Organs of Digestion 661. The stomach has a controlling power upon the health of the entire body. Anything which is taken into the stomach and converted into blood becomes a part of the being. Those who are excited, anxious or in a hurry, cannot supply the necessary gastric juice.
Thorough mastication is a benefit both to the teeth and the stomach.
You are a nervous dyspeptic. The brain is closely connected with the stomach, and its power has so often been called to aid the weakened digestive organs that it is in its turn weakened, depressed, congested. It is important that we relish the food we eat. If we cannot do this, but eat mechanically, we fail to be nourished and built up as we would be if we could enjoy the food we take into the stomach. Immediately after eating there is a strong draught upon the nervous energy.