The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-04-26
Giffin ayseklp Tribaur.
How Much shall We Eat.

seems 10 be very well done. Tor the
most part. wbcr, II IL LETT entirely
10 Tho instinct OF the animal and
the amuunt of supply furnished by
nature: for we have no evidence
that wild animals commit errors as
20 the quantity Of their food. 1t is
otherwise with domestic animals,
for their habits are modified more
or less By mans control over them,
and the supply Of their food is not
regulated by nature. Errors oil
diet arc often committed by them
You may make your canary.bird
or your dog sick with too much OF
rich food; your horse may be In.
iured By eating from a grain.bin.
or your cattle BY getting into a
corn.feld. In the case OF man him.
eelf the indications OF nature are
very apt to be overruIed BY his In.
clinations AMI notions-shall We
say his ju lgemont lfsc, his judg.
merit is often at fduit.
What prompts vs. TO oatl It ia
what We call hun tcr--a sensation
about the canse and scat OF which
there has BEEN much speculation.
Its scat is certainly, for the most
part at least, in the stomach; and
it's cause is the want OF moro nutri.
ton In the system, this want being !
expressed BY tho sensation which
IL occasions. Tho greater, there.
fore, 10 the want the more intense
is tho sensation, as we ace in the
imperative hunger which como
times appears IN eonvalescents who
have been mach emaciated by di.
soase. This sensation 10 often 70.
moved by other things besides food.
Sudden bad news may, by its in
auence on the stomach through the
nervous system, destroy Il. Fill.
ing tho stomach with ind gestible
subsistence will remove it, or rath
er overpower 1t by producing an
other sensation there, "a IA aa.one byl
tho dirt'ester, Ind sometimes in
experiments on animals.
When food removes hunger Il Ia
not Dy the supply OF tho want OF
the system, Tor the effect comes
long before the nutritivc part OF
tho food can DO conveyed to where
Il ia wanted. IL results from tho
sensation occasionrd by tho pres
ence of the food and the commence.
mont OF the progress OF digestion.
What is this sensation 7 IL il al
sense Of fullnesal Many eat till
there is even an oppressive sensa.
tion OF this kind. But this comes
after one hiss passed clear beyoni
the sensation that bctokens IL sufii
cheney Of iood--the scnsation of
safety, as we may term il This
10 quite as definite a. its opposite,
hunger aud II ls reliable indication.
Il is not mere extinguishment oil
hunger, but il Is O positive sensa
ton Of a somewhat compound
character. There Is feeling OF
satisfaction. with some, but slight. :
sense OF tnlness. 1t is sometimes
claimed that wo should stop sholt
Of tllis, and not absolutely extiu
guish our hunger; but this would
B, disobe lisnco Of an obvious in
disstion OF nature, and the result
would DO insufficient nutrition OF
tue 9, stem, and consequent feeble.
ness and disease.
ThisA ensation Is not an adequate
guide in regard to the amount of
FOOD, unle,s the circumstances un.
der which we take it are properly
regulated. 1t may fail us il we eat
too rapidly. The feeling OF satie. 2
BY will not COME Mt the proper mo.
ment II the f,.oi be thrown into thD
stomach partially masticated and
scarcely moistenei with the saliva
Tho bare sense oftullness would be
our chief guide, and there is dan.
ger Of eating too much. IL NAV fail
us alsoif too much be made OF the
pleasure cfthe palate by variety of
dishes and courses, although wa do ,r
not decry due regard to gratitica. w
tion 10 taking our food. 4,
There should be more attention "f
paid TO the cultivation OF correct
tastes in regard to food There
ehould not be the alienation which
we often SEQ between poor living
and such provision rs presents ex.
traordinary temptations to gcr.
mandizing. The fruits of tho dif.
ferent seasons should more com.
inonly make q portion of our daily
meals. There should DO moro uni.
formly good cooking Of ordinary
articles, and less of the usual max
Ing up for deficiency in this by a
variety Of luxurious prepared food.
Good bread and we'll cooked meats
are much lcss ce;nmon than 10 sup
posed, even where there is profu se
display Of nick nacks Of cookery i,
which serve both to deprave t'nel
tastes and produce disease. Tsich.
ness--the richness Of natrre.--with
plainness and simplicity. should be
The main object in tho appointments
otthe table. Uhdae VARIETY should
beavoidel, for this leads to going
beyond tho sensation OF safety and
q more or iess oppressive fullness
10 npt to be the limit OF eating.
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