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Vitality Supreme
·
Bernarr Macfadden
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Diet
naturally
has
a
tremendous
influence
on
alimentary
activity.
White
bread
and
white-flour
products
constitute
the
most
serious
cause
of
constipation.
This
defective
food
is
lacking
in
the
elements
necessary
to
give
life
and
vitality
to
the
body,
because
the
valuable
covering
of
the
grain
has
been
removed
in
the
milling
process,
while
the
life
germ
of
the
wheat
has
also
been
eliminated.
The
bran,
which
consists
of
several
minute
layers
covering
the
wheat
berry,
has
a
distinct
value
in
stimulating
peristaltic
action,
and
when
it
is
removed,
the
resulting
white
flour
must
be
a
defective
food.
One
of
the
first
dietetic
changes
required
in
remedying
constipation,
therefore,
is
to
eliminate
white-flour
products
from
the
diet.
Graham
bread,
or
that
made
from
the
whole
wheat,
or
any
of
the
whole
grains,
rye,
oats,
barley,
corn,
is
a
satisfactory
article
of
diet,
and
will
often
remedy
constipation
without
resort
to
any
other
dietetic
change.
What
might
be
termed
waste
products,
or
fibrous
material
in
food,
are
found
especially
valuable
in
promoting
digestion
and
active
functioning
of
the
bowels.
The
woody
fiber
found
in
vegetables
is
most
valuable.
It
is
sometimes
suggested
that
one
should
simply
consume
the
juice
of
his
foods
but
not
the
pulp.
This
pulp
or
fibrous
matter,
however,
is
especially
important.
Following
this
requirement
of
bulk
or
waste
in
our
food,
we
find
such
remedies
as
sand,
refined
coal
oil,
a
mineral
product
that
passes
through
the
alimentary
canal
without
change,
and
ordinary
black
dirt,
which
is
usually
taken
in
its
dried
form.
When
using
sand,
it
should
be
sterilized,
and
the
grains
should
be
rounded
and
worn
smooth
by
the
action
of
waves
or
running
water.
Do
not
use
that
in
which
the
grains
are
sharp-edged.
One
or
more
of
these
products
are
valuable
as
a
laxative
and
the
devitalizing
after-effects
of
a
drug
cathartic
will
be
absent.
They
are,
however,
not
by
any
means
as
pleasant
as
food
laxatives,
and
remedies
of
this
sort
should
not
be
employed
except
as
a
temporary
expedient.
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