A BETTER DIET by Cummings D. Whitcomb

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 19, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 12.

A BETTER DIET.

By Cummings D. Whitcomb

EDITOR: On page 13, July 24, of THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES, is an article on “Fruit and the Liquor Appetite,” and it is a fine article, dealing as it does with the symptom or effect, like drug doctors.

I would like to point out the cause of drunkenness, and suggest that when this cause is removed, that symptom or effect—craving for liquor or tobacco or lewd women or other devilry—will disappear.

This cause is wrong living, principally wrong eating. Stop all stimulating or irritating substances like spices, drugs, vinegar, flesh, tea, coffee, etc., and use non-stimulating foods, such as whole-wheat bread, fruits, unseasoned vegetables, and drink nothing but water (between meals).

In a short time the person will want nothing else, every desire will be satisfied, the body calm and comfortable, cool in summer and warm in winter, with muscle strength and endurance superior to any former experience, and the vitality free to support life and combat any attacks from without.

This vital force can do just about so much; but if given a stomach full of rubbish to dispose of three or more times each day, it will give out after a while, and turn its full attention to the single effort of throwing out the rubbish, leaving the building up of the body in neglect.

One job at a time seems to be the rule inside, and we would do well to heed it. CUMMINGS D. WHITCOMB. 182 Henry St., Detroit, Mich.