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perfectly fresh as when at least a day or two old. In fact . 

 from a hygienic standpoint no bread when first baked is 

 suitable for food. There is no question but that the wide 

 spread dyspepsia that is common throughout the country is 

 largely due to the excessive use of fatty foods, strong coffee 

 and hot bread. 



The peculiarities of bread made from the flour of the en- 

 tire wheat as a food, are, of course, due to its flour contain- 

 ing all the nutritious elements of the wheat. It thus adapts 

 itself to the needs of the system and builds brawn, bone and 

 brain. It is, therefore, specially valuable for young people 

 whose bodies are growing, or for those whose brains are in 

 the process of growth and expansion. It is a pitiable sight 

 to see so many children and young people robbed of the 

 food elements necessary to their proper development by the 

 use of those forms of food from which the chief good has 

 been thrown away, for in the preparation of white flour, the 

 middlings or canaille is bolted out and is used in the prepar- 

 ation of various food stuffs for our domestic animals. In 

 this way we treat our domestic animals better than we do 

 our children by giving the children the flour from which the 

 best and most nutritious elements have been separated, and 

 then giving these same nutritious portions to pigs and 

 cattle. 



Another special advantage of this bread is its regulative 

 action on the human system. Probably the largest number 

 of chronic disorders of the human system can be traced to 

 the matter of indigestion and the attendant constipation 

 that follows as a natural result. The most ordinary method 

 employed for this difficulty is the one that is most unrea- 

 sonable from the standpoint of either biology or common 

 sense. When the system has become overcharged by un- 

 suitable food or by too much of it, it is manifestly folly to 

 follow this up by an additional load in the form of drugs 

 of any kind. It would be considered insane to load a beast 

 of burden, already staggering with its pack, with an addi- 

 tional weight of merchandise, and yet we do this same 



