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 but is passed into the duodenum, from there on down to the ileo-cecal valve. The transformation of starch into sugar is performed on the journey.

An excess of starchy food has brought a revolt, and the overburdened organs have filed their protests, until the need of a predigested food in which the starches are transformed into sugar, has been widely recognized.

The perfected food, Grape-Nuts. is the result of a long line of experiment and investigation by a well-known food expert.

Entire wheat and barley are blended in proper proportions, and pass through some ten or twelve mechanical processes, paralleling as nearly as possible the functions of nature; employing moisture, heat and time to slowly and perfectly develop the diastase from the grains and transform the starch into sugar in the most perfect manner. In this condition it is ready to be absorbed into the blood and tissue without taxing the intestinal digestive machinery. The small particles of phosphate of potash found in certain parts of these cereals are retained, as it is known that this elemental