Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-04-13
THE EVENING NEWS.
SUPPLEMENT-
Dio Lewis Gives Word to his Lean
Friends,

Readers of the Independent may recollect
brief article from my pen under the head
ing "a word to my Fat Friends" Many
persons have written to me about it ask
ing various questions. The point of the
letter-writer, however, has generally been
this: "You have told us what fat people
should do to become thin; can you tell
us what lean people should do to become
plump and seemly" My purpose at this
time is to answer this question.
l. Be thankful that you are not fat.
Mans body is designed for use. Lean,
flexible, active folks should be duly grate-
full they do not waddle, wheeze and sweat.
Besides, your chance for long life is, on
the whole, better than that of the fat man.
So gratitude, that your case is no worse,
is your first duty.
2. You must begin the consideration of
your emaciation with the physiological
fact that the quantity and quality of your
flesh depend upon the character of your
digestion. The dyspeptic and consump-
tive eat enormous quantities of nutritious
food, but grow thinner day by day. Lean
people are not unfrequently great eaters;
but the food is not appropriated. Such
bodies are like our great Peninsular army
which, receiving constant supplies of men
and horses. constantly decreased in size
and strength. So my dear shadows, you
see we must determine, first, give you
more thorough digestion and assimilation.
You probably cat too much. The diges-
tive apparatus is compelled to undertake
SO much it can do nothing well. Remem-
Der it is not the quantity eaten, but tina:
digested, which determines your flesh and
strength. Eat less. And as the saliva
plays very impor ;ant part in the func-
tons of digestion, masticate thoroughly,
drinking little or nothing by way of help
ing the food into your stomach.
3. Eat but twice day, and, unless in
the midst of hard labor, let the second
meal come as nearly as or 8 o'clock. So
important do 1 regard the two meals q
day system for certain classes of invalids,
that rarely prescribe for consumptivc
or dyspectic without making the rule i'm
perative. If the patient Is to eat 20 or
% ounces of food per day, j: is greatly
better to eat it in two meals. And may
add, that for all classes of persons, I be-
lieve it would prove great advantage, in
physiological point of view, to change
from the present system to two meals u
day. I wish I had space to give my rea-
sons for this at length, as have in anoth.
er place.
4. For breakfast cat coarse bread, cream
and baked sweet apples; for dinner, beef
or mutton mot veal or la,nb,) with coarse
bread, potatoes and all the vegetables of
the season, except tomatoes; for dessert,
use fruit ad Hbitum. If possible, sleep
little after dinner.
S. You must sleep in q pure atmos-
phere: 60 to bed as carly as 9 o'clock,
and rising by 6, walk slowly in the open
air half an hour or more, drinking two or
three tumblers of cold water.
G. Spend the evening i'll social enjoy
ment. Happiness with laughter are the
best friends of digestion.
7. Live as much rs possible in the open
air, never forgetting that after the food
has been well digested in the stomach, j:
must mingle with good supply of oxy-
gen in the lungs before it can be trans
formed into the tissues of the body Bad
food with pure air will make flesh faster
than the best food with an impure atmos-
phere.
s. Battle frequently, that the effete mat.
ter in the system may easily escape, and
thus afford the best opportunity for the
deposition of the new material.
8. If married, cultivate assiduously the
quiet sentiments of domestic life. If un-
married, and of proper age and health,
seek in this most perfect and satisfactory
of all earthly relations that freedom from
the fret and discomfort of life which only
true marriage can give.
DIo LEWIS, NJ. D.