The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-07-28
DIETING.

y Dieting is usually considered to
moan the samc as kind Of starvation.
Tho idea which tho educated physician
attaches to the term is Il judicious re-
gulation Of the quantity and quality off
tho food, accordidg to the circumstan-
9 cos of each case. A healthy man diets
himself in ordor to keep well an in
valid may dict with Wow to tho re-
covory of his health yet tho things
eaton by the two dilior widely in their
nature, bulk and modo ofprcparation.
A vast multitude are suffering hourly
blythe horrors of dyspepsia; no two
are precisely a like in all points, since
there is an endless variety of combina.
tions MS to age, sex, occupation, mir, OK
crciso, modc of eating, sleeping, con
stitution, temperament, &c, Yet dys-
pepsia is always brought on by over
and irregular eating; it could be ban
ished from tho world in n generation,
ifthc children were educated 10 cat
moderately, regularly and slowly; the
parents who do this will do their Off
springs higher good than by leaving
them large fortunes, which in three
cases out Of four fosters idlcncss, glut-
stony and every OWL thing. AS tho
rich can got any thing to cat or drink
when they want it, they, with induIg-
cd childron, bring on dyspepsia by cat.
ing irregularly, and without an appe-
tito. Tho poor--thoso who have to
work for living-induco the horrible
disease by eating two rapidly and Mt
unreasonable hours; mainly hy eating
heartily at supper and going to bed
within an hour or two altorward. In
tho hey day Of youth and manly vigor
there may not for while be noticed
any special i'll effect from such prac
-tico-in truth it is at first inapprccia-
bio, but it is cumulative and imposs.
bic not to manifest itself in duo time.
Infinite bencyolencc forgivcs T. moral
delinquency; but omnipotont as ho is
and loving towards all, it is not in the
nature of bis government Of created
things TO work II miracle to suspend
natural law. in order to shield ono Of
his eroaturosfrom tho legitimate effects
of violence offered tho physical sys-
tom by excesscs In eating, drinking or
exercise.
p Perhaps hearty suppcrs mako more
dyspeptics than any or all causes com
.binod If dinner Is at noon nothing
should bo takon for supper but n sin
sglo cup ofweak tea or other hot drink
and q piece Of stale bread and butter.
After forty years of ago, those who
live in doors, sodontary pcrsons-that
is, all who do not work with thor
hands as laborors would do bcttor
not TO take any supper at all, lIalftho
time the sedentary, who cat at noon,
do not feel hungry at supper; cspo.
cially IL they see nothing on tho table
but bread and butter and tea. But
nature Is goadcd on to act against hon
instincts in almost every family In the
nation by 'rciishcs" being placed on
tho supper table, in the shape of CHR
ped beef, salt fish, cake, preserves, OF
sothcr kinds of sweetmeats, and before
,rthe, person isawarc, a hearty meal ha.
been taken, resulting in present un
comfortableness, in disturbed sleep, in
weary Walking IN tho morning, bad
taste in tho mouth, and little or nc
appetite for brcakftst, alfof which car
be avoided By beginning early TO oat
habitually ,aeeordipgtothe suggestions
.ahHrn made -1raif-s Journal of Health