Good Health and How We Won It, With an Account of the New HygieneSinclair, Upton
Science
Good Health and How We Won It, With an Account of the New Hygiene
Sinclair, Upton
Hygiene
Cheese, of course, is open to all the objections urged against
unsterilized milk and butter, and in addition has a disagreeable
quality all its own. The cheese eater may at any time swallow a serious
or even a fatal dose of “cheese poisons,” which are substances produced
in cheese by the action of germs. These are not ordinarily present in
sufficient quantity to render their presence apparent; nevertheless,
a great number of cases of cheese poisoning are annually reported
by various boards of health all over the country. Cheese made from
sterilized milk is less open to these objections. A delicious cottage
cheese may be made from Yogurt milk.
The too free use of sugar at the table and in cooking, not only in its
pure form, but in the shape of preserves, syrups and sweet beverages,
has been shown to be a most prolific source of injury to the stomach.
Sorghum, maple sugar, and maple syrup are essentially the same as cane
sugar and molasses. It has been shown that if we eat freely of fruits
we will obtain all the sugar our system requires in a form that is
easily digestible.
The constitution needs quite a good deal of fat; wholesome fats are
contained in nuts, and in cereals, and are also provided liberally
by ripe olives and olive oil. Emulsified fats are those in which the
minute particles are broken up; and these are far more readily absorbed
by the tissues of the body. The fat in ripe olives is emulsified fat—as
likewise is olive oil when used in mayonnaise dressing. It should not
be mixed with vinegar, however, as vinegar is an irritating substance
that works harm, when used freely, to the mucous membrane of the
stomach. Lemon juice is not only much safer, but makes a much more
delicious dressing.
The objection which applies to vinegar, applies also to pepper,
mustard, and other condiments and spices.
The too free use of salt, of which nearly everyone is guilty, is
another habit upon which modern physiologists frown. While salt is
essential, it is contained as an element in many foods, and there is no
more reason why it should be sprinkled upon each and every article of
food that is taken than we should have castors containing all the other
kinds of inorganic salts, that the system needs, and which are supplied
to it in fresh foods. Salt using is merely a habit, and a disastrous
one, since it has been shown to be one of the factors in the causation
of kidney troubles, such as Bright’s disease.
The large use of glucose in the form of candy, syrups, adulterated
honey, and various sweets which are in common use, is said by
physiologists to be responsible for a large number of cases of
diabetes, a disease which is rapidly increasing in America. There is
now produced a malt sugar, called malt honey or “meltose,” which can
be used freely for all the purposes that cane sugar is used.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account