Show WEEKLY TALKS ON HEALTH B by y D dr H R R da daniels 11 1 e I 1 s THE ABUSE OF BREAD how the staff of life may become the instrument of death bread is the chief of the force foods these include potatoes dry beans corn rice breakfast foods and cereals in fact every product of the grains this great class of food supplies the body with fuel both to do muscular ar work and to maintain bodily warmth and hence the necessity for this class of food is quite apparent no one can enjoy even a moderate degree of vigor and energy without his dally daily portion of force food and for the most part this is taken in the form of bread A national habit while a certain amount of bread is necessary to the welfare of the body an excess of it Is decided detriment today overeating on bread and almilli foods is fai moi moie e common than ove eating mating on any or all 1 other classes of food in fact it has become the universal habit with the advent of laborsaving labor saving machinery and steam heated houses offices and factories the people are doing less manual labor and they are less exposed to the elements they need far less force food but except in occasional cas ional instances there is no flocie ase in the intake of force food the man that sits at the desk eats cats as much bread as the one that works hard out of doors how the lie harm in occasional instances the t excess cess of bread is digested and does harm either by overwork over ing the organs and tissues in burning it up or by burdening the body with useless fat the excess ot of bread remains undigested in the bowels where it ferments and fills the bowels with gases and poisons this fermentation nien tation is frequently a cause for chronic disorders ol IJ the stomach and bowels thes chesi poisons formed in the bowels from undigested unused broads breads quickly find their way into the blood where they have an effect upon every part of the body through the constant poisoning of the body is laid the basis tor for many chronie chronic diseases including hardening of the arteries furthermore as a result of the contant constant S poisoning the natural defenses of the body are lowered and the way is opened for various acute disease I 1 |