The natural cure of consumption, constipation, Bright's disease, neuralgia, rheumatism, colds (fevers) etc. : how sickness originates, and how to prevent it a health manual for the people / by C.E. Page.

  • Charles Edward Page
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[1883], ©1883
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    CHAPTER XV. THE NATURAL DIET* As the result of personal experience, my mind having been called to the subject by the success- ful experiment—if, indeed, it can be regarded as an experiment,—of a very intelligent and worthy fam- ily in Southern California, I am convinced that the natural diet,—uncooked cerealsf and fruit',—is the * This subject having been treated in a most masterly manner by Prof. Schlickeysen, of Germany—considering fully the chemical and ana- tomical theories, and presenting the anthropological, the physiological, and the dietetical arguments so clearly and convincingly—I design here merely to give a few practical tests illustrating the advantages of a truly natural and pure diet, while recommending every devout student of this subject, every conscientious and thoughtful person to procure the work, entitled Fiiiit and Bread,—translated from the Geiman by Dr. Holbrook, and pub- lished by M. L. Holbrook & Co., New York,—and read it for himself, i Even as late as the time of the Roman republic, the baking or other cooking of grain was regarded as injurious. When the grains are first broken, but not finely ground, they may be eaten with fruit, if one gradually accustom himself to it. Let it not be said that this is going too far, for in the recognition and application of truth we can not go too far ; rather have those gone too far who have deviated from this method. The difference between pure cracked wheat and the bread is always considerable. The bread consumes in its digestion [a part of] the power which itself supplies, while the wheat not only nourishes, but, like fresh fruit, increases the vital streftgtJi.—Fruit and Bread, p. 163. The vitality stored up in uncooked plants and fruits is greatly impaired by all our culinary processes.—Ibid., p. 116. Animals in a state of nature, subsisting upon their own chosen foods,