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Rh to feed the body, in almost perfect proportions, and if foods were made of whole-wheat flour the body would be perfectly nourished in every part.

Every man who knows anything of foods and their properties is fully aware of these facts, and why medical men everywhere ignore them, in advising their patients is beyond the comprehension of the writer.

Not long ago, an experiment was made with dogs. Some were fed on white bread, others on Graham or entire wheat bread, and still others were given nothing to eat. The dogs that were allowed no food lived about as long as those fed on white bread, while those fed on the entire wheat bread thrived, and were apparently able to maintain life until the end of its natural term. This proves beyond question that whoever is striving to subsist on white bread is starving a part of his body with almost as much certainty as if he were eating nothing at all, and that he will actually die about as soon as if fasting.

It is generally admitted by authorities that