THL FOODS OF THE NEW EARTH 



dispensable in his body and in his foods, just 

 as there was a fundamental quartette at the 

 basis of the harmony of plant-life. These four 

 are protein, which is the nitrogenous com- 

 pound in foods, — the lean of meats, the white 

 of eggs, the gluten of wheat, and so on, which 

 go to make up the muscular portion of the 

 body; the carbohydrates, which include the 

 starches and sugars, affording energy or power, 

 — fuel as it may be called ; the fats, which are 

 found in meats, fish, butter and the like, and 

 to some extent in vegetables, noticeably large 

 in the olive and cotton seed, which afford a 

 more concentrated fuel ; and, lastly, the mineral 

 matter which goes to make up the skeleton or 

 framework of the body. The protein builds 

 up and repairs ; for, in so complicated a ma- 

 chine as that of the human body, run at such 

 high tension for so many years without stop- 

 ping, there must, of necessity, be breakdowns 

 and wastage, while, at the same time, the 

 protein adds to the fuel supply. The fats and 

 the starches when burned up in the body, just 

 as the pellet of squash was burned up in the 

 bomb, provide heat and power alone. Fat is 

 formed in the body, too, and it serves as a 



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