Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-02-02
Gluttony and Dyspepsia-Healthful
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DR.. DIo LEWIS has lately issued some
Notes and Maxims concerning health
which are of very great interest to every
body.
Gluttony, he says, counts one hundred
victims where drunkenness counts one.
To regulate health we must regulate
diet.
Certain kinds of food feed the fat and
leave the muscles and brain to starve.
Certain other foods feed the muscles ex-
clusively, and certain others the brain. A
large part Of the food of Americans is
composed Of white flour, sugar and butter.
People who try to live upon such stuff
gradually starve to death.
There is gentleman in Boston who has
amassed an immense fortune. His carriage
is the finest in the neighborhood, and he
wastes money lavishly but his face is the
picture Of despair. Life is torture to him
because he is nervous and dyspeptic. Half
of the rich men and women belong to the
category of the miserable; they cannot di-
gest their dinners.
The common notion that our health and
life depend upon a mysterious providence
is downright intidelity. A child goes out
of a hot room with naked arms and legs
in pursuit of its daily supply OF poisoned
candies, and then dies of Group. Is that a
mysterious providence? If a man INDUCES
himself until he gets the govt. and the dis
ease attacks his heart and kills him, is his
death mystery?
The reason that the American people
are such dyspeptics is, that they eat and
drink so much, and eat and drink so fast.
The teeth will not decay if they are kept
clean. A toothbrush is good thing, but
one good tooth pick is worth an armful of
tooth brushes. There is gentleman now
living in New York city, who has three
beautiful front teeth, which he purchased
from the mouth of an Irishman. His own
teeth were removed and instantly Patrick S
were transferred.
The process of digestion begins in the
mouth and ends in the lungs The mouth
oxygen which converts the products OF
the food into pure and useful blood.
Many people imagine themselves afflict-
ed with serious diseases when they are
only suffering from dyspepsia. A dyspep-
tic patient always despairs; a consumptive
always hopes.
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the medical profession has produced in
modern times Perhaps no other man has
contributed SO much to temperance in eat
ing as he.
To make the best bread that can be
made Of wheat, obtain good wheat, and
grind it without boiling mix it with cold
water until it is as thick as can be well
beaten with spoon after it is thoroughly
beaten down, put it into large iron pan
composed Of many little ones, which must
first be made hot put it then quickly into
a hot oven, and bake it rapidly as possible.
Indian corn makes excellent nourish-
ment 1t contains large amount Of oil,
has remarkable fattening qualities, and is
likewise remarkable as heat producer.
Rice keeps its consumers fat, but 1t lacks
the elements which feed the muscles and
brain.
Potatoes, both Irish and sweet, are very
poor food for brain and muscle
Of meats, the best for heat and fat are
pork, mutton, lamb, beef, and veal for
muscle, beef, veal, mutton, lamb, and pork /;
for brain and nerve, beef veal, mutton,
lamb, and pork.
In cold weather, fat meat, butter, and the
like will keep the body warm and in
warm weather, milk, eggs, bran-bread,
and summer vegetables will keep it cool.
g There is no difficulty in poor mans
having meat for his family every day
Take, for example, what is called shank
Of beef The very best can be bought for
fraction Of what the dearest parts cost
A single pound, cooked in stew with dry
bits Of bread, will make meal for an en-
tire family. sEEs .Ga# .Etf
The Greek and Roman armies ate but
once day.
The common impression that tomatoes
are the healthiest of all vegetables, Is a
mistake. If eaten at all, it should be with
great moderation, and never raw. Toma-
toes have sometimes produced salvation.
DR.. Lewis knew young woman who had
lost all her teeth from excessive eating Of
tomatoes. 90 ~ y1xtgt8
r Pies and cakes are poisonous. ~
To healthy persons mineral waters are
not wholesome ,.
Corsets are most injurious to digestion
Their use finally results in an immense
and very ugly protuberance of the abdo-
men.
Light and sunshine are indispensable to
health, and great curative agents. in dis
ease
Those who suffer from heartburn should
avoid soups, drink nothing at meals and
say No, thank you" to pies and cakes,
and 60 without supper.
If you, wish to live to eighty five, in the
full enjoyment Of all your faculties, go to
bed at 8 o'clock, and eat twice q day a
moderate quantity of plain food.
The native American requires more
sleep than the average European. Nine
or tan hour sleep IN hngls night Il very