This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ...without seriously impairing the taste or digestibility. Milk produced under the most ideal conditions, such as "certified " milk, is only relatively safe. Pasteurization, when properly done, makes the milk absolutely safe. the additional one that it is even more subject to infection with germs than ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ...without seriously impairing the taste or digestibility. Milk produced under the most ideal conditions, such as "certified " milk, is only relatively safe. Pasteurization, when properly done, makes the milk absolutely safe. the additional one that it is even more subject to infection with germs than milk itself, since the time that elapses between its manufacture and its consumption is usually far longer than the time that elapses between the drawing of milk from the cow and its use. Only butter that is made from sterilized cream should be used. Butter, of course, is subject to all the argu ments that can be advanced against milk, with Cheese, of course, is open to all the objections urged against unsterilized milk and butter, and in addition has a disagreeable quality all its own. The cheese eater may at any time swallow a serious or even a fatal dose of " cheese poisons," which are substances produced in cheese by the action of germs. These are not ordinarily present in sufiicient quantity to render their presence apparent; nevertheless, a great number of cases of cheese poisoning are annually reported by various boards of health all over the country. Cheese made from sterilized milk is less open to these objections. A. delicious cottage cheese may be made from Yogurt milk. The too free use of sugar at the table and in cooking, not only in its pure form, but in the shape of preserves, syrups and sweet beverages, has been shown to be a most prolific source of injury to the stomach. Sorghum, maple sugar, and maple syrup are essentially the same as cane sugar and molasses. It has been shown that if we eat freely of fruits we will obtain all the sugar our system requires in a form that is easily digestible. The...
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition, remainder binding (red cloth gilt, undecorated)? Top edge soiled, else near fine in very good or better, presumed later dustwrapper (with ads for a 1911 title on the rear panel) with small chips and tears. An uncommon work by Sinclair on diet, digestion, exercise and the need for health reform. *Ahouse* A13a (not mentioning later printings, bindings, or dustwrappers. ) Scarce in jacket.