Itinerary Of A Breakfast

Table Of Contents:

THE FOOD TUBE
Food The Natural Laxative
Stations Along The Road
Food Principles
THE FIVE FOOD LABORATORIES
The Mouth
The Stomach
The Intestines
The Liver
The Wast Disposal System
The Colon
The Normal Intestinal Rhythm
Three Daily Evacuations
The Food Residues
THE DIGESTIVE TIME TABLE
Rhythmic Activity
Rate Of Movement
Nature’s Plan
Food Excites Peristalsis
DIAGRAM OF THE FOOD TUBE, AND DIGESTIVE TIME TABLE
THE TEN GATES
Entrance Gate – The Mouth
Inspector’s Gate – The Soft Palate
Food And Water Gate
The Stomach Gate
The Bowel Gate – The Pylorus
The Food Control Gate – The Ileocecal Sphincter
The Colon Gate – The Ileocecal Valve
The Reversing Gate
The Discharging Or Ejector Gate – The Pelvic Colon
The Exit Gate – The Anus
THE HOUSE-BROKEN COLON
Normal Bowel Action
Hindrances To Normal Bowel Action
The Sitting Posture
Weak Abdominal Muscles
Concentrated Diet
High Protein Diet
Reduced Quantity Of Food
Horace Fletcher’s Mistake
The Educated Or House-Broken Colon
The Use Of Laxative Drugs
THE FOOD BLOCKADE IN THE COLON
Clogging Of The Colon
Bulk And Lubrication
How To Raise The Blockade
THE CRIPPLED COLON
Colon Hygiene
The Receiving Station
Bowel Habits Of Wild Animals, Wild Men, And Idiots
Injuious Conventionalities
Lesson From And Idiot Asylum
Interesting Japanese Colon Customs
One Daily Evacuation Is Chronic Constipation
Abnormal Colon Condition
Paralysis Of The Rectum
Tight Sphincter
Spastic Colon
Prolapse Of The Pelvic Colon
Adhesions Of The Cecum
Adhesions Of The Appendix
Dilated Or Pouched Cecum
Incompetent Ileocecal Valve
X-RAY VIEWS OF THE FOOD TUBE
X-ray Study Of Motility
What The X-ray Expert Sees
SIMPLE MOTILITY TEST
RULES FOR CARE OF THE COLON
Simple Constipation
Cumulative Or Rectal Constipation
Latent Constipation
THE INTESTINAL FLORA – WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT MUST BE CHANGED
Two Classes Of Germs – Fermentation And Putrefaction
Poisoning From Putrefying Colon Contents
Protective Germs
Cause Of Old Age
Reforming The Intestinal Flora
Results Of Changing The Flora
Dangerous Germs Made Harmless
How To Change The Intestinal Flora
The “Fruit Regimen”
Antitoxic Diet
Protective Acid-Forming Bacteria
Headaches
The Colon Not Intended To Be A Sewer
HOW TO CHANGE THE INTESTINAL FLORA
How Nature Protects Infants
How The Gorilla Keeps His Flora Changed
Internal Cleanliness
How Chewing Helps The Colon
Both Roughage And Lubrication Needed
Putrescible F

Additional Info
Breakfast. Some of us eat this meal while others skip it. Some of us sit down while others eat on the run. But how many people really know what happens to their food once it slips down their throats?
The Itinerary of a Breakfast gives a “popular account of the travels of a breakfast through the food tube and of the ten gates and several station through which it passes, also the obstacles which it sometimes meets.” Authored by the creator of the corn flake and namesake of some of our most popular breakfast cereals, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg describes in detail each process of the digestive system from swallow to excretion.
Kellogg believed that the colon was the source of more disease and physical suffering than any other organ of the body. Many people avoid delving into such a topic due to its negative connotations. However, Kellogg devoted much time in studying the colon; learning how it becomes ineffective and how to remedy such a condition.
This facsimile, once groundbreaking material, now provides a layman’s handbook to the inner workings of the digestive system and presents dietary and lifestyle tips to help maintain a healthy colon and way of life.