Principles of Good Digestion
the high protein is of an animal nature, such as flesh foods and eggs, the consequences are even more serious.
Not only have I found this to be so in my practice, but eminent authorities, such as W. C. Rose[1] of the University of Illinois, say that we need less than twenty-five grams of protein per day.[2] Other leading nutritionists have also found that one can get sufficient protein on a diet of fruit alone if supplied in suitable quantities and varieties. All these well-known authorities also state that the high protein diet has been greatly over-emphasized and has done much harm. This is especially true when the protein consists of flesh or eggs and their derivatives. The "hidden hunger" is not caused by a lack of food or lack of protein, but by a lack of proper nutrition.
THE THIRD PRINCIPLE is that only foods that are properly digested are useful to the body in its chemistry of replacing worn out tissue cells, minerals, vitamins and enzymes. Foods that are natural and have the power of growth in them are the richest and of the greatest value in the "pranic" energy of the sun, which also produces the chlorophyll in green leaves, fruits and grasses that are so nourishing to man and beast. Greater selection of these varieties gives more vital energy replacement, plus their mineral and vitamin content, than the concentrated proteins, cooked foods and chemically prepared substitutes and supplements. These facts have been well covered in other chapters of this book, including the value of sprouts as living foods.[3]
Fried foods are almost indigestible on account of the welding job between the foods and the fats under high cooking temperatures. Such foods are injurious to the liver and the kidneys, and often produce liver symptoms and yellow jaundice. Also, cooking foods the usual way and adding oil or butter to the food in the cooking process does similar damage in a lesser degree and leads to indigestion - pains in the calves of the legs, arms, chest or the back muscles. Why cook fats into the food at all? Why not add them when serving
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1 William Cumming Rose (1887-1985), an American chemist who led groundbreaking research in amino acids and human nutrition.
2 The Centers for Disease Control recommend that 10-35% of one's daily calories come from proteins - approximately 46 grams of protein for adult women, 56 grams for adult men.
3 See Chapter 5 - Health Building Diet, Chapter 12 - The Mystery of Sprouts, and Chapter 14 - The Purifying Diet.
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