CHAPTER XCI 



EAT CLEAN FOOD 



FOOD to the body is what fuel is to the steam 

 engine. It furnishes the power which runs the en- 

 tire body machinery. 



Quality, therefore, not kind, counts. Good, dry, 

 solid fuel, of whatever kind, wood, coal, gas, elec- 

 tricity, makes the hot fire which impels the en- 

 gine. Good, clean, nourishing food, of whatever 

 kind, makes the chemical fire in the stomach that 

 furnishes power to the body. 



The ultimate chemical elements of all kinds of 

 food usually eaten, vegetable or animal, are about 

 the same. Don't be fussy about the kind. The 

 essential thing is that food be well cooked, clean, 

 wholesome. 



Decayed fuel is no good to run the engine. Its 

 heating properties are insufficient. Decayed food 

 is worse still. It is poison, running the body off 

 the track, into the grave. 



A tainted can of salmon wrecks a whole family. 



Ptomaine poisoning from other canned goods, 

 meats, vegetables galore, is certainly not out of 

 fashion. 



After the Civil War was over, investigation 

 showed that the embalmed beef used as rations was 



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