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lose their sticky character and do not form
a compact mass. Besides/ cellulose gives bulk to the
faeces and helps in their elimination.
Vegetables are non-concentrated foods, because
they contain plenty of water.* Hence they are
easily digested. But grains are heavy foods. The
man who eats only grains, excluding vegetables
more or less completely, is likely to overburden his
stomach/ because people are accustomed to eat the
same bulk of food/ whether they eat vegetables
or not.
CAUSE (4) Denatured Foods'*—
Milling and polishing of grains have now
become very common. In the case of rice/ the bran
and germ are removed by polishing/ while in the
case of wheat/ the housewife removes with the help
of a seive the coarser particles in the flour, which
mostly consist of the bran and the germ. The bran
and germ are important in three respects. Firstly
they contain more vitamins and minerals than the
inner core which we retain; secondly, the bran
layer is said to contain some enzymes which can
help to digest the inner core / thirdly they contain
more cellulose than the inner core. The whole
grain does not form such a sticky paste as the
polished one on cooking*
Lack of vegetables and the other protective
foods and the eating of denatured foods seriously
affect all vital processes, including digestion. The
necessary materials for body building will be lacking
under such conditions. With the help of sham,
impoverished foods like white flour, white sugar and
vegetables which have been boiled and drained,
we cannot build sound bodies. An organ which is
* There are starchy vegetables like the banana which are~
an exception.