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When food is prepared it is probably in the form of a molecular or 

 ionic dispersoid which enters the substance of the protoplasm and 

 diffuses readily. The ionization of the cell is, according to many 

 authorities, dependent upon the ionic or molecular dispersoids which 

 are found in the cell substance, whether they are on their way to become 

 protoplasm or are the products of cell activity. When these ionic or 

 molecular dispersoids of the cell are of a nature and possess the affinity 

 to attach themselves to molecules of protoplasmic structure, their 

 diffusibility is lost and they become anchored; if, however, there exist 

 diffusible substances which are cast off from the protoplasmic molecules 

 by metabolic action and no longer possess the affinity for attaching 

 themselves, their dissipation by elimination is -assured. The change of 

 starch, glycogen, protein, as food, to diffusible products by regulation 

 digestive processes and the elimination, as waste products, of diffusible 

 substances have a tendency to confirm this vital interpretation. 



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