THE SCIENCE OF NUTRITION 121Buckwheat ........................................................................ 170 parts
Carrots, dry....................................................................... 395 parts
Carrots, Leaves of.............................................................. 963 parts
Linseed............................................................................. 880 parts
Linseed, Stalks of .............................................................. 118 parts
Parsnips............................................................................ 111 parts
Parsnips, Leaves of ...........................................................1784 parts
Peas ............................................................................... 190 parts
In conclusion, let the aspirant choose such food as
is most easily digested, for the more easily the energy
in food is extracted, the longer time will the system
have for recuperation before it becomes necessary to
replenish the supply. Milk should never be drunk as
one may drink a glass of water. Taken in that way, it
forms in the stomach a large cheese ball, quite
impervious to the action of the gastric juices. It should
be sipped for it will then form many small globules in
the stomach, which are easily assimilated. Citrus fruits
are powerful antiseptics, and cereals, particularly rice,
are antitoxins of great efficiency.
Having now explained, from the purely material
point of view, what is necessary for the dense body,
we will consider the subject from the occult side,
taking into consideration the effect on the two invisible
bodies which interpenetrate the dense body.
The particular stronghold of the desire body is in
the muscles and the cerebro-spinal nervous system, as
already shown. The energy displayed by a person when
laboring under great excitement or anger is an example
of this. At such times the whole muscular system is
tense and no hard labor is so exhausting as a “fit of
temper”. It sometimes leaves the body prostrated for
weeks. There can be seen the necessity for improving
the desire body by controlling the temper, thus sparing