Show THE ABUSE OF BREA g how the staff of life may become the instrument of death bread Is the chief of the torce force foods these include potatoes dry beans corn rice breakfast foods and cereals in tact fact every product of the grains rains tills this great class of food supplies ies the body with fuel both to do xo muscular work and to maintain bodily warmth and hence the necessity for this class ot of food Is quite apparent no one can enjoy even a moderate degree of vigor and energy without his daily portion of force food and tor for the most part this is taken in the for bof bread while a certain amount of bread Is necessary to the welfare of the body an excess of it Is a decided detriment today overeating on bread and similar foods is far more common than overeating on any other or all 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 tar far less forea food but except in occasional instances there is no decrease in the intake of force food the man that sits at the desk eats as much bread as the one that works hard out of doors in occasional instances the excess of bread is digested and does harm either by overworking the organs and tissues in burning lttie or by burdening the body with useless tat fat usually however the excess of bread remains undigested in the bowels where it ferments and fills the bowels with gases and poisons this fermentation is frequently a cause of chronic disorders of the storn stomach alm and bowels these poisons formed in the bowels from undigested unused breads quickly find their way into I 1 the blood where they have an effect upon every part ot of the body thru the constant poisoning of the body is laid the basis for many chronic diseases including hardening of the artries furthermore as a result of the constant poisoning the natural defenses of the body are lowered and the way Is opened for various acute diseases |