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Show COARSE FOOD. Modern Inventions Responsible For 111 Health. (The Pathfinder.) The much discussed subject of the decay de-cay of teeth is answered in the Pathfinder, Path-finder, -ioung people of today. 14 and 15 years old. have had to visit the dentist repeatedly; many at that age having had their molars filled and posisblv some extracted. ex-tracted. We are always wondering wliy this is true, and if there is a difference or whether it was always this way. Here is a solution, whether it be the true one or not depends upon opinion: Many modern improvements are found."' after a test, to he no improvements tylour making was revolutionized by the inlro-? duction of the "roller process,'' whert-hv the grain is crushed to an impalpable powder between polished steel rollers instead in-stead of being ground between millstones. But it is beginning to appear that this great improvement is not without its drawbacks. Ground flour is granulated, and under microscope the flour grains are readily seen, whereas 'the fine roller flour jnw commonly on the market is simply dust. The old fashioned coarse bread, made from stone-ground flour, required re-quired mastication, and there was a .chance for the saliva to act on Mhe starch; but the fine bread' of today is hurriedly swallowed and the starch - is not properly converted. Why do darkies, as a rule, have such splendid teeth? Mostly because they have lived on coarse food, which made demands on the teeth. . People, as a rule, now .'.0 not want to do any chewing. They demand meat which is so tender that it will melt in the mouth, etc. Nature, Na-ture, prodigal as sheis. never bestows anything where it is not used: and '.he result is that the civilized races are losing los-ing their teeth. If the style continues to forbid our teeth to do. any grinding, our progeny of say 2902 A'. D. will be born toothless, or with only rudimentary teeth. As individuals we cannot grow teeth in our heads by eating coarse food. We are beginning to get bad teeth by heredity. But there is' almost no tooth or bone-forming material in fine white flour, and the avoidance of .coarse foods undoubtedly hastens thev awayrgoing of our teeth. Perhaps the millers and the dentists are in a secret league to work for mutual interests. W.10 knows? 1 : - |
