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But the astral body which is also at work, for example in speech, needs the carbohydrates to be present all over the body, not only in the head. The astral body has to move the legs, the hands, and so on. It needs the presence of carbohydrates all over the body. If a man's food contains carbohydrates in the form of rye or wheat, the forces of these substances stream into the whole body; but if the food consists only of potatoes, the forces accumulate up there in the head and the man becomes weak and debilitated; his astral body cannot be as active as it ought to be. So that what is spiritual in the human being becomes exhausted, less and less active, when he cannot provide his organism with carbohydrates. This is impossible if he feeds entirely on potatoes because the head has so much to do that the body has to suffer.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"III. 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Ich habe Ihnen gesagt: Wenn der astralische Leib auch bei Tag schläft und nicht richtig arbeiten kann, dann lagert sich der Schmerbauch ab, das Fett. - Oder, das ist auch der Fall, wenn der Mensch bloß intellektualistisch mit dem Kopf arbeitet, Verstandesmensch wird, es lagert sich sogar auch das Fett ab. Aber der astralische Leib, der ja zum Beispiel auch in der Sprache wirkt, der braucht die Kohlehydrate nicht bloß im Kopfe oben, nicht bloß da, er braucht die Kohlehydrate im ganzen Körper. Der astralische Leib muß die Beine bewegen, der astralische Leib muß die Hände bewegen, er braucht die Kohlehydrate im ganzen Körper. Wenn ich ihm Roggen oder Weizen als Kohlehydrate gebe, da gehen die Kräfte in den ganzen Körper. Wenn ich ihm bloß Kartoffeln gebe, bleiben die Kräfte da oben im Kopf sitzen und der Mensch wird ausgemergelt, schwach, und sein astralischer Leib kann nicht ordentlich arbeiten. So daß gerade das, was im Menschen geistig ist, matt und immer schläfriger wird, wenn er nicht in der Lage ist, Kohlehydrate, die ihn durchdringen, in sich hineinzubringen. Das ist eben bei der reinen Kartoffelnahrung nicht möglich, weil sie im Kopfe so viel zu tun macht, daß der Körper nichts mehr übrig behält.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":290,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/350/1923-09-22/p027"}],"english":["GA 350/1923-09-22/p028"],"method":"length","confidence":"medium","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":290,"en_words":297,"ratio":1.02,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":0.9,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":5698,"original_word_count":6300,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Dorothy S. 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