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Vitality Supreme
·
Bernarr Macfadden
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On
the
score
of
what
to
eat
I
would
reiterate
what
I
have
said
about
the
use
of
foods
in
their
natural
condition.
The
refinement
of
various
foods
has
made
them
entirely
unfit
for
human
consumption.
Of
first
importance
without
doubt
is
the
use
of
the
whole
grain
of
the
wheat
for
flour.
Wheat,
as
produced
by
the
Almighty,
is
practically
a
perfect
food,
containing
all
the
elements
required
by
the
human
body
and
in
a
proportion
not
very
far
from
that
found
in
the
body.
In
modern
methods
of
milling,
however,
the
effort
is
made
to
eliminate
everything
in
the
wheat
grain
except
the
pure
starch,
which
naturally
makes
a
fine,
smooth,
white
flour.
The
miller
is
not
absolutely
successful
in
his
endeavor,
but
he
does
succeed
in
robbing
the
product
of
the
larger
part
of
its
food
value,
until
it
is
absolutely
incapable
of
sustaining
life,
and
this
serious
mistake
is
without
question
the
prime
cause
of
the
prevalence
of
constipation.
The
refining
of
rice
by
removing
the
coating,
which
contains
organic
salts,
is
another
process
by
which
is
produced
a
food
that
is
almost
pure
starch.
The
disease
beriberi
is
now
recognized
as
being
due
to
a
diet
of
polished
rice.
Where
the
natural
unpolished
rice
is
used
this
disease
is
both
prevented
and
cured.
In
refining
our
sugar
a
similar
denaturing
process
'is
carried
on.
The
same
is
true
in
the
grinding
of
corn,
and
in
preparing
a
whole
host
of
other
foods.
The
practice
of
"refining"
is
the
great
food
crime
of
the
age.
In
addition
to
this
the
average
housewife
adds
to
our
difficulties
when
preparing
vegetables
and
other
foods,
by
"draining"
off
the
water
in
which
they
are
cooked,
thus
throwing
away
the
invaluable
mineral
elements
which
have
been
dissolved
in
the
liquor
during
the
process
of
cooking.
The
ultimate
result
of
these
crimes
of
the
manufacturer
and
mistakes
of
the
cook,
is
that
the
people
are
to
a
large
extent
starved,
as
far
as
mineral
salts
are
concerned,
in
spite
of
the
enormous
food
supply
and
the
payment
of
the
highest
prices.
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