What foods feed us / by Eustace Miles.

  • Miles, Eustace, 1868-1948.
Date:
[1905]
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Credit: What foods feed us / by Eustace Miles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Why Proteid First ? What will it do for us ? “ Why is it that we need proteid ? Because proteid, with its natural ‘salts/ helps to form the skin, the muscles, the nerves, the tendons, the cartilages, the bones, //# blood, cells, ///<? digestive juicesy the fat, arid some of the energy; and to repair waste. Knowing this, we see at once why it is that many ‘vege- tarians ’ naturally fail if they neglect proteid. “ It is generally agreed that proteid or albumen should be our first consideration. Professor Sir Michael Foster says of proteid that we might manage to live on it alone with the help of a few ‘salts.’ The pre-eminent importance of proteid is recognised by a long list of authorities, including the follow- ing :—Atwater, F. G. Benedict, A. Broadbent, Brown- Sequard, Bunge, Carpenter, Church, A. Davies, de Chaumont, Demuth, Michael Foster, Forster, Gamgee, Gautier, Haig, Haughton, Hirschfeld, Hutchison, Klein, Landois, Letheby, Lippe, Marcuse, Micko, Moleschott, Muller, Munk, Parkes, Pavy, Pawlow, Payen, Pettenkofer, Playfair, Poda, Prausnitz, Ranke, Rubner, F. Schmidt, E. Smith, Sterling, Virchow, Voit, Wicke, and Ziemssen.” * Out of a host of opinions, based on countless experiments with small or large numbers of people, there is only space to quote one or two. But if the reader wishes for others, he has only to consult any * From “Some of My Recipes” (Routledge and Sons).