to make it strong and beau
tiful, or weak and ugly. 1t has
the power to influence your
language, your gait, your tone
of voice, in short-your life.
With the right food, life be-
comes a glorious adventure,
for it increases your leader
ship, intensifies your mag
netic qualities, strengthens your
morale, and increases your physi-
cal defenses and resistance. With
out it, one drags through miser-
able days-never realizing even
half of his potential mental and
physical powers.
Fo0d-the Fuel of Life.
The human body is machine,
far more complex than any ma
chine devised by the mind of man.
Food is the fuel which runs this
amazing machine. Food is also
the material used to repair worn
out parts, and to keep the intri-
cate mechanism in good working
order.
The body machine cannot be
run efficiently without proper food
fuel any more than a car could
be run without gas, or house
could be heated without oil. coal
or wood.
Food also has the po,Uer to speed up
or slotU dotVn the workings Of the mind.
1t ike,oise influences the state OF our
nerpes, the parmih OF our affections. the
type OF characters zoe possess.
Finally. the power to have
strong, healthy children is based
on proper food. And nutritional
scientists have discovered that
the wrong food can even take
away from us the greatest bless
ing that Nature has bestowed
our earthly immortality. For it
can deprive us of the ability to
bear children who will carry on
after we are gone.
Six Groups of Food Substances.
What food substances are neces-
sary to build and maintain top
health-to develop the greatest
physical and mental power?
There are six groups of food SUBJ
stances which must be included in
the balanced diet which promises
increased health, happiness and
longevity:
/. PROTEINS which build
and repair body tissues. These
are found in such foods as
milk, eggs, meats, fish, cheese
and nuts.
2. FATS which yield heat
and energy. The fats are rep
resented by butter, cream, oils
and the fat of meats.
8. CARBOHYDRATES - the
starches and sugars. These
also supply heat and energy,
and are found chiefly in such
foods as bread. potatoes. cere-
ais and sweets.
4. MINERALS which build,
repair, protect and regulate.
Among the minerals which are
absolutely necessary to health
and vigor are calcium, phos-
phorus, iron, copper, iodine.
sulphur, manganese, magne-
SUM, sodium and potassium.
These are found in varying
amounts in milk, eggs, fruits,
vegetables, whole grain cere-
ais and meats.
5. VITAMINS which are nee
essary for body regulation, and
as protection against dread
deficiency diseases. Six have
been discovered to date-A, B.
c, D, E and G.
6. WATER which is a part of
all body tissue and must be
present in order to have the
other food elements function
properly.
The ideal dietary is one that in
cludes a correct proportion of the
different food elements required
to supply bodily needs without any
of them being supplied in excess.
or in insufficient amounts.
Danger in Omitting One Essential
To illustrate how important it is
that not one of the necessary food
substances be omitted, let me tell
you how an eminent bio-chemist
proved in his experimental lab
oratory, in one of our leading uni
versities, that the difference be-
tween stupidity and genius de-