Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-07-04
Remarks ON Diet.

While travelling on a steamboat lkom The oil
~ Of P, vas thrown into company with la
dy who was taking very pale, sickly lillle
girl TO the country, for the benef, OF her health
She was much troubled with disorded stomach
and bowels. In conversation with the lady on
the subject, | inquired regarding The child's d.
el. 60" says she, '. results from no fault in
diet, assure you, for she is never allowed TO
eat particle OF fruit nor vegetables. and she has
always been subjec, to such turns" | told
her The results were wha, should expect from
such prohibitions and directed her attention
10 child then present, whose food consisted
of the products of the field, garden, and dairy,
exclusively; who scarcely ever had bowel
complaint. argued lha, gross and highly con-
cenlrated diet frequently caused inac.ion and
diseased action of the bowels, in turn, while
the freedom and regularity of function produced
by fruits and vegetables, prevent the accumula-
uon of morbiferoos matter in the system, which
causes disease. The mischief, however, does
not always terminate in the bowels; but what
ever organ is the weakest will suffer most.
Bu. flesh is though, by some, 10 be necessary
10 support the strength Of the system.
Ii has peen argued that carniverous animals
are the strongest! But are they! The lion
may Guido the camel in a single effort but can
he endure the continued exerlion OF the latter,
for an equal length of time, with as little sus-
ienance? A flesh diet, TOO, directs an undo
proportion of nervous energy to the base of the
brain, thus robbing the intellect, and higher
feelings of their natural stimulus. | do not
mean 10 say that all should at once abandon
animal food. but do mean that we are quite
100 carniyerous for the best interest OF body or
mind.
Important as is the kind of food, the quantity
is of still greater importance An Engshman
on returning home from visit TO America be.
ing asked what he thought of the Yankees, re-
piled "Ther men are all gnttons, and their
women all slaves n0wise complimentary TO
either sex /; but is there not much truth in what
he said
The theory and practice Of DR.. Cheyne was,
1.-The lightest and least Of meals and drink
person can be .olerabe easy under is The shor-
test and most infallIble means 10 preserve life,
health and serenity" Those who feel an indis.
position 10 lake physical or mental exercise,
Immediately after meals, have eaten 100 much
and are exhausting through their stomachs en-
efgy due TO the brain and muscles, and the pow
er of the former is diminished by being over
tasked. Hence The greatest eaters are often
thin in flesh, receiving less nourishment from
large quantity of food, than the vigorous diges-
iiye powers of moderate eaters extract from
much smaller amount When any exraordi
nary effort is to be made, physically or men
tally, the best preparation is rigid abstemious-
ness. Let those who would possess sound
minds in sound bodies, and attain the greatest
degree of intellectual power and moral excel
Ience, of which they are susceptible. keep a.
guard over appetite, and pursue their onward
course with mind unlrammelled and spirits
free. AMANDA