Under chiropractic adjustments the incoördination (so-called contagious dis-ease) will not run its full course; as a matter of fact, the recovery may be so rapid that the patient will be sick only a very few days. Under adjustments there will be no complications or sequelæ and for this reason there is not the necessity for hygienic measures to the same extent as under ordinary treatment, but during the time the patient is sick hygienic measures should be observed. CHAPTER XV FOOD FOOD GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS NECESSITY FOR FOOD DEFINITION OF FOOD TRANSFORMATION INTO BODY TISSUE DISTINCTION BETWEEN APPETITE AND HUNGER APPETITE DIRECTED BY EDUCATION HUNGER DIRECTED BY INNATE OVEREATING SYMPTOMS OF OVEREATING STARVATION DEFINITION SENSATION OF HUNGER INANITION DEFINITION MALNUTRITION BALANCED RATIONS IMPORTANCE OF CONTENTS OF CLASSIFICATION OF FOODS SOURCES OF FOOD ANIMAL PLANT MINERAL CHEMICAL COMPOSITION NITROGENOUS NON-NITROGENOUS PHYSICAL PROPERTIES FUNCTION OF FOODS PROTEINS CARBOHYDRATES FATS CONDIMENTS INORGANIC SALTS VITAMINS CHAPTER XV FOOD GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Necessity for Food Food is defined as nutritive material absorbed or taken into the body of an organism for purposes of growth or repair and for the maintenance of the vital processes. Food is derived from two sources—the animal kingdom and the vegetable kingdom. The body is composed of materials which are constantly wearing out under the processes carried on in the functioning of the body, and this tissue must be replaced with new material. This is supplied in the form of food that is taken into the system and acted upon by the secretions in such a way as to break up and properly combine the chemicals so that Innate Intelligence may bring about an assimilation in the tissue cells. The variety of articles that Innate can use as food in the body is varied. It is not necessary to have a perfect food or a perfectly rationed diet in order for Innate to maintain the anabolism of the body. The ease with which the processes of digestion are carried on depends upon the freedom with which mental impulses are transmitted to the organs of digestion. As there is a constant flow of mental impulses through the nerves and a constant expression in the tissue cells so there is a corresponding change taking place in the tissues of the body. To this change there must be a constant adaptation so that new tissue will be provided to replace that which is worn out. To accomplish this there must be a proper supply of nutrition at properly stated intervals.