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physical degeneracy of the present race to the radical changes 

 in the forms of food ? Regarding the matter from a chemical 

 and medical point of view, it certainly would be difficult to 

 select better or more healthful forms of human nutriment — 

 forms so well calculated to build up and sustain a " sound 

 mind in a sound body," as the two named above, once so 

 popular, but now banished from our tables. They were easy 

 of digestion and assimilation and contained all the chemical 

 substances, or organic and inorganic constituents needed to 

 nourish the body and mind. Certainly, white flour bread, 

 cake and condiments, are poor substitutes for the sensible, 

 but plain dishes of our fathers and mothers a half century 

 ago. 



